Correspondence
Please see the UK Statistics Authority webpages for correspondence sent from the Chair of the Authority.
For all correspondence between 2008–2017 view our Archive101 items of correspondence found
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Penny Young to Julie James MS: Welsh apprenticeships
2 April 2026
Penny Young, UK Statistics Authority to Julie James, Welsh Government
Download Penny Young to Julie James MS: Welsh apprenticeships (PDF, 0.18 MB)
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Ed Humpherson to Alastair McAlpine: Reclassification of school meal uptake statistics
16 September 2025
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Alastair McAlpine, Scottish Government
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Alastair McAlpine to Ed Humpherson: Reclassification of school meal uptake statistics
5 September 2025
Alastair McAlpine, Scottish Government to Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
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Sioned Cardew-Richardson to Ed Humpherson: Accreditation for Medr’s statistical publications
29 July 2025
Sioned Cardew-Richardson, Medr to Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
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Ed Humpherson to Alastair McAlpine: Scottish Health and Wellbeing Census
6 March 2025
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Alastair McAlpine, Scottish Government
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Alastair McAlpine to Ed Humpherson: Health and Wellbeing Census
3 March 2025
Alastair McAlpine, Scottish Government to Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
Download Alastair McAlpine to Ed Humpherson: Health and Wellbeing Census (PDF, 0.11 MB)
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Ed Humpherson to Alastair McAlpine: Scottish Health and Wellbeing Census
13 February 2025
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Alastair McAlpine, Scottish Government
Download Ed Humpherson to Alastair McAlpine: Scottish Health and Wellbeing Census (PDF, 0.08 MB)
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Mark Pont to Jonathan Waller: Compliance Check of Higher Education Student Statistics
8 August 2024
Mark Pont, Office for Statistics Regulation to Jonathan Waller, Jisc
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NEU to Ed Humpherson: Comparisons of the proportion of good and outstanding schools over time
24 May 2024
Daniel Kebede, National Education Union to Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
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Ed Humpherson to NEU: Comparisons of the proportion of good and outstanding schools over time
24 May 2024
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Daniel Kebede, National Education Union
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Ed Humpherson to Jonathan Waller: Assessment of the Higher Education Graduate Outcomes Data and Statistics
25 April 2024
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Jonathan Waller, Jisc
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Ed Humpherson to Alastair McAlpine: Assessment of Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence Levels statistics
28 November 2023
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Alastair McAlpine, Scottish Government
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Ed Humpherson to Jonathan Waller: Higher Education Graduate Outcomes Statistics Assessment Request
27 October 2023
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Jonathan Waller, Jisc
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Jonathan Waller to Ed Humpherson: Higher Education Graduate Outcomes Statistics Assessment Request
27 October 2023
Jonathan Waller, Jisc to Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
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Ed Humpherson to Ian Knowles: National Statistics designation for the Key Stage 4 statistics
13 June 2023
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Ian Knowles, Department for Education
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Graham Archer to Ed Humpherson: Schools’ Costs Funding
10 May 2023
Graham Archer, Department for Education to Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
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Ed Humpherson to Graham Archer: Schools’ Costs Funding
10 May 2023
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Graham Archer, Department for Education
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Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney to Ed Humpherson: Schools’ Costs Funding
10 May 2023
Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney, National Education Union to Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
Download Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney to Ed Humpherson: Schools’ Costs Funding (PDF, 0.26 MB)
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Ed Humpherson to Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney: Schools’ Costs Funding
10 May 2023
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney, National Education Union
Download Ed Humpherson to Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney: Schools’ Costs Funding (PDF, 0.13 MB)
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Mark Pont to Stephanie Howarth: School Workforce Annual Census statistics
3 February 2023
Mark Pont, Office for Statistics Regulation to Stephanie Howarth, Welsh Government
Download Mark Pont to Stephanie Howarth: School Workforce Annual Census statistics (PDF, 0.09 MB)
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Ed Humpherson to David Simpson: Temporary suspension of HEIP statistics
16 November 2022
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to David Simpson, Department for Education
Download Ed Humpherson to David Simpson: Temporary suspension of HEIP statistics (PDF, 0.08 MB)
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Ed Humpherson to Thomas Franklin: Student Loan Interest Rates
15 November 2022
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
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David Simpson to Ed Humpherson: Temporary suspension of HEIP statistics
8 November 2022
David Simpson, Department for Education to Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
Download David Simpson to Ed Humpherson: Temporary suspension of HEIP statistics (PDF, 0.09 MB)
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Ed Humpherson to Jason Bradbury: Review of Ofsted’s Statistical Publications
27 September 2022
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Jason Bradbury, Ofsted
Download Ed Humpherson to Jason Bradbury: Review of Ofsted’s Statistical Publications (PDF, 0.12 MB)
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Ed Humpherson to Shannon Pite: Savings resulting from changes to the Early Years Childcare Ratio for two-year-olds in England
18 August 2022
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Shannon Pite, Early Years Alliance
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Ed Humpherson to Alastair McAlpine: Health and Wellbeing Census in Scotland
27 July 2022
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Alastair McAlpine, Scottish Government
Download Ed Humpherson to Alastair McAlpine: Health and Wellbeing Census in Scotland (PDF, 0.11 MB)
