Are IGCSEs easier than GCSEs?
Looking into claims that GCSE reforms have favoured pupils in independent schools.
Long-term outcomes: Does school quality matter?
Looking at how the higher education, employment and earnings outcomes of pupils relate to measures of secondary school quality.
KS2 performance tables 2018: The disadvantage gap, attainment by ethnicity and the impact of capping extreme progress scores
Analysis of the latest primary league tables.
KS2 performance tables 2018: Why aren’t floor standards based on three-year averages?
Analysis of the latest primary league tables.
How much Pupil Premium funding are primary schools missing out on?
Primary schools could have been £67m worse off in 2017/18 as a result of the universal infant free school meals policy.
Long-term outcomes: Does it make a difference if your school has a sixth form?
Comparing the higher education, employment and earnings outcomes of those who attend schools with sixth forms with those who don’t.
More pupils have special educational needs than you might think
Over 40% of pupils in recent cohorts were classified as having special educational needs at some point.
Long-term outcomes: How did life turn out for those who took Level 3 BTEC qualifications?
Comparing the education, employment and earnings outcomes of those who took BTECs and those who took A-Levels.
Some MATs look to have been hit hard by the withdrawal of ECDL
A look at the removal of the European Computer Driving License from performance measures, and the effect on trusts’ results.