Year 11 attendance this year
We use the latest Attendance Tracker data to analyse attendance and persistent absence among Year 11 pupils, nationally and regionally
Pupils joining and leaving the state-funded school system before and after the start of the pandemic
We examine the rate at which pupils have joined or left the state-funded school system in England in recent years. These rates fell during the height of the initial waves of the pandemic.
ECHILD: What we can learn from linked health and education data in England
ECHILD is a unique research database that joins together existing records from health, education and social care services for all children in England. The ECHILD research team at UCL has been using these linked data to better understand the complex inter-relationships between children’s health and education. Linking data in this way allows us to build [...]
The link between the Key Stage 2 SATs and teachers’ anxiety levels
We present the headlines from a new academic working paper investigating how SATs add to teachers' anxiety.
Are A-Level entry requirements higher for some subjects than others?
We try to make some deductions about the entry requirements for A-Level subjects based on the data held in the NPD.
Spring Term absence round-up
We bring you an up-to-date picture of absence across the country
Are MATs getting bigger?
We look at trends in the size of MATs over the last five years.
How many 15-year-olds are gullible enough to get scammed by a spam email?
April Fools' Day is traditionally a day for (mostly) harmless pranks. But we look at a serious issue: how vulnerable are young people to being duped by online scams?
Attendance code B: Not absent but not present at school
It is rare for pupils to be regularly educated off-site. But there are a small number of pupils who spend more time off site than at the school at which they are registered.