The Northern Alliance Regional Improvement Collaborative has initiated this scoping study to look at other data and information that could help local authorities and schools better understand how poverty and deprivation affect educational attainment.

As part of our Northern Alliance project, this report by the Fraser of Allander Institute looks across a wide range of data, some of which are rural specific, to scope out alternative evidence that could be used by schools and local authorities to identify issues that may be impacting attainment. A range of data sources are identified for further analysis.