A-Level results 2018: What will this year’s results look like?
The first of two preview posts ahead of this year's A-Level results day.
What can we learn from Key Stage 1 scaled scores?
What we can learn from FFT's KS1 Early Results Service.
How do qualification entry rates differ between schools and multi-academy trusts?
Including details of a new report for FFT Aspire users.
What can short standardised tests tell us about the attainment and progress of individual pupils and of schools?
Exploring some of the problems with using commercial tests to measure pupil progress
Chances of success at Key Stage 4, part two
The second post in a series exploring the link between Key Stage 1 scores and Key Stage 4 results.
Progress 8: What if we started at the beginning?
A look at how Progress 8 scores would change if they were calculated purely based on those pupils on-roll in Year 7.
Difficult questions about some schools’ Key Stage 2 results
This research explores Progress 8 scores by feeder primary school – including a resource allowing secondary schools to see their own data.
Why do pupils who went to infant and first schools appear to underperform at Key Stage 4?
Is it real underperformance, or something else? The Datalab team take a look at the issue.
Chances of success at Key Stage 4, part one
This is the first of two posts in a series of blogposts looking at the relationship between Key Stage 1 attainment and Key Stage 4 outcomes. The second post can be found here. There are many ways of defining success at Key Stage 4. One aspect is whether pupils have attained appropriate literacy and numeracy [...]