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Data Sources
Numerous Government departments and sector organisations collect and produce statistics relating to colleges.
This below list of links about college statistics is a useful resource for colleges on the following topics:
- statistics on student numbers and achievement
- staff numbers
- college funding and financial data
- higher education statistics
Post 16 learning statistics, research and information:
The Education and Skills Funding Agency (an executive agency of the Department for Education) has the main responsibility for the dissemination of post-16 learning statistics.
- All FE and skills statistics
- FE data library
- National success rates for further education colleges
- A Level statistics (including qualification statistics for school sixth forms)
- Data on young people (including schools) - DfE statistics
- School and college performance tables
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- UTCs (University Technical Colleges)
Statistics on staff in Colleges:
The Department for Education now has responsibility for collected of data on staff in further education - the next report will be published in Spring/Summer 2022
The Education and Training Foundation had responsibity for the annual collection and analysis of further education and skills workforce data (2010/11 to 2018/19); and prior to that it was LLUK (2003/04 to 2009/10).
College funding and financial data:
- College accounts (including historical data)
- Adult funding allocations to colleges and other providers funded by the Education and Skills Funding Agency
- Current 16-18 funding allocations to colleges and other providers funded by the Education and Skills Funding Agency
- Archived 16-18 funding allocations to colleges
College inspections:
Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills. They inspect services providing education and skills for learners of all ages. They also inspect and regulate services that care for children and young people.
Skills and employment research and statistics:
Skills and employment issues in the four nations of the UK.
Higher education statistics:
Others:
- The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) is the workforce development body for the Further Education and Training sector. sector-owned body
- Jisc is the UK digital, data and technology agency focused on tertiary education, research and innovation
- RCU - analysis and research for the post-16 education sector
- National Foundation for Education Research (NFER) is a not for profit independent research organisation carrying out research in the field of education
- Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) mission is to safeguard standards and improve the quality of UK higher education