Graduates out-earn peers with same GCSEs but no degree
Newly revised outcomes data show men who studied philosophy and history earned less than non-graduates with similar GCSE grades.
What can GCSE performance tell us about salaries aged 27?
It's LEO, but not as we know it - DK examines the latest attempt to link attainment aged 16 to graduate and non-graduate outcomes.
The links between disadvantage and the achievement grade in school inspection
Ofsted introduced its new inspection framework in November last year. Since then, the relationship between the achievement grade and disadvantage has been subject to scrutiny.
Halving the disadvantage gap
One of the big announcements in the schools White Paper released earlier this year was an ambition to halve the disadvantage gap at Key Stage 4.
Intelligent tutor that adapts lessons and feedback to individual pupils found to boost progress, named ‘promising programme’ by the EEF
An intelligent tutoring platform that personalises learning and feedback to individual pupils has been shown to improve maths attainment, according to the findings from an independent evaluation published by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) today.
The predictive value of standardised test scores for future attainment: The impact of achievement level
In many countries, school evaluations take into account the average progress their students make on standardised tests relative to their peers.
White working-class pupils ‘lagging behind’ despite London effect
White working-class young people face some of the biggest barriers to educational success in England, with pupils in parts of the capital failing to benefit from the its wider “London effect”, according to analysis.
Persistently disadvantaged pupils are too often invisible – the government must act
As a teacher, I saw first-hand how education can lift children out of incredibly difficult circumstances.
Rewriting the future for persistently disadvantaged pupils
Latest Teach First research reveals the stark reality facing England's most disadvantaged pupils — and calls for urgent action.
Persistent disadvantage – further analysis for Teach First
Pupils experiencing persistent disadvantage consistently demonstrate some of the lowest educational outcomes in the system – falling, on average, nearly two years of learning behind their peers by the time they sit their GCSEs.
Key Stage 2 attainment, lifetime absence and context
We use Key Stage 2 data for 2025 from the National Pupil Database (NPD). We include all 653,000 pupils at state-funded mainstream and special schools.
44% of the GCSE disadvantage gap is locked in by age 11, first-of-its-kind research shows
Nearly half (44 per cent) of the gap between the GCSE results of disadvantaged pupils and their peers already exists at age 11, according to new Education Policy Institute (EPI) and Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) research, underscoring the critical role of early years and...
Almost half of the disadvantage gap ‘locks in’ by age 11 – research
Almost half of the GCSE attainment gap between poorer pupils and their better-off peers is “locked in” by the end of primary school, new research has warned.
Growing apart: the evolution of the disadvantage gap
Many of the biggest challenges facing the education system – including absence, disengagement and SEND – are complex, interrelated and are shaped by socioeconomic circumstance.
Smacking leads to worse exam results, research finds
Smacking children can lead to future behavioural problems and worse exam results, according to new research.