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Ed Humpherson response to Alastair McAlpine: Temporary suspension of National Statistics status for Education Maintenance Allowances
21 July 2022
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Alastair McAlpine, Scottish Government
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Alastair McAlpine to Ed Humpherson: Temporary suspension of National Statistics status for Education Maintenance Allowances
18 July 2022
Alastair McAlpine, Scottish Government to Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
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Shannon Pite to Ed Humpherson: Savings resulting from changes to the Early Years Childcare Ratio for two-year-olds in England
14 July 2022
Shannon Pite, Early Years Alliance to Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
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Ed Humpherson to Neil McIvor: Assessment of Key Stage 4 Performance Statistics
13 July 2022
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Neil McIvor, Department for Education
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Neil McIvor to Ed Humpherson: Transparency of trust-led school system evidence for education White Paper
24 May 2022
Neil McIvor, Department for Education to Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
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Ed Humpherson to Neil McIvor: Transparency of trust-led school system evidence for education White Paper
18 May 2022
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Neil McIvor, Department for Education
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Ed Humpherson to Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney: Transparency of trust-led school system evidence for education White Paper
18 May 2022
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney, National Education Union
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Mark Pont to Alison More: Modern Apprenticeship statistics in Scotland
28 April 2022
Mark Pont, Office for Statistics Regulation to Alison More, Skills Development Scotland
Download Mark Pont to Alison More: Modern Apprenticeship statistics in Scotland (PDF, 0.10 MB)
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Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney to Ed Humpherson: Transparency of trust-led school system evidence for education White Paper
1 April 2022
Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney, National Education Union to Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
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Ed Humpherson to Dr Jo Saxton (Ofqual): GRading and Admissions Dataset for England (GRADE)
2 December 2021
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Dr Jo Saxton, OfQual
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Ed Humpherson to Amanda Spielman (Ofsted): GRading and Admissions Dataset for England (GRADE)
2 December 2021
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Amanda Spielman, Ofsted
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Ed Humpherson to Professor Sylvia Richardson and Professor Jonathan Forster: Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework
22 June 2021
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Professor Sylvia Richardson, Professor Jonathan Forster, Royal Statistical Society
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Ed Humpherson response to Professor John Jerrim: Request to undertake an independent review of the PISA data across the UK
27 May 2021
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
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Mark Pont to Roger Halliday: Reporting of data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in Scotland
27 May 2021
Mark Pont, Office for Statistics Regulation to Professor Roger Halliday, Scottish Government
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Mark Pont to Neil McIvor, Stephanie Howarth, and Pauline Donnan: Reporting of data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
27 May 2021
Mark Pont, Office for Statistics Regulation
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Mark Pont to Jonathan Waller: Higher Education Graduate Outcomes data
18 March 2021
Mark Pont, Office for Statistics Regulation to Jonathan Waller, HESA
Download Mark Pont to Jonathan Waller: Higher Education Graduate Outcomes data (PDF, 0.06 MB)
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Mary Gregory to Neil McIvor: Use of unpublished data during Parliamentary Questions
8 March 2021
Mary Gregory, Office for Statistics Regulation to Neil McIvor, Department for Education
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Ed Humpherson response to Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney: Department for Education COVID-19 school statistics
10 December 2020
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney, National Education Union
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Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney to Ed Humpherson: Department for Education COVID-19 school statistics
10 December 2020
Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney, National Education Union to Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
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Ed Humpherson response to Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney: ONS COVID-19 Infection Survey ad hoc analysis
2 December 2020
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney, National Education Union
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Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney to Ed Humpherson: ONS COVID-19 Infection Survey ad hoc analysis
2 December 2020
Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney, National Education Union to Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
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Ed Humpherson to Fiona Robertson: OSR review of approach to developing statistical models designed for awarding 2020 exam results
16 September 2020
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Fiona Robertson, Scottish Qualifications Authority
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Ed Humpherson to Roger Taylor: OSR review of approach to developing statistical models designed for awarding 2020 exam results
16 September 2020
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Roger Taylor, OfQual
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Ed Humpherson to Philip Blaker: OSR review of approach to developing statistical models designed for awarding 2020 exam results
16 September 2020
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Philip Blaker, Qualifications Wales
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Ed Humpherson to Justin Edwards: OSR review of approach to developing statistical models designed for awarding 2020 exam results
16 September 2020
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Justin Edwards, Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment
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Ed Humpherson to RSS: Review of statistical models used for grading 2020 exam results
18 August 2020
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Professor Deborah Ashby and Sharon Witherspoon, RSS
