A significant proportion of pupils move school during their school career for reasons other than standard structural moves between educational stages. Little is known about the underlying causes of these moves and the characteristics and experiences of mobile pupils are challenging to research. There is currently a large disconnect between the macro level of system structures, data and policy and the individual experiences and journeys of mobile pupils. This article brings together international literature around school mobility and mobile pupils, with analyses of the English National Pupil Database (NPD), tracking a cohort from age 5 to 16, to better understand when school moves occur and the characteristics of mobile pupils. Findings reveal a sizable underlying rate of moves in England of about 1.5–2% per term and identify differences in mobility related to disadvantage, school phase, ethnic group and SEND status. The predictive power of the data, however, is low, highlighting the need for more research, policy and practice in this area to better understand individual mobility circumstances. By bringing together the literature and the data, the article concludes with a discussion of what is known about school mobility and recommends further areas for research into the characteristics, experiences and outcomes of mobile school pupils.

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了解英格兰的学校流动性和流动学生

很大一部分学生在他们的学校生涯中转学是因为教育阶段之间的标准结构性转学以外的原因。对这些移动的根本原因知之甚少，移动学生的特征和经历对研究具有挑战性。目前，系统结构、数据和政策的宏观层面与流动学生的个人经历和旅程之间存在很大的脱节。本文汇集了有关学校流动性和流动学生的国际文献，并分析了英国国家学生数据库 (NPD)，跟踪了 5 至 16 岁的队列，以更好地了解学校流动发生的时间以及流动学生的特征。调查结果显示，英格兰的潜在流动率相当可观，约为 1。每学期 5-2%，并确定与劣势、学校阶段、种族群体和 SEND 状态相关的流动性差异。然而，数据的预测能力较低，突出表明需要在该领域进行更多研究、政策和实践，以更好地了解个人出行情况。通过汇集文献和数据，文章最后讨论了关于学校流动性的已知内容，并建议进一步研究流动学校学生的特征、经历和成果的领域。