Research and analysis

Factors influencing secondary school pupils’ educational outcomes

A literature review of factors influencing attainment and outcomes during secondary school, supporting the Growing Up in the 2020s study.

From:
Department for Education
Published
27 September 2024

Applies to England

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Factors influencing secondary school pupils’ educational outcomes: literature review supporting the Growing Up in the 2020s study

Ref: ISBN 978-1-83870-544-2, RR1428

PDF, 973 KB, 136 pages

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This report presents findings from a rapid literature review aimed at supporting the third cohort of the Education and Outcomes Panel Study, which is known internally as EOPS-C and has the public-facing name Growing Up in the 2020s.

The review identifies a range of factors shown to affect the attainment and outcomes of secondary school pupils, including:

  • risk factors
  • protective factors
  • whether there are any gaps in the evidence base

The report was commissioned to help guide data collection for EOPS-C by showing what is already known. We can build on this to provide new longitudinal evidence on factors influencing attainment and wider outcomes in secondary school.

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Published 27 September 2024

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