Absence in the first half of Spring Term
At the end of last term we saw high levels of illness-related absence. In this post, we look at absence in Spring Term so far to see whether things have improved.
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
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
GCSE results 2022: The main trends in grades and entries
We round-up some of the key highlights from today's publication of headline statistics, some of which are rather curious.
Alternative measures of persistent absence – an update
We present persistent absence figures for Autumn and Spring Term using different methods