Octsmum wrote:
Hi
Just looking at the provisional KS4 measures for 2017 & comparing schools. Can someone in the know explain the E-Bacc to me? Why do some schools have much higher % entering than others? Is it down to choice of subjects that are in the E-Bacc?
Thank you
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/english-baccalaureate-ebacc/english-baccalaureate-ebaccEBacc subjects
The EBacc is made up of:
English
mathematics
history or geography
the sciences
a language
English
To pass the English element of the EBacc, pupils need to do 1 of the following:
- get an A* to C in English GCSE
- take both English literature and English language at GCSE, and get an A* to C in at least 1 of them
Science
To pass the science element of the EBacc, pupils need to do 1 of the following:
- get an A* to C in core and additional science GCSE (in core and additional science, pupils take 2 modules in each of the 3 main sciences: biology, chemistry and physics)
- take 3 single sciences at GCSE and get an A* to C in at least 2 of them (the single sciences are biology, chemistry, computer science and physics)
- get A* to C in GCSE science double award (in science double award, pupils take 2 GCSEexams that cover the 3 main sciences: biology, chemistry and physics)
So candidates will not 'achieve' the EBACC if they are at a school which allows them not to a language and they exercise this right; if the school does not make History or Geography a compulsory Humanities subject; if they don't make the grade in a subject area.
It was originally applied
retrospectively to the KS4 results back in 2010.