Pupil performance in schools

Research and guidance about increasing pupil performance in education. 

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Guidance and regulation

• School reports on pupil performance: guide for headteachers
  • Detailed guide
  • 8 May 2024
  • Department for Education and Standards and Testing Agency

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News and communications

• Education Secretary addresses Church of England National Education Conference
  • 27 January 2023
  • Department for Education
  • Speech
• Damian Hinds Launches Global Celebration of Education
  • 22 January 2018
  • Department for Education
  • News story
• County Durham student awarded Lord Glenamara memorial prize
  • 10 February 2017
  • Department for Education
  • Press release
• Study reveals a quarter of schoolchildren hope to work in science
  • 6 December 2016
  • Department for Education
  • Press release
• Sir Michael Wilshaw speech at IPPR
  • 23 February 2016
  • Ofsted
  • Speech

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Research and statistics

• Secondary school performance data in England: 2024 to 2025 (revised)
  • 5 February 2026
  • Department for Education
  • National statistics
• Primary school performance tables: 2025
  • 11 December 2025
  • Department for Education
  • National statistics
• Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study 2023: England
  • 10 March 2025
  • Department for Education
  • Research
• Primary school performance tables: 2024
  • 12 December 2024
  • Department for Education
  • National statistics
• PIRLS 2021: reading literacy performance in England
  • 27 September 2024
  • Department for Education
  • Research

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Lord Glenamara Memorial prize winners
  • 6 October 2022
  • Department for Education
  • Transparency
• Pupil nationality, country of birth and proficiency in English: 2018
  • 13 December 2018
  • Department for Education
  • Transparency
• Pupil nationality, country of birth and proficiency in English: 2017
  • 7 December 2017
  • Department for Education
  • Transparency
• School performance and house prices: analysis
  • 19 March 2017
  • Department for Education
  • Transparency
• A level attainment by pupil characteristics
  • 16 March 2017
  • Department for Education
  • Transparency

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Organisations

• Department
  for Education
• Standards
  & Testing
  Agency

• Ofsted