Key Stage 4 performance tables 2018: Four key points from this year’s data
A quick look at the national KS4 data published today
A look at Ofsted’s ‘stuck’ schools
How long does it take secondary schools rated less than good to reach that standard?
Are IGCSEs easier than GCSEs?
Looking into claims that GCSE reforms have favoured pupils in independent schools.
Long-term outcomes: Does school quality matter?
Looking at how the higher education, employment and earnings outcomes of pupils relate to measures of secondary school quality.
Long-term outcomes: Does it make a difference if your school has a sixth form?
Comparing the higher education, employment and earnings outcomes of those who attend schools with sixth forms with those who don’t.
More pupils have special educational needs than you might think
Over 40% of pupils in recent cohorts were classified as having special educational needs at some point.
Some MATs look to have been hit hard by the withdrawal of ECDL
A look at the removal of the European Computer Driving License from performance measures, and the effect on trusts’ results.
The link between exclusions, alternative provision and off-rolling
Explaining how these three things fit together.
Long-term outcomes: How did life turn out for pupils who took applied science qualifications at Key Stage 4?
A look at the long-term outcomes for those who took BTEC and OCR applied science instead of science GCSEs.