May 2015

This report from Ofsted will help schools to compare their own take up of A-Level subjects with the national figures.

This report provides key information about applicants and rates of acceptance onto ITE courses through UCAS in the 2013-14 cycle.

This fact sheet from the NfER outlines and critiques certain aspects of GCSE and A level reform, looking at the evidence and the rationale for change.

In the light of the continued expansion of academies, this report from the NfER asks to what extent the freedoms given to these schools are in fact driving improvements.

This report from the NfER presents the findings from 13 key studies on the performance of academy schools.

This summary comprises two linked evaluations by the Educational Endowment Foundation of the Mathematics Mastery programme.

This report published by the OECD featured widely in the media this month. It estimates how an increase in pupils’ cognitive skills as measured by PISA and other international instruments could affect economic growth in member countries.

This report from the Sutton Trust follows on from a previous report (see summary 60) which looked at the education of prospective parliamentary candidates. It provides the same information about those who made it to Westminster.

This short report published by the Sutton Trust ranks all 533 parliamentary constituencies in England according to five measures of social mobility through education.

This report from the NfER outlines six case studies which demonstrate how schools and colleges have overcome common barriers to the delivery of work experience.