Need to Know is the essential guide to hot education topics. In this programme, we discuss league tables and Contextual Value Added scores.
Teachers TV News presenter Sheena McDonald and education journalist Mike Baker front this series of six episodes, explaining in plain English what you need to know about the big issues and new initiatives affecting schools across the country.
This episode focusses on league tables and Mike Baker explains why they were introduced, how they are calculated and what difference they make to schools.
Note that the contents of this programme may no longer reflect current Government policy