Exclusions and suspensions in Autumn and Spring 2024/25
Rates of exclusion and suspension have been rising since the pandemic. But there are emerging signs based on this year's data that rates might be plateauing.
Rates of exclusion and suspension have been rising since the pandemic. But there are emerging signs based on this year's data that rates might be plateauing.
A new edition of our occasional series examining how pupils' grades in different subjects at Key Stage 4 differ to those they achieve in GCSE English language and maths
We investigate how placements for pupils with EHC plans has changed as numbers have increased in recent years.
The number of non-EBacc qualifications entered by pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 has been steadily falling since 2015
Announcing a new report in FFT Aspire for special and alternative provision schools
Rates of exclusion and suspension have been rising since the pandemic. There are signs from the Autumn term that rates might be plateauing.
Year 7 pupils had low rates of absence in the first half-term after secondary transfer last year but they then quickly accelerated
Schools' Progress 8 scores for disadvantaged pupils tend to be correlated with the percentage of disadvantaged pupils in a school's cohort. But this is the case in some regions more than others.
Around 8% of the gap in Progress 8 scores between disadvantaged pupils and non-disadvantaged pupils in 2024 appears to be attributable to the way in which pupils from both groups are shared out between schools