Absence and attainment in primary schools in 2023
We examine the relationship between absence and attainment at Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 using data from 2023.
We examine the relationship between absence and attainment at Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 using data from 2023.
37% of Year 1-6 and 58% of Year 7-11 pupils who missed school at the start of the year went on to miss at least 10% of sessions across the whole of the 2022/23 academic year.
We revisit the Timpson Review to examine the risk factors of permanent exclusions in the 2020/21 academic year
Absence rates remain above pre-pandemic rates. With that in mind, should the persistent absence measure now be redefined?
We present some initial findings from the 2023 Year 1 Phonics Early Results Service
We present some initial findings from the 2023 Key Stage 1 Early Results Service
As Key Stage 1 assessments were cancelled in 2020 (and 2021) due to COVID, Key Stage 2 progress measures cannot be calculated next year (or in 2025). We look at options for alternative measures.
We try to use attendance data to work out how many pupils nationally might have been on a part-time timetable at some point in the Autumn or Spring terms 2022/23
We examine the rate at which pupils have joined or left the state-funded school system in England in recent years. These rates fell during the height of the initial waves of the pandemic.