The annual update to child education indicators gives data to inform planning for health and associated services for local populations. They are intended for use by local government and health service professionals.

The child education and development indicators which have been updated are:

• key stage 2 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths
• average attainment 8 score of children in care

Some education indicators have not been updated because the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the collection and publication of source data. On the 26 March 2020 the Department for Education issued an announcement which gives further information.

Homelessness indicators which were previously updated in November will now be routinely updated in February to March. Information about when these indicators will be updated will be included in the OHID statistics release calendar.

This statistical data set includes information on education and training participation and achievements broken down into a number of reports including sector subject areas, participation by gender, age, ethnicity, disability participation.

It also includes data on offender learning.

Academic year 2019 to 2020 (reported to date)

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This release is an update to the apprenticeship and traineeships: August 2020 statistics publication and is a repurposed transitionary approach during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. See apprenticeships and traineeships: main text - August 2020 update, for more information.

We have updated official statistics within the publication to provide:

• the latest monthly apprenticeship starts covering the provisional, full 2019 to 2020 academic year.
• the latest number of apprenticeship service commitments.

For commentary and statistics relating specifically to the latest full academic year (2018 to 2019), see further education and skills: November 2019.

We may amend the content and timing of these statistics depending on user feedback and data reporting.

For further information about this publication or to provide feedback, please contact:

These documents show:

• the total number of open academies, free schools, studio schools and UTCs in England
• details of schools that are in the process of getting academy status
• progress schools are making towards converting to academy status
• sponsored academy projects in development and the agreed sponsor

We update this data monthly as more academies, free schools, studio schools and UTCs open. Older versions of this publication can be found by visiting the https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/*/https:/www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development" class="govuk-link">National Archives.

Details of successful free school and UTC applications are available.

Data will be updated monthly, around the 10th working day of each month.

These figures are not official statistics.

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A compendium of education, qualifications and training statistics for Rural and Urban areas in England.

The January 2025 release of the Digest includes analysis updates for the following topics within this theme:

• Education – Schools and their workforce
• Education – Class sizes

The supplementary data tables provide additional statistics for each section of the Digest, using the Rural-Urban Classification categories. The Local Authority data tables supply the disaggregated datasets, used to conduct analysis in the Digest, at a Local Authority level where feasible.

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Previous editions

Copies of the Education, Qualifications and Training Statistics for Rural England publication are available from the National Archive.

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20240910153022/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-qualifications-and-training-statistics-for-rural-england" class="govuk-link">Education, Qualifications and Training Statistics for Rural England, 10 September 2024

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20240416153806/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-qualifications-and-training-statistics-for-rural-england" class="govuk-link">Education, Qualifications and Training Statistics for Rural England, 16 April 2024

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20240116162724/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-qualifications-and-training-statistics-for-rural-england" class="govuk-link">Education, Qualifications and Training Statistics for Rural England, 16 January 2024

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20230919153633/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-qualifications-and-training-statistics-for-rural-england" class="govuk-link">Education, Qualifications and Training Statistics for Rural England, 19 September 2023

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20230314171037/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-qualifications-and-training-statistics-for-rural-england" class="govuk-link">Education, Qualifications and Training Statistics for Rural England, 14 March 2023

Statistics up to 2022 can be found https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20230208015303/https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistical-digest-of-rural-england" class="govuk-link">here.

Details about the number of people working for the DfE group, and payroll costs for permanent staff and contractors.

The DfE group includes the:

• Department for Education
• Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Teaching Regulation Agency
• Standards and Testing Agency
• Office of the Children’s Commissioner
• Construction Industry Training Board
• Engineering Construction Industry Training Board
• Office for Students
• Student Loans Company
• Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education
• LocatED

In 2018, we revised the regional and local authority (LA) level data on this page. To allow users to make multi-year and geographical comparisons more easily, we have now published a multi-year and multi-level file.

It includes estimates to account for schools who did not provide information in a given year for the staff headcount and full-time equivalent (FTE) numbers, so that year on year figures are comparable. Further work has also been done since the initial publication to improve the quality of the data upon which some of the other indicators were based.

Visit ‘School workforce in England: November 2018’ and select ‘Revised subnational school workforce census data 2010 to 2018’. You can also view the updated 2018 methodology note.

Reference id: SFR06/2012

Publication type: Statistical first release

Publication data: Local authority data

Local authority data: LA data

Region: England

Release date: 13 December 2012

Coverage status: final

Publication status: recently updated

On 13 December 2012 total school workforce headcount figures for local authorities, regions and England in the underlying data were revised to be consistent with schools figures. Also, the JACS mapping spreadsheet was updated to include some new and updated codes used in the 2011 school workforce census.

Statistics on the school workforce in publicly-funded schools in England for November 2011 are available from this page, together with comparable figures for earlier years.

In April 2012 statistics were published including:

• teacher, teaching assistants and other support staff numbers in service
• age, gender and ethnicity of teachers, teaching assistants and other support staff
• teachers’ pay, teacher qualifications and curriculum, teacher vacancies and teacher sickness absence

This release has been followed by information about the curriculum taught in secondary schools broken down by the qualifications of secondary school teachers, and about pupil-to-teacher and pupil-to-adult ratios, added in July 2012.

