School rolls show that many students are disappearing before their exam year. Where are they going?When ex-headteacher Linda Morris saw coverage last year approximately one of her local schools in a national newspaper,she was outraged. Here was a school being lauded for a seemingly dramatic improvement in its pupils' exam results. But there was no mention in the article approximately the history behind the rise, which Morris (not her genuine name) and local teacher friends knew was interesting and – as they saw it – very concerning.
Morris had evidence that fraction of the school's improvement was a product of its practice of removing some of its pupils, and often lower-achievers,from its rolls and having them educated elsewhere, meaning these youngsters simply did not show up in its figures any more.
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Source: theguardian.com