This year’s fourth Chain Effects annual report has been released today.
It looks at the exam results of disadvantaged pupils in multi-academy trusts (‘chains’) which have at least two sponsored academies (three for primary) and have operated the schools, continuously, since 2016.
In total 48 multi-academy trusts counted in the sample. Outcomes were analysed by the authors, Merryn Hutchings and Becky Francis, across a variety of performance measures.
The lists below are (1) how the chains did on Progress 8 for disadvantaged pupils, and (2) how well chains improved the Progress 8 score for disadvantaged pupils compared to the previous year.
The full report has many other metrics in – and they are worth taking a look at.
Here’s how the academy trusts shook out:
On Progress 8
Chains performing against the mainstream average for disadvantaged pupils….
(Those in italics only had two schools included in the score)
Well Above Average
Aspirations
City of London
Diocese of London
Harris
Outwood Grange
Above Average
ARK
Cambridge Meridian
Co-operative
Diocese of Oxford
E-ACT
Landau Forte
Mercers
Priory
Skinners
United Learning
University of Brighton
Average
Academic Transformation
Creative Education
Dixons
Emmanuel
Haberdashers
RSA
Below Average
AET
Aldridge
Brooke Weston
Cabot
CfBT
David Mellor
David Ross
Diocese of Exeter
Diverse
Education Fellowship
Grace
Greenwood
Learning Schools
Leigh
Merchant Venturers
Northern
Oasis
Ormiston
SPTA
Swale
TKAT
Trust in Learning
UCAT
Woodard
Well Below Average
CWA (now Eastern Multi-Academy Trust)
Midland
On improvement in Progress 8
Well above Average
Grace
Outwood Grange
Aspirations
Academy Transformation
Above Average
Co-operative
Cambridge Meridian
Creative Education
University of Brighton
Skinners
SPTA
Priory
RSA
Diocese of Oxford
CWA
Brooke Weston
Diverse
Swale
Harris
Emmanuel
Woodard
Ormiston
United Learning
CfBT
UCAT
Average
David Mellor
David Ross
Oasis
Cabot
TKAT
Landau Forte
Diocese of London
Below Average
AET
Diocese of Exeter
Haberdashers
Aldridge
City of London
Midland
E-ACT
Mercers
Dixons
Trust in Learning
Education Fellowship
Northern
Leigh
ARK
Learning Schools
Greenwood
Well Below Average
Merchant Venturers
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