The Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), formerly administered as the Elementary and Secondary School Civil Rights Survey, is an important part of the U.S. Department of Education's (Department) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) strategy for administering and enforcing civil rights laws in the nation’s public school districts and schools. The CRDC collects a variety of information including student access to rigorous courses, programs, resources, instructional and other school staff, and school climate factors such as student discipline and harassment and bullying. Much of the data is disaggregated by race/ethnicity, sex, disability and whether students are English Learners.Since the 2011–12 school year, OCR has collected data from all public districts and their schools in the 50 states and Washington, DC. Over time the CRDC’s collection universe has grown to include long-term secure justice facilities, charter schools, alternative schools, and special education schools that focus primarily on serving students with disabilities. OCR added the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to the CRDC, beginning with the 2017-18 CRDC. From 1968 to 2010, civil rights data were collected from a sample of public districts and their schools, except for the 1976 and 2000 collections, which included data from all public schools and districts.The purpose of the CRDC Archival Download Tool (Archival Tool) is to make the Department’s civil rights data from 1968 to 1998 publicly available. The Archival Tool organizes civil rights data by year, and provides users with access to the data, survey forms, and other relevant documentation. The tool also includes documentation on key historical CRDC data changes from 1968 to 1998. Users may extract district-level civil rights data.Important Consideration: Past collections and publicly released reports may contain some terms that readers may consider obsolete, offensive and/or inappropriate. As part of the Department’s goal to be open and transparent with the public, we are providing access to all civil rights data in its original format.Privacy notice:The Department of Education’s Disclosure Review Board determined that the CRDC files for 1968-1998 are safe for public “re-release” under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99).

The National Pupil Database (NPD) is one of the richest education datasets in the world. It is a longitudinal database which links pupil characteristics to information about attainment for those who attend schools and colleges in England.

There are a range of data sources in the NPD providing detailed information about children's education at different stages (pre-school, primary and secondary education and further education).

Pupil level information was first collected in January 2002 as part of the Pupil Level Annual Schools Census (PLASC). The School Census replaced the PLASC in 2006 for secondary schools and in 2007 for nursery, primary and special schools. The School Census is carried out three times a year in the spring, summer and autumn terms (January, May and October respectively) and provides the Department for Education with both pupil and school-level data.

The NPD is available through the UK Data Archive in three tiers. Tiers two and three are the most sensitive and must be accessed via the Archive's safe room, whereas tier four can be accessed remotely through the Archive's Secure Lab.

Tier two contains individual pupil level data which is identifiable and sensitive. Individual pupil level extracts include sensitive information about pupils and their characteristics, including items described as 'sensitive personal data' within the UK Data Protection Act 1998 which have been recoded to become less sensitive. Examples of sensitive data items include ethnic group major, ethnic group minor, language group major, language group minor, Special Educational Needs and eligibility for Free School Meals.

Tier three represents aggregated school level data which is identifiable and sensitive. Included are aggregated extracts of school level data from the Department of Education's School Level Database which include items described as 'sensitive personal data' within the Data Protection Act 1998 and could include small numbers and single counts. For example, there is 1 white boy eligible for Free School Meals in school x who did not achieve level 4 in English and maths at Key Stage 2.

Tier four represents less sensitive data than tiers two and three. Included are individual pupil level extracts that do not contain information about pupils and their characteristics which are considered to be identifying or described as sensitive personal data within the Data Protection Act 1998. For example, the extracts may include information about pupil attainment, prior attainment, progression and pupil absences but do not include any identifying data items like names and addresses and any information about pupil characteristics other than gender.

Extracts from the NPD are also available directly from the Department of Education through GOV.UK's National pupil database: apply for a data extract web page.

The fourth edition (September 2017) includes a data file and documentation for the year 2016.

Total number of registered learners on a Cambridgeshire Adult Learning Fund (CALF) course based on the location of the course venue, between the academic years of 2010/2011 to 2014/2015. Please note: All low cell counts of below 5, have all been rounded up and replaced with a 5. This prevents any breaches of the Data Protection Act 1998.