Over recent years we’ve been working closely with Wandsworth Borough Council to produce SEND forecasts to help the council with high needs place planning. In particular, Wandsworth wanted to more... read more →
This blog outlines our thoughts on the SEND and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan, including a summary of the changes from the 2022 Green Paper. In March last year, the Government... read more →
This blog takes a deep dive into where pupils go after KS4 and whether the type of school they attend has a long term impact. What are pupil destinations? At... read more →
This blog explores the Government's proposed changes to the SEND and alternative provision system and Mime's response. On the 29th March 2022, the Government released its SEND and alternative provision... read more →
Following this week's publication of DfE data on KS4 attainment in 2021, we have updated our previous analysis of the disadvantage gap. This has shown that, across England, the disadvantage... read more →
The pandemic has brought into focus the gaps in attainment between disadvantaged young people and their peers. This article looks at the latest published DfE data on the rates of... read more →
There has been much attention on the disproportionate impact of remote learning on disadvantaged pupils, with some evidence that disadvantaged pupils have been more likely to receive fewer hours of... read more →
This blog post explores the recently published DfE data on KS4 attainment in 2020. Due to the changed grading system in 2020, we cannot confidently determine whether there have been... read more →
This blog post explores the latest DfE data on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) across England. This includes data on the primary needs of SEND pupils, which we look... read more →
In this blog we’ll outline how GCSE and A Level grading will work this year. We’ll discuss some potential pitfalls as well as benefits of this approach, and outline what... read more →