Primary school teachers matter for learning, but may have little impact on attendance
The findings from new research suggest that there are strong teacher effects on attainment in maths and reading at primary, but not necessarily on attendance.
The secondary school outcomes of pupils excluded (or suspended) in primary school
The highlights from a newly published report into the secondary school outcomes of pupils who were excluded during primary school. The research was conducted by Datalab on behalf of the charity Chance UK.
Attendance in primary schools before and after the last lockdown
Disadvantaged pupils in primary schools appear to have missed 50% more sessions than other pupils during the Autumn Term
How much Pupil Premium funding are primary schools missing out on?
Primary schools could have been £67m worse off in 2017/18 as a result of the universal infant free school meals policy.
What can we learn from Key Stage 1 scaled scores?
What we can learn from FFT's KS1 Early Results Service.
Why do pupils who went to infant and first schools appear to underperform at Key Stage 4?
Is it real underperformance, or something else? The Datalab team take a look at the issue.
The correlation between Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 value added
How well do schools’ value added (VA) scores at Key Stage 1 correlate with their value added scores at Key Stage 2? Do schools with high scores on one tend to achieve a high score on the other? Or do schools with low VA scores at KS1 tend to achieve high VA scores at KS2? [...]