Should England continue participating in PISA?
With upwards of £2m spent for England, Wales and Northern Ireland to take part, it’s a question worth asking
How well do we measure teacher workload?
Why the Department for Education’s main way of measuring teacher workload is not fit for purpose
Will £30k starting salaries make teaching competitive with other graduate jobs?
Our analysis suggests that they will
Help us to investigate independent alternative provision
This is a joint blogpost from Education Datalab and The Difference. The Difference is a new training programme, creating the next generation of school leaders, upskilled in supporting pupil mental health and reducing exclusion from school. Leaders spend two years teaching in alternative provision while studying a specialist leadership course, focusing on mental health, safeguarding [...]
What is the National Pupil Database?
Many of the blogposts and reports that we produce here at Datalab are based on analysis of the Department for Education’s National Pupil Database (NPD). But what is it? What is the NPD? The NPD is a collection of data relating to education in England compiled by the Department for Education. The NPD is made [...]