Methodologies

Browse to find out about the methodology behind specific education statistics and data and how and why they're collected and published.

Children's social care

Children in need and child protection

• Characteristics of children in need

  • Characteristics of children in need: methodology

Children looked after

• Children looked after in England including adoptions

  • Children looked after in England including adoptions: methodology

Children's social work workforce

• Children's social work workforce

  • Children's social work workforce: methodology

Outcomes for children in social care

• Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities in England

  • Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities in England: methodology

• Outcomes of children in need, including looked after children

  • Outcomes of children in need, including looked after children: methodology

Secure children's homes

• Children accommodated in secure children's homes

  • Children accommodated in secure children's homes: methodology

Serious incident notifications

• Serious incident notifications

  • Serious incident notifications: methodology

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COVID-19

Attendance

• Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

  • Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: methodology

Confirmed cases reported by Higher Education providers

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) Reporting in Higher Education Providers

  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Reporting in Higher Education Providers: methodology

Devices

• Laptops and tablets data

  • Laptops and tablets data: methodology

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Destination of pupils and students

Destinations of key stage 4 and 16-18 pupils

• 16-18 destination measures

  • 16-18 destination measures: methodology

• Key stage 4 destination measures

  • Key stage 4 destination measures: methodology

• Longer term destinations

  • Longer term destinations: methodology

• Progression to higher education or training

  • Progression to higher education and training: methodology

NEET and participation

• NEET annual brief

  • NEET statistics annual brief: methodology

• Participation in education and training and employment

  • Participation in education and training and employment: methodology

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Early years

Childcare and early years

• Education provision: children under 5 years of age

  • Education provision: children under 5 years of age: methodology

Early years foundation stage profile

• Early years foundation stage profile results

  • Early years foundation stage profile results: methodology

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Finance and funding

Local authority and school finance

• LA and school expenditure

  • LA and school expenditure: methodology

• School funding statistics

  • School funding statistics: methodology

Student loan forecasts

• Student loan forecasts for England

  • Student loan forecasts for England: methodology

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Further education

Further education and skills

• Apprenticeships and traineeships

  • Further education and skills statistics: methodology

• Apprenticeships in England by industry characteristics

  • Apprenticeships in England by industry characteristics: methodology

• Further education and skills

  • Further education and skills statistics: methodology

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Higher education

Higher education graduate employment and earnings

• Graduate labour market statistics

  • Graduate labour market statistics: methodology

• Graduate outcomes (LEO)

  • Graduate outcomes (LEO): methodology

• Graduate outcomes (LEO): Provider level data

  • Graduate outcomes (LEO): Provider level data: Methodology

• Graduate outcomes (LEO): postgraduate outcomes

  • Graduate outcomes (LEO): postgraduate outcomes: methodology

Participation measures in higher education

• Participation measures in higher education

  • Participation measures in Higher Education: methodology

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Pupils and schools

Admission appeals

• Admission appeals in England

  • School admission appeals in England: methodology

Exclusions

• Permanent exclusions and suspensions in England

  • Pupil exclusion statistics: methodology

Pupil absence

• Pupil absence in schools in England

  • Pupil absence statistics: methodology

• Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term

  • Pupil absence statistics: methodology

Pupil projections

• National pupil projections

  • National pupil projections: methodology

School and pupil numbers

• Schools, pupils and their characteristics

  • Schools, pupils and their characteristics: methodology

School applications

• Secondary and primary school applications and offers

  • Secondary and primary school applications and offers: methodology

School capacity

• School places sufficiency survey

  • School places sufficiency survey: methodology

• Local authority school places scorecards

  • Local authority school places scorecards: methodology

• School capacity

  • School capacity: methodology

Special educational needs (SEN)

• Education, health and care plans

  • Education, health and care plans: methodology

• Special educational needs in England

  • Special educational needs in England

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School and college outcomes and performance

16 to 19 attainment

• A level and other 16 to 18 results

  • A level and other 16 to 18 results: methodology

• Level 2 and 3 attainment by young people aged 19

  • Level 2 and 3 attainment by young people aged 19: methodology

GCSEs (key stage 4)

• Key stage 4 performance

  • Key stage 4 performance: methodology

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Teachers and school workforce

Initial teacher training (ITT)

• Initial Teacher Training Census

  • Initial Teacher Training Census: methodology

• Initial teacher training performance profiles

  • Initial teacher training performance profiles: methodology

School workforce

• School workforce in England

  • School workforce in England: methodology

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UK education and training statistics

UK education and training statistics

• Education and training statistics for the UK

  • Education and training statistics for the UK: methodology

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