Return to News and Resources 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 that there has been no meaningful reduction in absence. The analysis, written by Kate Benyon, was based on data from around … Read More
Pupil absence during the heatwave
Return to News and Resources 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 … Read More