This study uses data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) to
gain a better understanding of how academic performance and resources vary across rural …

Despite a consensus that children's socio-economic status (SES) is linked to their
educational outcomes, research is inconsistent. Differing variables are used to quantify SES; …

There are long-standing achievement gaps in England associated with socio-economic
status (SES), ethnicity and gender, but relatively little research has evaluated interactions …

This article reports the results of an empirical study of the impact of school inputs on pupils'
performance in private (independent) schools in the United Kingdom, using a new school …

Knowledge of the effect of school resources on student outcomes is important for policy
decisions concerning expenditure on schools. However, empirical research has so far …

London is an educational success story, with especially good schooling results for more
disadvantaged pupils. This is a dramatic reversal of fortunes. This paper uses a combination …

The issue of value‐added measures of school effectiveness is reviewed in relation to the
Government's requirement for schools to publish raw examination results. The study reports …

There is now a substantial body of research on whether schools differ in shaping students'
experiences and academic achievement has grown. In contrast, there has been little …

This report examines the factors underlying low achievement in British education. It is
important to find out why tens of thousands of young people leave school with no or very few …

The extent of between-school segregation, or clustering of disadvantaged students within
schools, in England varies depending on the indicator of interest. For example, the trend …