January 2014

In December, Ofsted published an updated version of the school inspection handbook; this summary highlights the key changes.

This guidance was updated in December, with changes made in a number of sections. The summary focusses on information which has been added or changed.

This guidance has been produced by the DfE to help recipients to understand their role in implementing the government’s 0-25 reforms.

This release from the DfE gives revise information about the 2013 Key Stage 2 assessments.

This document outlines the government's plans for the introduction of core mathematics qualifications for students who do not progress to study AS or A level mathematics.

This report from the DfE outlines the progress which has been made to date in implementing the recommendations made by Professor Wolf concerning vocational education.

This report from NFER compares pupil attainment and progress in academy and non-academy schools.

This statistical first release (SFR) provides national and local authority level information on the outcomes for children who have been looked after continuously for at least 12 months at 31 March 2013.

This statistical release provides national projections for the number of pupils in schools by type of school and age group and looks at key trends over the last 15 years.

This research by colleagues here at the Graduate School of Education set out to explore the effectiveness of the Reading Quest Programme which provides intensive one-to-one tuition for year 2 pupils in disadvantaged areas.

This report from the Sutton Trust focusses on strategies identified in previous research and used by middle class parents to secure their children's educational success.