How does absence change as pupils get older?
To mark the release of a new report in Attendance Tracker, we look at how absence changes as pupils move from one year group to the next, and how this varies by gender and disadvantage.
To mark the release of a new report in Attendance Tracker, we look at how absence changes as pupils move from one year group to the next, and how this varies by gender and disadvantage.
Absence is high, particularly among disadvantaged pupils. Here we see whether their absence has any relationship with the disadvantage level of their schools.
A report tracking the post-16 pathways taken by pupils who did not achieve grade 4/C in GCSE English and maths into the labour market.
We look at the proportion of schools where no pupils are entered for qualifications in creative subjects (art, music and performing arts), and see how this varies over time and by school characteristics
Disadvantaged pupils and those with SEN, particularly secondary-age pupils, are at greater risk of falling below the proposed threshold
Our analysis of schools' attendance registers suggests there was an increase in absence due to suspension or exclusion in the Autumn term 2023/24
How many MATs are all primary? All secondary? A mix of mainstream and special / AP? We crunch the numbers.
We pick out some highlights from this year's performance tables
We examine the chronologies of suspensions and SEN identification for pupils who experienced repeat suspensions in the 2021/22 academic year