FFT Attendance Tracker is now updated with the latest school and national weekly attendance data up to Friday 8 May 2026. View your school's attendance. 🔍 👇 vist.ly/53vz8 #attendancematters #education

Iteration 2.1 of the LEO dataset (which brings together education and employment/earnings data in England) is now available and earnings and benefits data are now available up until 2023/24 (up to age 37 for the oldest cohort). Find out more and get access details here: www.gov.uk/government/p...

FFT Regional Attendance Tracker is updated with the latest national & regional attendance. 📊 View the latest data here 👇 vist.ly/53rxs #attendance #attendancematters #education

Two types of free school meal eligibility from now on: Targeted and Expanded

📣 UPDATE: Schools Like Yours has now been updated with the latest KS2/KS4, attendance and Ofsted data. Our free Schools Like Yours tool is designed to help you benchmark your school against a group of similar schools, where you get to choose how similar is defined. vist.ly/4i9mj

NEW: What genetics can (and can’t) tell us about educational inequality - with John Jerrim Recent research allows us to ask new questions about how children differ in their educational development and what this does – and does not - mean for schools. vist.ly/536y7

FFT Attendance Tracker is now updated with the latest school and national weekly attendance data up to Friday 1 May 2026. View your school's attendance. 🔍 👇 vist.ly/5336y #attendancematters #education

NEW: The state of play for MATs in 2026 According to the schools white paper, all schools will eventually be part of a trust. We look at the current situation. vist.ly/423gs

FFT Regional Attendance Tracker is updated with the latest national & regional attendance. 📊 View the latest data here 👇 vist.ly/4zxii #attendance #attendancematters #education

The Unlocking Reading online portal is now open! 🔓 Free, on-demand CPD for secondary teachers, TAs and leaders — 10 modules to help your whole team support struggling readers. Start here 👉 vist.ly/4zdkf #FFT #DfE #UnlockingReading #CPD

My inaugural lecture is now publicly available online if you are interested in my research into how we can improve the life chances of disadvantaged young people (including a little about my own social mobility journey) @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBbC...

Cleaning some #ofsted data for a publication. The new report cards are tougher than TES reported in January, when they stated: > 1 in 7 schools in first wave gets ‘exceptional’ grade [14.2%] ... no school has given the lowest grade of ‘urgent improvement’

New @fftedudatalab.bsky.social research has identified 73 SEND magnet schools where the level of pupils with EHCPs is markedly higher than would be expected given the rates in their local area. It has also found they tend to achieve negative Progress 8 scores. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

NEW: The transition from primary to secondary for pupils with special educational needs (SEN) We look at how identification of SEN changes from Year 6 to Year 7, and the types of school that pupils move into. vist.ly/4zb23

NEW: Using administrative data to study initial post-16 destinations Some thoughts about the advantages and disadvantages of using administrative data from the National Pupil Database to calculate rates of young people not in education, employment and training (NEET). vist.ly/4z7hq

The most read article of the week was ‘Outcomes for pupils with low reading attainment at Key Stage 2' by @fftedudatalab.bsky.social 📚

Interested in using administrative data for youth transitions research? We'll be helping to run these free webinars this month, and there's still time to sign up. Register here: www.adruk.org/news-publica...

📢📢 interested in doing research on youth transitions using adminstrative data? 📢📢 join our very own @jakeanders.uk who will be giving a practical introduction to exactly that next tuesday (14/04) online sign up for the webinar here: zoom.us/webinar/regi... @adruk.bsky.social community catalyst

The point about high-achieving disadvantaged children being more likely to live at home during university is really important to consider when thinking about course/campus closures and regional "cold spots" for specific subjects.

Lots of really interesting data in this, including long term impacts of the gifted and talent programme (which gave larger benefits to those from better-off backgrounds)

NEW: 10 key findings about the outcomes of initially high-achieving children from disadvantaged backgrounds - with John Jerrim and Maria Palma Carvajal This post brings together some of the “greatest hits” from across this research project. ffteducationdatalab.org.uk/2026/04/10-k...

