What became of the “failing” schools of the early 2000s?
We take a trip back in time to catch up with secondary schools that were persistently low attaining at the turn of the century, under the previous Labour government
Caution when interpreting value added scores in languages at Key Stage 4
We recommend some changes to the languages value added measure published in secondary school performance tables to reflect the languages entered by pupils
What topics emerge from 60,000 school inspection reports?
We use computational research methods to shed some light on the content of school inspection reports.
Contextualising Progress 8
As part of our work on a school quality index, we set our approach to measuring academic outcomes using a contextualised Progress 8 measure
What do Ofsted and speed dating have in common?
Are inspectors' judgments influenced by the previous judgments they made?
Changes in schools’ Progress 8 scores over time
A look at how the Progress 8 scores of schools have changed since the measure was introduced, including breakdowns by region, school type, and school-level disadvantage
How has access to creative subjects changed over time?
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
Secondary school and MAT performance tables 2023: What have we learned?
We pick out some highlights from this year's performance tables
Incentivising GCSE language take-up – what difference will it make?
With a renewed push on entries to GCSEs in languages, we calculate how many extra entries could be added if "spare seats" in existing classes were filled