More or Less - How did lockdown impact children? - BBC Sounds Five years on, Tim Harford looks at the data on the effect of lockdown.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... GREAT episode - featuring @fftedudatalab.bsky.social on attendance.

Minute Cryptic - 14 February 2025
"Hurry after romantic's latest squeeze" (5)
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I scored: 2 under par
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If you’re getting into school practice this might be helpful: attendancetoolkit.blob.core.windows.net/toolkit-doc/...

Great questions. This offers some helpful insight into which part of the distribution changes, and the differences by cohort: department-for-education.shinyapps.io/absence-dist...

Such powerful insight for any secondary senior attendance champion. Thank you @fftedudatalab.bsky.social #edusky

Completely agree. I can’t remember who said this last year, but there should be traitor the audience know exist but never see… (never see their face)

Exciting development. What time?

Completely agree! (Loved the voting intention of traitors viewers - more traitors polling please 🙏)

When the Tesco cashier belts the clearly over 25 button on the self scans.

#traitors #traitorsuk #thetraitors

Excellent as always from @fftedudatalab.bsky.social #edusky

Fascinating! When will the podcast be out @draliceevans.bsky.social ?

See also a “babysitting” dad.

A headline saying “‘Worrying’ 40% of Scottish pupils passed maths”

I don’t know why that’s worrying. That’s well over half.

Any advice on a interrail route starting in London and getting to the Mediterranean?

Excellent news, one of the only reasons I go back to the other place!

Dropping Out Why improvements in school standards are at serious risk

New post just out:

"Dropping Out"

Why improvements to school standards are at serious risk.

(Free to read)

open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/d...

This is an excellent starter pack!

Well this is exciting! I’ve missed my Colin fix since moving over to here.

Differences in school performance are local not regional (mostly) - FFT Education Datalab The north/south divide in school performance is mostly a distraction. Most of the variation in school performance is very local, between nearby schools.

Really interesting attendance/attainment analysis from @fftedudatalab.bsky.social here #edusky: ffteducationdatalab.org.uk/2023/10/diff...

There was a bit of the ‘frog in a boiling pan’ about it - not noticing how bad it had got until I came here.

Working together to improve school attendance Guidance for schools, academy trusts, governing bodies and local authorities on maintaining high levels of school attendance, including roles and responsibilities.

@edusky.bsky.social You might have missed...New guidance published by the DfE today around attendance
Discover more on the DfE's website: www.gov.uk/government/p...
#EduSky

Hi @edusky.bsky.social