FFT · Research · Analysis of education data: results, admissions, workforce and funding.
We use FFT Attendance Tracker data from 2025/26 to estimate the number of schools with a two-week October half-term break and whether these schools see higher or lower rates of absence than schools with a one-week break.
Pupils who feel they belong at school tend to get better GCSE grades, but much of that link disappears once otherwise similar pupils are compared.
A look at how three international surveys measure school belonging, and why a single score may tell schools less than it seems.
We look at how many and how often students who have not achieved grade 4 or higher in GCSE English and maths resit those subjects up to age 19
GCSEs in modern foreign languages have historically been severely graded. We look to see if anything has changed with the introduction of new specifications.
An update to our regular series using attendance data to gauge the rate of exclusion and suspension in the whole of the 2025/26 academic year.
We use data from FFT Attendance Tracker to explore the level of ambition of the Government's attendance target, announced in the White Paper earlier this year
Our round up of everything you need to know about the 2026 results.
Our usual round-up of everything we'll be looking out for on GCSE results day 2026
Our round up of everything you need to know about the 2026 results.
Our usual round-up of everything we'll be looking out for on results day 2026.
