Schools eligible for RISE intervention
Reporting year 2026

Description: The data files provided through this publication show aggregate level figures for attainment, absence, exclusions and suspensions, and characteristics for pupils attending targeted RISE intervention schools. Figures are compared to equivalent national averages for all pupils at state funded mainstream schools.

Coverage: The targeted RISE intervention schools covered by the figures in this release are the 399 mainstream schools from among the 419 schools that had enrolled on the targeted RISE intervention programme as of May 2026 and which were still eligible for intervention.

Data conventions: The presented figures are rounded on the same basis as used in the relevant national level publications.

For further details see sub-section of the release home page titled Overview of data coverage, data sources, and processing steps.

Data files

KS2_TARGETED RISE

Filename: ks2_national_char_Rise_data.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2023/24 to 2024/25
Content summary: Data for the share of end KS2 pupils achieving the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at targeted RISE intervention schools (by disadvantaged status and compared to equivalent national averages).

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name                              |  Variable description
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breakdown_disadvantage                     |  Pupil characteristics grouping - filter for disadvantaged pupils or other pupils
breakdown_school_grouping                  |  School grouping breakdown - filter for targeted RISE intervention schools or for all state-funded mainstream schools
breakdown_topic_for_pupil_characteristics  |  Which pupil characteristics grouping is the data broken down by - filter by pupil characteristics grouping of interest
no_schools                                 |  Number of schools
pt_rwm_met_expected_standard               |  Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (combined)
t_rwm_eligible_pupils                      |  Number of eligible pupils in reading, writing and maths

Footnotes:

1. The presented key stage 2 performance figures are for state-funded mainstream schools within each of the listed categories.
2. There are a small number of targeted RISE intervention schools which have primary phase pupils, but which did not have end of key stage 2 pupils in one or both of the considered academic years.


KS4_TARGETED RISE

Filename: ks4_national_char_Rise_data.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2023/24 to 2024/25
Content summary: Data for the average Attainment 8 outcomes of end KS4 pupils at targeted RISE intervention schools (by disadvantaged status and compared to equivalent national averages).

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name                              |  Variable description
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avg_att8                                   |  Average Attainment 8 score
breakdown_disadvantage                     |  Pupil characteristics grouping - filter for disadvantaged pupils or other pupils
breakdown_school_grouping                  |  School grouping breakdown - filter for targeted RISE intervention schools or all state-funded mainstream schools
breakdown_topic_for_pupil_characteristics  |  Which pupil characteristics grouping is the data broken down by - filter by pupil characteristics grouping of interest
t_pupils                                   |  Number of pupils at the end of KS4
t_schools                                  |  Number of schools

Footnotes:

1. The presented key stage 4 performance figures are for state-funded mainstream schools within each of the listed categories.
2. There are a small number of targeted RISE intervention schools which have secondary phase pupils, but which did not have end of key stage 4 pupils in one or both of the considered academic years.


ABSENCE_TARGETED RISE

Filename: absence_national_Rise_data.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2023/24 to 2024/25
Content summary: Data for absence rates for pupils at targeted RISE intervention schools (by phase and compared to equivalent national averages).

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name                   |  Variable description
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breakdown_school_grouping       |  School grouping breakdown - filter for targeted RISE intervention schools or all state-funded mainstream schools of the relevant phase
education_phase                 |  School phase - filter for mainstream primary or mainstream secondary
enrolments                      |  Number of pupil enrolments
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent  |  Percentage of persistent absentees (10% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent  |  Percentage of severe absentees (50% or more missed)
num_schools                     |  Number of schools
sess_authorised_percent         |  Authorised absence rate
sess_overall_percent            |  Overall absence rate
sess_unauthorised_percent       |  Unauthorised reasons rate

Footnotes:

1. The presented absence figures are for state-funded mainstream schools within each of the listed categories.


EXCLUSIONS_TARGETED RISE_FULLYEAR

Filename: exclusions_national_Rise_data.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2023/24 to 2024/25
Content summary: Full year data for suspension rates for pupils at targeted RISE intervention schools (by phase and compared to equivalent national averages).

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name              |  Variable description
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breakdown_school_grouping  |  School grouping breakdown - filter for targeted RISE intervention schools or all state-funded mainstream schools of the relevant phase
education_phase            |  School phase - filter for mainstream primary or mainstream secondary
headcount                  |  Headcount of pupils
perm_excl_rate             |  Rate of permanent exclusions (number of permanent exclusions per 100 pupils)
susp_rate                  |  Rate of suspensions (number of suspensions per 100 pupils)

Footnotes:

1. The presented suspension and exclusion rate figures are for state-funded mainstream schools within each of the listed categories.


FSM_ETHNICITY_TARGETED RISE

Filename: fsm_ethnicity_national_Rise_data.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2024/25
Content summary: Data for the share of pupils at targeted RISE intervention schools who are eligible for free school meals and classified within each ethnicity (minor) category.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name              |  Variable description
-------------------------  |  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
breakdown_school_grouping  |  School grouping breakdown - filter for targeted RISE intervention schools or all state-funded mainstream schools of the relevant phase
characteristic             |  Pupil characteristics grouping - filter for an individual characteristic grouping
characteristic_group       |  Which pupil characteristics grouping is the data broken down by - filter by pupil characteristics topic of interest
denominator                |  Total number of pupils across all ethnicity categories and all fsm eligibility status categories
fsm_eligibility            |  FSM eligibility grouping - filter for pupils known to be eligible for free schools meals (or not)
number_of_pupils           |  Number of pupils for selected ethnicity category and fsm eligibility status category
phase_type_grouping        |  School phase - filter for mainstream primary or mainstream secondary
share_of_all_pupils        |  Share of pupils in selected ethnicity category and fsm eligibility status category

Footnotes:

1. The presented pupil characteristics figures are for state-funded mainstream schools within each of the listed categories.
