Philip Nye, Author at FFT Education Datalab

About Philip Nye

Philip was part of FFT's research team between 2015 and 2021, and had a particular interest in school inspection and the academy system. Between 2018 and 2021 he also led on Datalab’s external profile, including the team’s use of visualisation. He can now be found at the Institute for Government thinktank.

GCSE results 2020: Did attainment gaps increase?

How did disadvantaged pupils fare and did the gender gap in attainment change?

By Philip Nye|2020-09-18T09:35:27+01:0018th September 2020|Exams and assessment|

How pupil characteristics interact to influence education outcomes

Explore the effect that pupil characteristics have on attainment and pupil progress

By Philip Nye|2020-11-20T10:21:45+00:001st September 2020|Pupil demographics|

A-Level results 2020: Four things to look out for on Thursday

Could results jump in some subjects?

By Philip Nye|2020-08-17T14:11:37+01:0010th August 2020|Exams and assessment|

Secondary MAT league tables 2019: We need to talk about context

Too much analysis of the multi-academy trust performance measures over-simplifies things

By Philip Nye|2020-02-06T16:27:36+00:006th February 2020|School accountability|

Primary MAT league tables 2019: Comparing reading, writing and maths progress scores

What can we learn from the spread of results?

By Philip Nye|2019-12-13T17:46:23+00:0013th December 2019|Exams and assessment|

Breaking down education spending in England

School funding is likely to be a key issue in the coming election. But how much is spent on schools and other parts of the education system?

By Philip Nye|2019-11-08T11:18:38+00:008th November 2019|School funding|

Nobody knows how big the unregistered alternative provision sector is

There are a few clues, though

By Philip Nye|2019-11-06T12:53:08+00:0010th October 2019|Structures|

GCSE results 2019: Four things to look out for on Thursday

An increase in EBacc entries, more pupils taking language GCSEs and the impact of the National Reference test

By Philip Nye|2019-08-19T08:25:50+01:0019th August 2019|Exams and assessment|

A-Level results 2019: Four things to look out for on Thursday

Covering English, maths, modern foreign languages and more

By Philip Nye|2019-08-09T12:47:15+01:0012th August 2019|Exams and assessment, Post-16 provision|