Highlights from new research into high-achieving children from disadvantaged backgrounds, focusing on school absences, exclusions and cautions/sentences from the police.
A summary of how pupil attainment and progress have changed over time in "opportunity areas" and "education investment areas" - from designation, through the pandemic, to the most recent set of results
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 look at trends over the last ten years at GCSE, A-Level and first degree level, focusing in on the school and pupil characteristics that are most – and least – associated with studying economics.
A summary of pupil attendance so far this year using data from our Attendance Tracker schools. Absence and persistent absence seem to have improved very slightly since last year, but remain above pre-pandemic levels.
A subject-by-subject breakdown of gender gaps before, during and after the pandemic.
We look at data from the TIMSS study that shows a sharp rise in the proportion of young people who don’t feel safe at school.
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
