April 2015

This guide from the DfE explains how the new performance measures, Attainment 8 and Progress 8 will be calculated, and how they will be used in the performance tables.

This report from the DfE describes actions which the Government proposes to take in order to address some of the issues raised in its recent ‘workload challenge’ consultation with teachers and school leaders.

This Statistical First Release (SRF) from the DfE reports on absence in state-funded primary, secondary and special schools during the 2013-2014 academic year.

This Statistical First Release (SFR) from the DfE reports on the Level 2 and 3 attainment of students in 2014 by the time they reached the age of 19.

This report published by the NASUWT presents findings from a longitudinal study on the costs which parents bear in relation to their child’s education.

This report from Civitas is based on research carried out by Robert Peal. It examines to what extent an ‘Ofsted preferred teaching style’ persists in school in England.

This annual report from the CfBT Education Trust reports on annual trends in the teaching and learning of languages.

This report from the Higher Education Funding Council for England provides a profile of pupils holding different Level 3 qualifications and explores rates of participation by qualifications.

This report from the House of Commons library sets out the current situation in the four countries of the UK regarding student tuition fees and outlines the tuition fee policies of the main political parties.

This report from the Education Endowment Foundation examines the effectiveness of the Accelerated Reader programme which is used in over 2,000 schools in the UK.