International comparisons
Date: 29.08.2018International comparisons of spending, teacher demographics, salaries and workload...
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The governing body's role in spending, monitoring and...
Date: 29.08.2018Effective PP spending: accounting for how every £ of the PP budget is spent; having clear criteria and clarity are essentials...
READGCSE results 2018 – What is happening with the reformed...
Date: 28.08.2018It looks as though the pass rates in the 2018 reformed GCSEs have improved at the same rate as for all subjects overall in England...
READPrimary phase value added measures in performance tables
Date: 28.08.2018Three main issues with the Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 2 value added measures...
READSecondary phase value added measures in performance tables
Date: 28.08.2018Four significant issues with Progress 8...
READThe STEM gender gap: what can we do about it?
Date: 22.08.2018Only dramatic intervention will change girls’ low take-up of physics and maths: IFS...
READInequality in schools
Date: 21.08.2018Labour analysis finds “shameful” inequality in England’s education system...
READUniversity aspirations 2018
Date: 16.08.2018The proportion of young people who think it’s important to go to university is at it’s lowest since 2010....
READFree For All? Analysing Free Schools in England, 2018
Date: 16.08.2018Only one third of free schools set up to date were found to demonstrate a novel approach...
READCan summer schools improve outcomes for disadvantaged...
Date: 16.08.2018Recent evidence on the effectiveness of ‘transition’ and ‘access’ summer schools for pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds...
READEducation in England: Annual Report 2018
Date: 16.08.2018Overall, there is little change in the gap in school attainment between disadvantaged pupils and their peers. ...
READWhy new DfE statistics may be concealing the number of...
Date: 16.08.2018The overall effect of DfE presenting data this way is to underestimate the number of academies that are in financial difficulties...
READCurriculum based financial planning
Date: 16.08.2018Half of schools will receive insufficient additional funding to cover a 1% increase in expenditure on staff...
READEarly years education: what does high-quality provision...
Date: 16.08.2018If the government is serious about using early years provision to improve outcomes then it must pay attention to these findings ...
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