Relatively few pupils with EHC plans attend their nearest mainstream secondary school. We examine how this varies across different types of school.
The rate at which pupils left secondary schools before the end of Year 11, which had been increasing, fell between January 2020 and January 2021.
A proposal calls for disadvantaged pupils to be prioritised in the admissions process. We examine what the impact on the attainment gap might be.
Outcomes for pupils who experience either are poor – but there do appear to be some differences between the two types of move
More pupils left state education than when we looked at this issue a year ago
Comparing the higher education, employment and earnings outcomes of the pupils who attend these two types of schools.
Selective schools, and the higher education, employment and earnings outcomes of those who attend them
Before the 2017 general election, it seemed like grammar schools were about to make a widespread return to England. Although this didn’t happen after the Tories lost their parliamentary majority, the new Secretary of State for Education has backed plans to allow existing grammar schools to expand. This renewed interest in expanding selective education has [...]
Latest DfE statistics show that there were almost 16,000 pupils on-roll at pupil referral units, and another 22,000 in other local authority alternative provision in January 2017 [XLS, table 1b]. These are pupils whose education is paid for by the state but who do not have places at state-funded mainstream or special schools. The different [...]
