Exploring MAT Ofsted ratings
There is considerable variation in performance, as measured by inspection judgments
A look at Ofsted’s ‘stuck’ schools
How long does it take secondary schools rated less than good to reach that standard?
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.
How do Ofsted ratings relate to Key Stage 2 progress scores?
With a new inspection framework on the way, how closely tied to progress scores are Ofsted ratings currently?
How did Ofsted ratings relate to Progress 8 scores in 2017/18?
And how might this be changing?
The relationship between Progress 8 and Ofsted judgments for disadvantaged schools
Looking at inspections since the introduction of Progress 8.
What we’ve learnt about the independent alternative provision sector
Inspection ratings for the independent alternative provision sector are some way worse than those for state alternative provision.
Help us to investigate independent alternative provision
This is a joint blogpost from Education Datalab and The Difference. The Difference is a new training programme, creating the next generation of school leaders, upskilled in supporting pupil mental health and reducing exclusion from school. Leaders spend two years teaching in alternative provision while studying a specialist leadership course, focusing on mental health, safeguarding [...]
KS4 performance tables 2017: Everything we know about coasting schools and floor standard schools
The first table in this post was updated at 17.42 on 25 January 2018 after we noticed – of all things – that percentages in the table did not add up to 100. We very much regret the error. Key Stage 4 league tables – performance tables, to use their proper name – have been published this [...]