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In 2016 the government announced the creation of opportunity areas. They would share £60m in funding, set up school partnerships, and develop links with local businesses in the hope of raising children’s aspirations. We look at how all this turned out. vist.ly/3n3t5jf

In March, we found out that the Education Investment Area scheme would not continue. So we thought it would be a good time to look back and see what, if anything, has changed for these areas. vist.ly/3n3tg6q

ICYMI: Grading severity at Key Stage 4 in 2024 A new edition of our occasional series examining how pupils' grades in different subjects at Key Stage 4 differ to those they achieve in GCSE English language and maths ffteducationdatalab.org.uk/2025/05/gradin…

In today's video briefing with Pepe Di’Iasio there's the latest on teaching apprenticeships, the report by the Child Poverty Action Group on the increasing cost of education for families, and analysis by FFT Education Datalab on grading severity: vimeo.com/1082850846

📣 Welsh educators! We are thrilled to announce that we will be exhibiting at the National Education Show in Llandudno on Friday 13th June 2025. Stop by our stand to find out how our data and literacy tools can help your school👋 Find out more: vist.ly/3n48ww2

NEW: School absences, exclusions and crime amongst high-achieving children from disadvantaged backgrounds - with John Jerrim Highlights from new research into high-achieving children from disadvantaged backgrounds vist.ly/3n4dag8

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In case you missed it: Grading severity at Key Stage 4 in 2024 A new edition of our occasional series examining how pupils' grades in different subjects at Key Stage 4 differ to those they achieve in GCSE English language and maths vist.ly/3n3szyz

Not attending – or being excluded from – school is a problem for any pupil, but it may be particularly concerning amongst disadvantaged pupils who were excelling when they left primary. In our latest post, John Jerrim looks at the figures. vist.ly/3n4dn8z

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In our latest post, John Jerrim shares new findings from his Nuffield Foundation funded research project on high-achieving children from disadvantaged backgrounds. vist.ly/3n4dzh3

In the latest in a series of posts about Nuffield Foundation funded research into high-achieving children from disadvantaged backgrounds, John Jerrim looks at rates of school absences, exclusions and cautions/sentences from the police. vist.ly/3n4e79m

FFT Regional Attendance Tracker is updated with the latest national & regional #attendance. 📊 View the latest data here 👇 fftedu.org/4kdbsoT

NEW: Exclusions and Suspensions in Autumn and Spring 2024/25 Rates of exclusion and suspension have been rising since the pandemic. But there are emerging signs based on this year's data that rates might be plateauing. vist.ly/3n4xk2r

Staggering numbers. 1 in 7 low SES Yr 9/10 pupils excluded (temp or perm) so far this year. Disadvantage, along with a previous history of social care & a previous history of suspension, are the biggest risk factors of exclusion, finds FFT Education Datalab Full piece here 👇

Published DfE statistics for 2022/23 showed that suspensions reached record levels and our analysis for 2023/24 suggests that they were higher still. Data for 2024/25 so far suggests that the rate of increase is at least beginning to slow. vist.ly/3n4y6a3

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Regular readers of our blog will know that we’ve been using attendance data to monitor school exclusion and suspension rates in advance of official statistics from Department for Education. And figures for Autumn and Spring term are now out. ffteducationdatalab.org.uk/2025/05/exclus…

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