How valuable are end-of-year tests for predicting pupils’ future achievement?
We look into whether end-of-year tests are a good predictor of pupils' attainment by the end of the following year.
We look into whether end-of-year tests are a good predictor of pupils' attainment by the end of the following year.
According to government figures, there were just 203 academies open in 2010, when a Labour government was last in power. The latest data shows that there are now over 10,000, amounting to 50% of all open schools.
We look into why there are nearly 80 large primary-only MATs, but just the one large secondary-only MAT.
How many MATs are all primary? All secondary? A mix of mainstream and special / AP? We crunch the numbers.
We pick out some highlights from this year's performance tables
We look at how much Key Stage 4 subject choice varies by trust.
Labour have announced plans to include a "slot" for a creative or vocational subject in Progress 8. We investigate the possible impact.
We look at trends in the size of MATs over the last five years.
We explore the data on special schools, academisation and MATs.