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

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Children looked after

• Children looked after in England including adoptions

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Children's social work workforce

• Children's social work workforce

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Outcomes for children in social care

• Outcomes of children in need, including looked after children

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Secure children's homes

• Children accommodated in secure children's homes

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Serious incident notifications

• Serious incident notifications

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COVID-19

Attendance

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

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Confirmed cases reported by Higher Education providers

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

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Devices

• Laptops and tablets data

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Destination of pupils and students

Destinations of key stage 4 and 16-18 pupils

• 16-18 destination measures

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• Key stage 4 destination measures

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• Progression to higher education or training

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Early years

Childcare and early years

• Education provision: children under 5 years of age

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Early years foundation stage profile

• Early years foundation stage profile results

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Finance and funding

Local authority and school finance

• LA and school expenditure

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• School funding statistics

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Higher education

Higher education graduate employment and earnings

• Graduate labour market statistics

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• Graduate outcomes (LEO): postgraduate outcomes

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• Graduate outcomes (LEO): Provider level data

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Participation measures in higher education

• Participation measures in higher education

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Widening participation in higher education

• Widening participation in higher education

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Pupils and schools

Admission appeals

• Admission appeals in England

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Exclusions

• Permanent and fixed-period exclusions in England

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Pupil absence

• Pupil absence in schools in England

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• Pupil absence in schools in England: autumn term

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Pupil projections

• National pupil projections

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School and pupil numbers

• Schools, pupils and their characteristics

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School applications

• Secondary and primary school applications and offers

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School capacity

• Local authority school places scorecards

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• School capacity

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Special educational needs (SEN)

• 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

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Teachers and school workforce

Initial teacher training (ITT)

• Initial Teacher Training Census

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• Initial teacher training performance profiles

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School workforce

• School workforce in England

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UK education and training statistics

UK education and training statistics

• Education and training statistics for the UK

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