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Professor Deborah Ashby OBE and Sharon Witherspoon MBE, RSS to Ed Humpherson
18 August 2020
Professor Deborah Ashby and Sharon Witherspoon, RSS to Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
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Ed Humpherson to Neil McIvor: Temporary exemption from Code for DfE attendance statistics
19 June 2020
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Neil McIvor, Department for Education
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Ed Humpherson to Neil McIvor: Coronavirus (COVID-19) attendance in education and early years settings
1 May 2020
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Neil McIvor, Department for Education
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Ed Humpherson to Glyn Jones: Provision in local authority settings during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
27 April 2020
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Glyn Jones, Welsh Government
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Response from Ed Humpherson to Glyn Jones, Welsh Government, on school expenditure
23 April 2020
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Glyn Jones, Welsh Government
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Review of DfE Experimental School Funding Statistics
27 March 2020
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Neil McIvor, Department for Education
Download Review of DfE Experimental School Funding Statistics (PDF, 0.10 MB)
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Ed Humpherson to Neil McIvor, DfE regarding the Higher Education Initial Participation Rate (HEIPR)
5 March 2020
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Neil McIvor, Department for Education
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Concerns about Participation Rates in Higher Education
4 November 2019
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Neil McIvor, Department for Education
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Compliance check of Scottish School Leaver Attainment and Initial Destinations statistics
30 October 2019
Mark Pont, Office for Statistics Regulation to Roger Halliday, Scottish Government
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Compliance check of Further Education and Skills statistics
30 October 2019
Mark Pont, Office for Statistics Regulation to Neil McIvor, Department for Education
Download Compliance check of Further Education and Skills statistics (PDF, 0.07 MB)
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Response on National Pupil Database Access
18 September 2019
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Jen Persson, DefendDigitalMe
Download Response on National Pupil Database Access (PDF, 0.11 MB)
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Concerns regarding the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC)
29 July 2019
Stephen Timms MP, House of Commons to John Pullinger, Office for National Statistics
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Response on Department for Education funding statistics
7 June 2019
Jonathan Slater, Department for Education to Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
Download Response on Department for Education funding statistics (PDF, 0.08 MB)
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School funding in Wales
5 June 2019
David T C Davies MP, House of Commons to Sir David Norgrove, UK Statistics Authority
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Department for Education funding statistics
30 May 2019
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Jonathan Slater, Department for Education
Download Department for Education funding statistics (PDF, 0.07 MB)
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Department for Education funding statistics
30 May 2019
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Neil McIvor, Department for Education
Download Department for Education funding statistics (PDF, 0.08 MB)
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National Achievement Rate Tables (NARTs)
24 May 2019
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Neil McIvor, Department for Education
Download National Achievement Rate Tables (NARTs) (PDF, 0.09 MB)
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Compliance check of Wales Examination Results statistics
29 March 2019
Mary Gregory, Office for Statistics Regulation to Glyn Jones, Welsh Government
Download Compliance check of Wales Examination Results statistics (PDF, 0.12 MB)
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Compliance check of Phonics Screening Check and Key Stage 1 Assessments in England
29 March 2019
Mark Pont, Office for Statistics Regulation to Mike Jones, Department for Education
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Update – Concerns regarding the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF)
21 March 2019
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Deborah Ashby, Guy Nason, Royal Statistical Society
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Concerns regarding the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF)
5 March 2019
Deborah Ashby, Guy Nason, Royal Statistical Society to Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
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Higher Education Student Statistics Compliance Check
18 December 2018
Mark Pont, Office for Statistics Regulation to Jonathan Waller, HESA
Download Higher Education Student Statistics Compliance Check (PDF, 0.15 MB)
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Ministers’ use of education statistics
23 November 2018
Angela Rayner MP, House of Commons to Sir David Norgrove, UK Statistics Authority
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Response to statement on the attainment gap in schools
13 November 2018
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
Download Response to statement on the attainment gap in schools (PDF, 0.14 MB)
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Compliance check of Northern Ireland school examination performance
13 November 2018
Mark Pont, Office for Statistics Regulation to Pauline Donnan, Department of Education, Northern Ireland
Download Compliance check of Northern Ireland school examination performance (PDF, 0.04 MB)
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Statement on the attainment gap in schools
23 October 2018
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Response from Jonathan Slater on Education Statistics
9 October 2018
Jonathan Slater, Destination for Education to Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
Download Response from Jonathan Slater on Education Statistics (PDF, 0.15 MB)
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Response from Damian Hinds on Education Statistics
8 October 2018
The Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP, Department for Education to Sir David Norgrove, UK Statistics Authority
Download Response from Damian Hinds on Education Statistics (PDF, 0.49 MB)
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Letter to Jonathan Slater regarding Department for Education Statistics
8 October 2018
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Jonathan Slater, