Educational insights, research and practical guidance
Helping schools, trusts and organisations turn data into better decisions
Helping schools, trusts and organisations turn data into better decisions
Helping schools, trusts and organisations turn data into better decisions
Educational data should support action, not create more questions. The Purple Education Data Hub brings together practical guidance, policy analysis, sector insight and evidence-informed thinking for schools, multi-academy trusts and educational organisations.
Explore attendance, behaviour, suspensions, inclusion, SEND, provisions, impact evaluation, student voice and data strategy.
Latest from the Education Data Hub
Latest from the Education Data Hub
Latest from the Education Data Hub
New analysis, practical guidance and research briefings will appear here as the Education Data Hub grows.
New analysis, practical guidance and research briefings will appear here as the Education Data Hub grows.
Policy & inspection
Policy & inspection
Ofsted’s similar schools model: what it changes for multi-academy trusts
Ofsted’s similar schools model: what it changes for multi-academy trusts
Ofsted’s similar schools model: what it changes for multi-academy trusts
Ofsted now judges achievement against 50 similar schools rather than the national average. What that changes for trust central teams.
Ofsted now judges achievement against 50 similar schools rather than the national average. What that changes for trust central teams.
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Attendance
Attendance
The schools improving attendance fastest aren’t just monitoring absence — they’re understanding it
The schools improving attendance fastest aren’t just monitoring absence — they’re understanding it
The schools improving attendance fastest aren’t just monitoring absence — they’re understanding it
Understand emerging attendance patterns, pupil barriers and whether support is making a measurable difference.
Understand emerging attendance patterns, pupil barriers and whether support is making a measurable difference.
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Attendance
Attendance
What the DfE’s attendance analysis means for schools and trusts
What the DfE’s attendance analysis means for schools and trusts
What the DfE’s attendance analysis means for schools and trusts
Short absences, appointment patterns and calendar effects can add up. Explore practical questions for attendance strategies.
Short absences, appointment patterns and calendar effects can add up. Explore practical questions for attendance strategies.
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Attendance
Attendance
Attendance: under the spotlight
Attendance: under the spotlight
Attendance: under the spotlight
Attendance is more than a headline percentage. Explore how patterns, vulnerable groups and changes over time can reveal where support may be needed.
Attendance is more than a headline percentage. Explore how patterns, vulnerable groups and changes over time can reveal where support may be needed.
7 min read
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Provisions & impact
Provisions & impact
Measuring what matters: how schools and trusts can truly evidence provision impact
Measuring what matters: how schools and trusts can truly evidence provision impact
Measuring what matters: how schools and trusts can truly evidence provision impact
Activity reporting is not impact evaluation. Explore how baseline, delivery, follow-up and meaningful comparison can support better decisions.
Activity reporting is not impact evaluation. Explore how baseline, delivery, follow-up and meaningful comparison can support better decisions.
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Multi-academy trusts
Multi-academy trusts
Academy trust inspections are coming: what the new framework means for MAT leaders
Academy trust inspections are coming: what the new framework means for MAT leaders
Academy trust inspections are coming: what the new framework means for MAT leaders
Trust inspections bring greater focus to governance, oversight, evidence and the impact of trust-wide strategy.
Trust inspections bring greater focus to governance, oversight, evidence and the impact of trust-wide strategy.
8 min read
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