Secondary MAT league tables 2019: We need to talk about context
Too much analysis of the multi-academy trust performance measures over-simplifies things
Exploring MAT Ofsted ratings
There is considerable variation in performance, as measured by inspection judgments
Secondary MAT league tables 2018: A first look at year-on-year performance
Including the impact of a change to performance measures, and a look at MAT disadvantage figures
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.
Who’s Left 2018, part two: What impact would reweighting school league tables have for multi-academy trusts?
The second part of our series looking at the pupils who leave mainstream school rolls.
Why is the performance of MATs so extreme?
Answer: It isn’t. So why ask the question? Well, among the glut of statistics published by the Department for Education on Thursday was a statistical first release on the performance of multi-academy trusts (MATs) [PDF]. At the top of the second page was this curious chart. At first glance, this looks rather alarming. It seems to [...]
Multi-academy trust league tables 2017: What can we learn from the data? Including a lesson on why we shouldn’t take everything at face value
Along with Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 league tables, the Department for Education has this morning published multi-academy trust league tables – the second year it has published these in full. This analysis looks purely at the DfE’s Key Stage 4 MAT league tables, focusing on those trusts with more than five secondary [...]
Multi-academy trust league tables: What can we learn from the data?
This morning the government published multi-academy trust (MAT) league tables, building on an approach it trialled last year. At a headline level, two thirds of MATs had Progress 8 scores that were below average across the secondary schools which they run [PDF]. But what does the underlying data tell us? In this analysis we’re looking at [...]