Education and training statistics for the UK
Annual data release on schools, pupils, teachers, qualifications gained, education expenditure, further education and higher education in the UK.
- Release type
- Produced by
- Department for Education
- Published
- Last updated
Get help by contacting us
If you have a specific enquiry about Education and training statistics for the UK statistics and data:
International evidence and statistics team
Email: InternationalEvidence.STATISTICS@education.gov.ukContact name: Robert Patman
Press office
If you have a media enquiry:
Telephone: 020 7783 8300
Public enquiries
If you have a general enquiry about the Department for Education (DfE) or education:
Phone: 0370 000 2288
Opening times
Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 5.30pm (closed on bank holidays)
Accredited official statistics
These accredited official statistics have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (opens in new tab) (OSR). They comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics (opens in new tab). Accredited official statistics are called National Statistics in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (opens in new tab).
Accreditation signifies their compliance with the authority's Code of Practice for Statistics (opens in new tab) which broadly means these statistics are:
- managed impartially and objectively in the public interest
- meet identified user needs
- produced according to sound methods
- well explained and readily accessible
Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR).
OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics (opens in new tab) that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.
You are welcome to contact us directly with any comments about how we meet these standards. Alternatively, you can contact OSR by emailing regulation@statistics.gov.uk or via the OSR website (opens in new tab).
Pre-release access list
Besides professional and production staff from the Department for Education (DfE) and Devolved Administrations, the following post holders are given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release..
- Secretary of State for Education
- Minister of State for Higher and Further Education
- Minister of State for School Standards
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Skills
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System
- Communication Special Adviser
- Permanent Secretary
- Director General, Higher Education and Further Education
- Head of Profession for Statistics, Data Group
- Deputy Head of Profession for Statistics, Data Group
- Director, International Education Directorate
- Deputy Director, International Education Directorate
- Grade 6, International Education Directorate
- Policy Advisor, International Education Directorate
- Senior Media Officer