Performance Data

Explore trends in national A-Level and GCSE entries and grades...

Government welcomes more pupils studying science...

A-levels: Dip in top grades as thousands get results...

A-Level results 2019: The main trends in grades and entries...

GOV.UK - The information that the Department for Education (DfE) will publish in the school and college performance tables....

National curriculum assessments: key stage 2, 2019 (interim)...

Sats are no better than teachers at predicting pupil's GCSE and A-Level results, study finds...

School exclusions review...

DfE is proposing the removal of floor standards and coasting measures and that, instead, all schools judged as Requires Improvement by Ofsted will be eligible for support and that schools with two consecutive Requires Improvement judgements will be eligible for...

The Sutton Trust - As the academies programme has developed, policymakers have increasingly seen academy chains, and especially multi-academy trusts (MATs) as the best way of working to improve the performance of previously struggling schools and the educational outcomes of their...

Ofsted - Updates for inspectors and stakeholders with the latest information and guidance about Ofsted's inspection work in schools (including March 2019 update)....

DfE - Revised information on the 2018 key stage 2 assessments and statistics on the performance of state-funded schools in multi-academy trusts. See also Primary school performance tables: 2018. ....

 DfE - Data on schools, further education and higher education, attainment, education expenditure and qualifications gained for the UK....

DfE - Achievements of pupils in each state-funded primary school in England. See also Key stage 2 and multi-academy trust performance, 2018 (revised). TES - More than 350 primaries below Sats floor target. BBC News - Primary school tables: Poor pupils won't catch up for 50 years. The...

Institute of Fiscal Studies - ... those who attend grammar schools do, on average, somewhat better than similar children in the comprehensive system.  On the other hand, those in selective areas who don’t get into grammar schools do worse than they...

DfE - The achievements of pupils at key stage 4, and how they compare with other schools in their local authority area and in England....

DfE - Provisional statistics on the achievements of young people at the end of key stage 4 in England, in the 2017 to 2018 academic year....

DfE - Provisional information on A level and other results for 16- to 18-year-olds at the end of their final year....

DfE - Research into the academic progress of young people in year 11....

DfE - Research into the impact of early education at ages 2 to 4 on child outcomes at age 4, and the importance of the early years home environment....

DfE/STA - Provisional 2018 key stage 2 results for pupils in schools in England at national, regional and local authority level....

DfE - Pupils across the country celebrate success in new gold-standard GCSE qualifications. TES - GCSE results: Top grades up for first time in seven years. BBC News - GCSE results rise despite tougher exams. The Guardian - GCSEs: boys close gap on girls after exams overhaul....

BBC News - A-level students have been awarded the highest proportion of As and A*s since 2012, amid changes toughening the exams in England. DfE - Next generation of young people gaining the skills Britain needs. The Guardian - A-levels: proportion of students in England...

BBC News - There has been a further improvement in Welsh students' performance at the top grades at A level....

BBC News - More boys than girls have achieved the top A-Level grade in Northern Ireland for the first time....