Have you tried Schools Like Yours yet? It’s the free tool that we launched earlier this year, that lets you find schools similar to your own – where you decide what similar means.

There’s already a wealth of data included in Schools Like Yours, and there’s more that we’ve just added. Read on to find out what’s new in the tool.

New data

Mainstream schools teaching KS2

Among the enhancements we’ve made for the Key Stage 2 version of Schools Like Yours are the following:

  • added November 2018 school workforce data
  • added 2017/18 finance data

Mainstream schools teaching KS4

Among the enhancements we’ve made for the Key Stage 4 version of Schools Like Yours are the following:

  • replaced ‘revised’ 2018 DfE KS4 data with ‘final’ data
  • added EBacc entry rates and EBacc average point scores as data items
  • added November 2018 school workforce data
  • added 2017/18 finance data
  • newly added exclusions data

Special schools

Among the enhancements we’ve made for the special schools version of Schools Like Yours are the following:

  • replaced ‘revised’ 2018 DfE KS4 data with ‘final’ data
  • added EBacc entry rates and EBacc average point scores as data items
  • added November 2018 school workforce data
  • added 2017/18 finance data
  • newly added exclusions data

If you haven’t tried Schools Like Yours yet, do give it a try now. And let us know how you’re using it, either in the comments below or on Twitter.

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