Student attainment and progress, and the role of geography

Funder: ESRC

We investigated a series of multilevel models to analyze the role of geography in pupil attainment and progress at Key Stage 4. For a sample of four Local Unitary Authorities, we examined models allowing for Secondary and Primary school effects and for geography level effects: effects of Output Areas and Lower and Middle Layers of Super Output Areas. We found that progress is less dependent on geography than the level of attainment.