Official materials for Education students
Educational statistics
Education
and training statistics for the United Kingdom 1998-
(Department for Education and Department for Business,
Innovation and Skills)
“An integrated overview of statistics on education and training in
the UK. Chapters relate to schools, post-compulsory education and
training, qualifications and destinations and international
comparisons, with Annexes containing figures on education
expenditure and UK population numbers”
Attainment
tables (Department for Education)
Internet access to primary school tables on National Curriculum
results for 11 year olds, secondary school tables for GCSE A/AS
examinations and primary and secondary schools absence tables.
Statistics
of education (1997-) (Department for Education
and Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)
Detailed statistics on education. Those most likely to be of
interest are 'Schools in England' containing a wide range of data
by local authority and 'School workforce in England'.
Higher
Education statistics for the United Kingdom (1999-)
(Department for Education and Department for Business,
Innovation and Skills)
"An overview of all aspects of higher education in the UK. It draws
together data on students, staff, institutional finance,
application via UCAS, graduates and graduate destinations, student
support, and international comparisons”
Official publications and legislation
Search for Acts of Parliament by date or use the search facility
to search on a topic of your choosing.
Online version of full national curriculum.
All publications from the Department for Education
Select
Committee Publications
Reports from Parliamentary Select Committees.
You will also find many official publications on the library
catalogue, with links to electronic versions, or with details of
print versions in the library.