Details of the types of information the DfE holds about you and how you can request the information.

Read the DfE Personal information charter for more on the standards you can expect when we collect, hold or use your personal information.

The DfE privacy notices provide details of your rights and the lawful basis for each processing activity.

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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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 2024 and is published in support of the 2023 Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) annual report.

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
• 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
• Oak National Academy

DfE publishes details of ministers’ overseas travel and meetings with external individuals and organisations every quarter.

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

• DfE and its 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

Local authorities have a duty to track young people’s activity to identify those not participating and support them to do so.

The data shows the number and proportion of 16- and 17-year-olds recorded as in education or training in each local authority area and an estimate of the proportion and number of 16- and 17-year-olds who are recorded as NEET or whose activity is ‘not known’.

Until 2018 this information was made available for December, March and June quarters but following an internal review this was revised and from 2018 became an annual release for March only.

Caution should be taken when comparing historic figures due to a change in the methodology from 2016 where NEET and not known were reported as the headline statistic. Previously an adjustment was made to the NEET figure to try and estimate the proportion of not known activity that was likely to be a result of the young person being NEET (see notes that accompany each publication for further information on the methodological change).

Also prior to 2016 local authorities were required to also track 18 year olds but this requirement was lifted and only those aged 16 and 17 are included in the 2016 and 2017 figures.

Details of approved expenditure in areas limited by spending controls on a quarterly basis for 2021 to 2022.

We publish this data on a quarterly basis.

This publication analyses the characteristics of pupils by their:

• special educational needs provision
• type of need

It’s based on data collected through the:

• school census
• general hospital school census
• school-level annual school census (SLASC) for independent schools

DfE publishes details of ministers’ meetings with external organisations, gifts (given and received), hospitality and overseas travel on a quarterly basis.

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.

We must have a valid reason to collect your personal data. These reasons are called the lawful basis in the UK GDPR.

UK GDPR gives you certain rights about how your information is collected and used.

This document tells you about:

• each lawful basis that we rely on for processing your personal data
• the rights you have under that lawful basis

The memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Department for Education (DfE) and the Grammar School Heads Association (GSHA) sets out the actions to widen access to grammar schools for disadvantaged pupils. It also aims to improve the work in partnership with non-selective schools.

The original MoU was agreed in 2018 and was in place until the end of 2022. This evaluation covers this period and measures the outcomes of that MoU.

The original MoU can be viewed in https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20221223130740/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/memorandum-of-understanding-between-dfe-and-grammar-school-heads-association" class="govuk-link">The National Archives.

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

This publication provides information on the levels of overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in state-funded:

• primary schools
• secondary schools
• special schools

State-funded schools receive funding through their local authority or direct from the government.

It includes daily, weekly and year-to-date information on attendance and absence, in addition to reasons for absence. The release uses regular data automatically submitted to the Department for Education by participating schools.

The attached page includes links to attendance statistics published since September 2022.

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.

Information about the personal data that DfE processes about the education providers’ workforce including:

• teachers and staff working in schools, academies or colleges
• training providers
• employers of apprentices

The DfE personal information charter has details on the standards you can expect when we collect, hold or use your personal information.

This release contains the latest statistics on school and pupil numbers and their characteristics, including:

• age
• gender
• free school meals (FSM) eligibility
• English as an additional language
• ethnicity
• information on school characteristics
• information on class sizes

The Department for Education (DfE) publishes details of meetings with external individuals and organisations, and senior officials’ business expenses and hospitality, every quarter.