What’s Progress 8 good for? Lower-attaining pupils
Progress 8 might not reveal much about the effectiveness of schools but it has reduced the incentive for schools to focus their efforts on pupils at the borderline of grade C/D (4/3 nowadays)
Faith schools and academisation
As more schools than ever are encouraged to academise, we look at how this might affect faith schools
Attainment 8 in 2022
This year, Attainment 8 will (once again) be calculated differently to previous years. We look at this impact this might have.
The size of multi-academy trusts
By 2030, most MATs will be expected to run at least 10 schools, or at least be working towards it. But how large are MATs at the moment - and are they already getting bigger?
30 Years of Ofsted
We take a look at schools' inspection histories since 2005.
How many schools might be affected by new proposals to move underperforming schools into strong MATs?
We investigate one of the government's proposals for schools in the new Education Investment Areas
Inspection has become tougher for primary schools
A summary of Ofsted judgments from the Autumn term 2021 compared to the same period in 2019.
Key Stage 4 Attainment in 2021: The headlines
Some key highlights from our analysis of overall attainment at Key Stage 4 this year
The School Quality Index: An answer to the accountability question?
Presenting a method of combining a range of indicators about schools to produce a more rounded measure of performance