Pupil absenteeism in primary and secondary schools has risen for the first time in five years. The characteristics of those pupils as well as the reasons they've stated for not attending school point to possible explanations for the rise
There is a 27.4% attainment gap between children on free school meals and all other pupils gaining an A*-C grade in English and maths GCSE. How do the results break down by ethnicity, special educational needs and first language?
How do England's schools break down by race, free school meals, appeals for places and numbers of children with English as a second or third language? We've mapped the latest data to provide a unique picture of education in 2011