What happened to “opportunity areas”?
A summary of how pupil attainment and progress have changed over time in "opportunity areas" and "education investment areas" - from designation, through the pandemic, to the most recent set of results
What’s the point of more elite sixth forms?
Super-selective sixth forms tend to recruit more students from outside the area in which they are located and don’t tend to recruit that many disadvantaged pupils.
How many schools might be affected by new proposals to move underperforming schools into strong MATs?
We investigate one of the government's proposals for schools in the new Education Investment Areas