FFT Attendance Tracker is now updated with the latest school and national weekly attendance data up to Friday 27 March 2026. View your school's attendance. 🔍 👇 vist.ly/4wkvv #attendancematters #education

FFT Attendance Tracker is now updated with the latest school and national weekly attendance data up to Friday 20 March 2026. View your school's attendance. 🔍 👇 vist.ly/4vwjq #attendancematters #education

NEW: How will qualification entry patterns change as a result of changes to Attainment 8? Expect an increase in entries in creative subjects and fewer entries in geography, history and triple science. vist.ly/4w343

NEW: Exclusions and suspensions in Autumn 2025/26 Early signs for 2025/26 suggest that suspensions are continuing to fall from their 2023/24 peak vist.ly/4vwi8

Early days for the new framework, but based on the outcomes for the first 50 or so secondary schools to be inspected, those with lower-attaining intakes are disproportionately more likely to be deemed as needing attention for achievement

NEW: Outcomes for pupils with low reading attainment at Key Stage 2 Low attainment in Key Stage 2 reading tests does not necessarily lead to poor outcomes at secondary school, but it does increase the chances of poor outcomes. vist.ly/4vezi

FFT Regional Attendance Tracker is updated with the latest national & regional attendance. 📊 View the latest data here 👇 vist.ly/4u2wu #attendance #attendancematters #education

NEW: The education and labour market outcomes of England’s gifted and talented children This post outlines the findings from a new paper looking at England's former Gifted and Talented programme. Who was identified as gifted and talented, and what difference did it make? vist.ly/4us7j

🚨 Last chance to enter our #FFTReadAnywhere World Book Day Challenge! 📚 Share a photo of where reading happens beyond the classroom for a chance to win a £50 book token! Entries close 13 March. All the information you need to enter is below 👇 T&Cs: vist.ly/4uf5u

NEW: Understanding unauthorised absence We look at patterns in unauthorised absence, including the numbers of students missing school for unauthorised reasons very frequently, and the contribution such pupils make to headline absence figures. vist.ly/4uh86

NEW: “Fair banding” schools In collaboration with TES magazine last year, we analysed the characteristics of pupils in schools which used banding tests in their admissions processes. Here we set out our full methodology and findings. vist.ly/4tnuw

NEW: Are DfE right to ditch confidence intervals? DfE are proposing a change to the way they calculate bandings that summarise schools' progress scores. We look at the pros and cons of doing so. vist.ly/4ssyj

Pupils’ special educational needs will be met through a new layered system of support, with education, health and care plans reserved for only the most complex cases Here's what you need to know... https://schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-white-paper-the-key-send-reform-policies/

Big day today - we will finally find out the details of the government’s SEND reforms (following the drip, drip over the last few weeks). Follow @schoolsweek.bsky.social for what you need to know later this morning - and full analysis throughout the week. #SEND #schoolswhitepaper

Schools will get access to a new £1.6bn inclusion fund and a bank of specialists in their local area, the government announced tonight, as part of a £4bn spending plan for SEND reform

Turn data into direction with #FFTAspirePupilTracking and track progress from KS3-5. 📊 Benchmark: FFT’s 2025 national figures, FFT & CAT4 estimates ↔️ Subject attainment & progress ✅ Results, prior attainment & context Join our #KS5 focused webinar 👇 vist.ly/4q6fc

NEW POST: A-level completion rates We calculate the proportion of A-level students who complete their chosen qualification, and explore how this varies by subject and prior attainment. vist.ly/4qaj4

FFT Attendance Tracker is now updated with the latest school and national weekly attendance data up to Friday 30 January 2026. View your school's attendance. 🔍 👇 vist.ly/4q5s2 #attendancematters #education

FFT Attendance Tracker is now updated with the latest school and national weekly attendance data up to Friday 23 January 2026. View your school's attendance. 🔍 👇 vist.ly/4p7mu #attendancematters #education

Latest blog by @adr-uk.bsky.social on their research fellowships & how our research agenda can support. Karen Powell "...aligning your proposal with these research agendas means your work will address high-priority evidence gaps endorsed by a wide range of stakeholders." More:

Interested in applying for a research fellowship using admin datasets, like the National Pupil Database and LEO? Have a look at this blog for some guidance on how to shape your proposal. vist.ly/4nvpw

🤓The @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social team of data experts is running two admin training courses in February! First, we have an online course for those who wish to learn more about the National Pupil Database Feb 10 and Feb 11 at 9.30am GMT www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-adru...

7 year after becoming Professor… it’s my inaugural lecture! Improving the life chances of disadvantaged young people: how do we break down barriers to opportunity? Thursday 12 March, 5.15pm Room G06, Roberts Building Torrington Place, London WC1E 7JE Book your place here: bit.ly/life_chances

NEW POST: Pupil absence in Autumn Term 2025/26 A summary of patterns in pupil attendance across Autumn Term this year, including the impact of an unusually early flu season. vist.ly/4mk44

FFT Regional Attendance Tracker is updated with the latest national & regional attendance. 📊 View the latest data here 👇 vist.ly/4mfd3 #attendance #attendancematters #education

A new year reminder we're (@smfthinktank.bsky.social and @suttontrust.bsky.social) looking for case studies of successful relationships between schools and early years provision - that can be a nursery inside of a school, or local providers with strong links ⬇️

Interested in our research? Sign up to our mailing list to receive blogposts and reports as they come out. vist.ly/4izwy