This year's published secondary school performance data shows why Progress 8 (or something like it) is needed, despite its flaws| FFT Education Datalab
Is it right to say that there were over 170 thousand children who were severely absent in 2023/24?| FFT Education Datalab
With the publication of the Curriculum and Assessment Review imminent, we look at the extent to which schools offer different subjects at Key Stage 4, and how entry patterns have been changing in the last few years| FFT Education Datalab
There will be no official Progress 8 measures this year due to the cancellation of Key Stage 2 tests in 2020. However, we have produced an alternative measure using CAT4 scores as a baseline.| FFT Education Datalab
We discuss where secondary FFT estimates come from, and look at some of their uses and limitations| FFT Education Datalab
A look at the leaky pipeline for pupils who show potential in maths at age eleven but don't go on to pursue the subject.| FFT Education Datalab
Although it is a requirement that pupils who do not achieve grade 4 in English (or maths) at GCSE continue to study English (or maths) post-16 by no means all of them enter a qualification.| FFT Education Datalab
Absence at the start of term is no more predictive of persistent absence than at any other time of year.| FFT Education Datalab
Post-COVID there has been a rise in the percentage of pupils leaving school without a pass (9-1) in GCSE English and a similar figure in maths. Most of these pupils were not entered for examinations.| FFT Education Datalab
We look at some of the things DfE should consider when providing schools with comparative analysis of the percentage of pupils reaching a good level of development (GLD) at the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage.| FFT Education Datalab
Based on data from 1,500 secondary schools, we take an early look at the pupils who did not achieve a standard pass in English and maths GCSE.| FFT Education Datalab
New statutory guidance for schools in relation to recording and managing attendance (and absence) came into effect in September last year. We take a look at the use of codes to record absences in attendance registers.| FFT Education Datalab
We examine the characteristics of pupils on roll in AP schools, distinguishing between those with current/ main registrations and those with subsidiary registrations| FFT Education Datalab
