Broadly speaking, and perhaps unsurprisingly, vulnerable pupils tend to be more prone to mobility. This includes those who are economically disadvantaged, those with special educational needs, those with a history of exclusion or repeat suspension, and those with lower levels of Key Stage 2 attainment. There are substantial overlaps between these groups, of course.
It is also the case that outward pupil asia rcs data mobility is higher among lower performing schools. But as we (and many others) have shown, lower performing schools tend to have higher proportions of pupils in the groups listed above.
Summing up
In this article we’ve taken a more recent look at the extent to which pupils change schools between Year 7 and Year 11.
Some degree of pupil mobility is to be expected as result of families moving, changes in care placements and so on. We can’t tell from data alone whether school moves are entirely the decision of the family/ carers but what we can do is examine how rates of mobility vary between schools and between pupil groups.
The figures we show are pretty stable for the last six cohorts of pupils completing Key Stage 4. There were slightly fewer pupils who left the state-funded mainstream sector during 2021 and 2022. Exams were cancelled in the first of these years, and and a slight increase in the proportion for which a destination cannot be determined over the last few years.