Education Archives

Gender pay and career progression gap widens with experience in the teaching sector in Wales

22 May 2023

Recent analysis from ADR Wales’ researchers used administrative data to estimate career progression and pay differences among female and male teachers and school leaders in Wales. Using anonymised administrative data…

Early and multiple GCSE entry: Patterns over time and grade improvement

19 April 2021

Dr Jennifer May Hampton, a researcher in the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data (WISERD) Education Data Lab at Cardiff University, discusses two new Data Insights concerning early and…

ADR Wales looks at school absence for children living in homeless households

24 March 2021

ADR Wales has released its latest publication analysing the effect that living in a homeless household has on school attendance. ADR Wales Housing and Homelessness researchers, Dr Ian Thomas and Dr Peter Mackie, compared patterns…

Patterns of school non-attendance over the educational lifecourse

10 December 2020

Dr Ian Thomas is a Research Associate at ADR Wales, specialising in inequalities and in particular homelessness. In his blog, Ian discusses a recent Data Insight about his research on absence from school…

Public data for public good: Towards a better understanding of children’s lives online seminar

29 September 2020

Led by the Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research (SCADR) of ADR Scotland, the Administrative Data Research Centre Northern Ireland of ADR Northern Ireland, and ADR Wales, this online seminar will bring together researchers, policymakers and…

Education outcomes of children living in homeless households

18 August 2020

Latest research undertaken by ADR Wales explores the education outcomes of children and young people living in homeless households. The research led by ADR Wales Housing and Homelessness Academics Dr Ian Thomas and Dr Peter Mackie linked statutory homelessness data…