Progress 8 explained

Progress 8 is designed to show how much progress pupils make between the end of primary school and GCSE outcomes. A positive score means pupils performed above similar pupils nationally, while a negative score means they performed below that benchmark.

For parents, the key point is that Progress 8 is different from raw attainment. A school can have strong Attainment 8, strong Progress 8, both, or neither.

MySchoolHub is built around a broader schema than a simple league table. School profiles combine core school metadata with GCSE and KS2 performance, Ofsted inspection history, sixth form outcomes and map-ready location fields.

The backend also supports absence rates, suspensions and permanent exclusions, KS4 destination measures, subject-level GCSE grade distributions, subgroup breakdowns for filtered KS4 performance, and admissions or fee information for specialist entry pages.

That means these comparison pages can target real parent questions like how to compare Progress 8, English and maths, reading and maths scaled scores, destination outcomes, or Ofsted and admissions context in the same research journey.

Progress 8 can help you spot schools that add value for pupils, not just schools with strong headline GCSE results.

It is especially useful when comparing schools with different intakes or when you want a more balanced view than raw grades alone.

Use MySchoolHub rankings to identify schools with positive Progress 8, then compare those schools directly to review Attainment 8, English and maths, EBacc and Ofsted information in one place.

You should also read the latest available inspection and consider travel distance, admissions, absence, exclusions, destinations and the overall school profile rather than relying on one metric.