Are Ofsted inspections helpful for choosing secondary schools?
Ofsted argue that inspections support school choice. But can this be true if some schools haven't been inspected for several years?
Attainment 8 in 2022
This year, Attainment 8 will (once again) be calculated differently to previous years. We look at this impact this might have.
Looking within, part 2: How much variation in KS4 value added scores is explained by differences between individual subjects?
The second post in a new series exploring the impact that within-school variation has
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 [...]