GCSE results 2018: Four things to look out for on Thursday
The first of two preview posts ahead of this year's GCSE results day.
A-Level results 2018: Who is still entering AS-Levels in England?
A detailed look at which pupils seem to have taken AS-Levels this year.
A-Level results 2018: The main trends in A-Level and AS-Level entries and grades
Our first look at this year’s data.
A-Level results 2018: Does taking AS-Levels lead to improved A-Level grades?
The second of two preview posts ahead of this year's A-Level results day.
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.
Key Stage 5 performance tables 2017: Do minimum standards meet the standard?
Minimum performance standards for 16-18 Level 3 (A-Level and equivalent) attainment were first introduced in 2016. Separate standards were defined for academic qualifications (primarily A-Levels) and applied general qualifications (primarily BTECs). The standards are based on value added measures that control for pupil attainment at Key Stage 4. For academic qualifications, the minimum standard in [...]
How prevalent is Year 12 drop-out from selective schools?
Following the coverage of St. Olave’s school in The Guardian, I revisited the analysis I did on Year 12 retention to examine the prevalence of drop-out from selective schools. I look at a subset of pupils: those who made it to the end of Year 12 and were entered for at least three AS-Levels in [...]
GCSE results day 2017: Good news about resits in English
[This post was updated at 18.15 on 24th August 2017 to amend 2016 figures for maths] One bit of good news from this year’s GCSE results is that the percentages of 17-year-olds in England achieving A*-C grades in English have gone up. However, working out by just how much they have improved is made slightly [...]
A-Level results day 2017: A look at changing grade distributions
We looked at some of the main A-Level results trends this morning, and separately we have looked at how results changed in subjects that have been reformed (in brief: attainment fell slightly). But there are a couple of other interesting trends in grade distributions to be drawn out. Some specific subjects are seeing quite large [...]