Also available from July 2012 are files containing a range of information underlying the national level statistics broken down by region, local authority and for individual schools. These are placed in zip files available to download from this page.

The main points from the figures released in July are:

Teacher qualifications and curriculum

• The majority (94.8%) of teachers held degree-level qualifications or higher. Headteachers and teachers working in nursery and primary schools were more likely to hold Bachelor of Education qualifications than teachers working in other publicly-funded schools.
• Over half (54.4%) of the time spent teaching the curriculum in secondary schools was in English Baccalaureate subjects, ie English, mathematics, history, geography, the sciences and languages.
• 73% of teachers of mathematics to years 7 to 13 held a relevant post A level qualification. Similarly, 78% of English teachers and 91% of teachers of combined/general science held a relevant post A level qualification.
• 84% of the total hours taught of mathematics to years 7 to 13 were by a teacher who held a relevant post A level qualification. 88% of total hours taught of English, and 94% of the total hours taught of combined/general science.

Pupil-to-teacher and pupil-to-adult ratios

• The within school pupil-to-teacher ratios in local authority maintained primary and secondary schools were 21.0 and 15.5 respectively (compared to 20.9 and 15.6 in November 2010). The change may be due to the increasing number of primary school pupils and a reduction in secondary school pupils. Direct comparisons are difficult due to the number of schools that have converted to academy status during the year. The pupil-to-teacher ratio in academies was 16.0 compared to 15.9 in November 2011. This change is due in part to the increase in the proportion of primary academies that tend to have a higher pupil-to-teacher ratio.
• The overall pupil-to-teacher ratio was 17.6 compared to 17.3 in November 2010. The local authority maintained overall pupil-to-teacher ratio has increased in part because the proportion of secondary school pupils and teachers included in this figure has decreased as more schools have converted to academy status.
• The pupil-to-adult ratios in local authority maintained primary and secondary schools was 11

Each government department has published detailed information about projects on the Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP). This includes a Delivery Confidence Assessment rating, financial information (whole life cost, annual budget and forecast spend), project schedule and project narrative.

The data reflects the status of the GMPP at 31 March 2023 and is published in support of the 2023 Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) annual report.

The percentage of invoices paid within 5 days and within 30 days of receipt by:

• DfE
• executive agencies
• other arms-length bodies

The data is provided in yearly quarters for each financial year.

All in-scope organisations must publish all interest liable on a quarterly basis.

The department’s calculation of interest liable is based on the value of the invoices submitted by suppliers. The total interest liable may be overstated if specific circumstances apply. For example:

• adjustments to reflect offsetting credit notes
• overpayments
• part payment
• the timing of disputes and resolution
• bespoke terms and conditions

This includes information on learners who are studying on a course at a further education college, learners studying courses within their local community, employees undertaking an apprenticeship, and employees undertaking other qualifications in the workplace. Note: data on providers is only published annually.

It has been designed to complement the main statistical releases, and act as a ‘one stop shop’ for data and information on learners, learning programmes and learner achievement.

FE and skills: in-year provisional data for the current (2019 to 2020) academic year

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The Department for Education (DfE) board provides strategic and operational leadership.

The heads of DfE’s groups and the Permanent Secretary meet regularly with the Secretary of State and the ministerial team to discuss DfE’s work. The membership also includes 6 non-executive board members.

Earlier summaries are available on the National Archives:

• from https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20240206200122/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfe-senior-management-meetings" class="govuk-link">June 2018 to November 2022
• from https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200811005730/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfe-senior-management-meetings" class="govuk-link">June 2015 to February 2018
• from http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20170204133744/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/senior-management-meetings-april-2014-onwards" class="govuk-link">April 2014 to January 2015
• from http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20170204133746/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/senior-management-meetings-summaries-of-meetings-from-may-2010" class="govuk-link">October 2010 to December 2013

The ‘Longitudinal education outcomes study’ compares students’ level of education to their level of employment and earnings in later life.

Read more information about how we share student and workforce data.

To ensure this privacy notice is up to date, we will review this information annually.

The secondary school and multi-academy trust performance data (based on revised data) shows:

• attainment results for pupils at the end of key stage 4
• the progress made by pupils between the end of primary school and the end of secondary school

The DfE and TPS main estimate memorandums for 2024 to 2025 were presented to Parliament in July 2024.

These are available on GOV.UK instead of their publication on the https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/203/education-committee/publications/10/estimate-memoranda/" class="govuk-link">Education Select Committee website, as the committee needs to be re-established following the dissolution of Parliament on 30 May 2024.

The Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset is a data product created by the Department for Education (DfE).

This guide to the LEO dataset includes:

• the data it includes
• availability of the data
• how the data is used
• how to apply for the data
• high level structure
• data coverage

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Vocational qualifications are qualifications designed to fit a person for employment.

The National Vocational Qualifications included in these tables cover all those accredited by Ofqual and are competence-based qualifications built on national occupational standards and criteria established by Ofqual. This includes Vocationally Related Qualifications and Scottish Vocational Qualifications.

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The Department for Education (DfE) publishes details of external meetings and senior officials’ business expenses and hospitality on a quarterly basis.