How many secondary school pupils have been persistently absent so far this year?
An overview of persistent absence in secondary schools so far this year compared to 2019/20 and 2020/21
An overview of persistent absence in secondary schools so far this year compared to 2019/20 and 2020/21
The rate at which pupils left secondary schools before the end of Year 11, which had been increasing, fell between January 2020 and January 2021.
Changes to free school meal eligibility could well have consequences for how we measure the attainment gap and allocate Pupil Premium funding over the next few years
The school roll in London is falling. But it's not just because pupils are leaving.
Some key highlights from our analysis of overall attainment at Key Stage 4 this year
Presenting a method of combining a range of indicators about schools to produce a more rounded measure of performance
Provisional analysis using data from 1,200 secondary schools suggests that the gap widened slightly in 2021.
A higher percentage of GCSE entries were awarded grade 7 or above this year, particularly in independent schools. We look at why this might have happened.
Some thoughts about benchmarking 2021 teacher assessed grades against historical GCSE results