Mark Peters

Good decisions: supporting children aged 16 and 17 who need help when they are homeless A study of the local authority response to homeless children and young people.

Our new research reveals that homeless 16- and 17-year-olds need better access to independent advocates to help them understand their options, including becoming a looked after child: www.gov.uk/government/p...

The book was on my Christmas list too. I’ve also been celebrating the festive season with this! Great book @samfr.bsky.social

Here is a fantastic new report on the state of the childcare sector in England. Lots on finances, costs, workforce and funding ….

@su-min-lee.bsky.social

PIAAC 2024: What does it mean for UK essential skills?

Join us tomorrow to explore what yesterday’s
OECD #PIAAC data means for UK essential skills! ⬇️

We'll be hearing from Andreas Schleicher (OECD), Sarah Waite (Get Further), Jamie Cater (Make UK), Rebecca Wheater (NFER), Alex Stevenson and Emily Jones (L&W).

learningandwork.org.uk/events-2/pia...

Important new report on adult literacy & numeracy skills from the OECD.

- 18% of adults have low proficiency in literacy (would struggle to read longer texts)

- But young adults (16 to 24) are doing better than 2012.

Lots of useful insights.

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/675330...

Further evidence of England's improvement in maths today with the release of the TIMSS 2023 test which allows for comparisons across countries.

Particularly good news at year 9 (13 year olds) where we've seen a decent jump despite the pandemic (unlike other countries).

Networks of Headteachers and Schools - Education Policy Institute A new report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI), funded by the Nuffield Foundation, explores headteachers’ and future headteachers’ movements throughout their careers. It shows that some schools,...

🚨NEW: The Education Policy Institute has published a new report, funded by the @nuffieldfound.bsky.social , examining headteachers’ and future headteachers’ career movements over a decade.

You can read the full report here👇
epi.org.uk/publications...

Living with parents has been a growing phenomenon over the last generation; the proportion of 18-34-year-olds living with their parents has grown significantly over the past two decades.

Read more ➡️ https://buff.ly/4hYPPb9

Expecting any social media platform to be representative of *the* electorate in general is deeply unrealistic. There are fundamental demographic differences between some platforms even before you get to ideology! Sorry, I am too old to go on TikTok. These are global platforms too...

• Today is the last day to complete the Department for Education’s Curriculum and Assessment Review.

Help us to shape a new curriculum that is fit for the future and sets up every child for a bright future in work and life.
consult.education.gov.uk/curriculum-a...

Thought provoking findings in here

repec-cepeo.ucl.ac.uk/cepeow/cepeo...

'Almost 1 in every 5 disadvantaged pupils (19%) in Years 9 and 10 were suspended or excluded at least once in 2023/24.'

Hard questions to ask ourselves here. Please note important context in the full blog post.

ffteducationdatalab.org.uk/2024/11/excl...

Private school pupils’ performance in GCSEs (and IGCSEs) Using rich longitudinal data from the UK’s Millennium Cohort Study (MCS), the authors compare the performance of private and state school pupils in age 16 national examinations (GCSEs) in England, ...

State schools have closed the gap with private schools in GCSE results, once we adjust for socioeconomic differences in their intakes.

New findings in our paper published today in Cambridge Review of Education: https://doi.org/10.1080/0305764X.2024.2420611