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According to the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ News story, English Bac 'first of many accountability measures', it appears that the introduction of the English Baccalaureate (or Bac as it is commonly referred to) could be the start of a new trend: to bring in more ways of evaluating a school's performance. In the light of Ofsted inspections being scaled right back, the Schools Minister, Nick Gibb, is envisaging introducing a number of new ways to measure performance in schools.

Inevitably, any new benchmark is likely to come in for some criticism and in this case, it is the fact that RE and Music are not included in the English Bac. It remains to be seen how schools offering a limited range of courses will fare under this new system and whether it will mobilise them into broadening their choice of subjects. I wonder if there will be some other measure introduced that will favour the schools offering more vocational courses?

To find out more about league tables in general, check out Sarah Kingsley's earlier blog, "a closer look at league tables".

Fiona Holmer works on the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Parents Blog.

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