What is persistent absence measuring (and does it need to change)?
Why looking at the number of spells of absence alongside rates of absence helps to identify those who are most likely to remain persistently absent
Pupil attendance during teacher strikes
New data from Attendance Tracker looking at pupil attendance during last week's strike action
Autumn term absence round-up
We bring you the latest insights from Attendance Tracker, and summarise the picture across (almost) the whole of Autumn Term
Weekday attendance analysis: a new report for schools
We bring you some of the highlights from a new special report available in Attendance Tracker
Absence in the first half term of 2022/23
There are early signs of an improvement in attendance in primary and secondary schools this year
Schools Like Yours – Updated for 2022
We have updated our Schools Like Yours tool with the most recent published datasets, including Key Stage 4 data for 2022
To what extent is the KS2 disadvantage gap explained by pupil absence?
We investigate the relationship between the latest set of KS2 results and pupil absence
Some more things we’ve learned about schools’ GCSE results
We present some rough analysis of data from FFT's early results service
Alternative measures of persistent absence – an update
We present persistent absence figures for Autumn and Spring Term using different methods