FFT attendance analysis featured in TES By FFT Education FFT Education Datalab’s analysis of pupil absence has been covered by TES. The analysis highlights that 2025/26 could be the first academic year since the pandemic in which there has been no meaningful reduction in absence. The analysis, written by Datalab statistician Katie Benyon, drew on data from around 10,000 schools using … Read More
Pupil absence during the heatwave
Pupil absence during the heatwave By Natasha Plaister and Katie Beynon, FFT Education Datalab Unless you’ve been living in a (lovely, cool) cave, you’re unlikely to have missed the fact that there was a heatwave last week. Temperatures peaked at 37C and schools around the country closed their doors, with some reports suggesting as many as 1,200 schools were closed at the height of … Read More