Provisional GCSE and equivalent results 2018: A first look at the new EBacc average points score measure
Does the EBacc APS really tell us anything new?
The effect of pupils moving into and out of the Pupil Premium group
How are schools’ results affected as Pupil Premium statuses change?
Reformed GCSEs – are they disadvantaging the disadvantaged?
Data from FFT Aspire's Key Stage 4 Early Results Service suggests they may be.
Early analysis of 2018 Key Stage 4 results
Headline data from Aspire's KS4 Early Results Service.
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.
Long-term disadvantage, part six: Measuring disadvantage in the north
This is part six in a series of blogposts exploring long-term disadvantage. Other posts in the series can be found here. In previous blogposts in this series we have shown that the impact of disadvantage on attainment and progress varies according to the percentage of their time in school that a pupil has been eligible for [...]
Long-term disadvantage, part five: What explains the gap between London and the north?
This is part five in a series of blogposts exploring long-term disadvantage. Other posts in the series can be found here. We looked recently at the Progress 8 scores of long-term disadvantaged pupils – those who are eligible for free school meals (FSM) for 90% or more of their time in schools – and concluded that: [...]
Shadowplay
Towards the end of last month, the Department for Education published ‘shadow’ Attainment 8 data for 2015/16 [PDF]. This shows the impact of moving from the familiar scoring of A*-G grades – one point for grade G, up to eight points for grade A* – to the interim scale that will be used in 2016/17 [...]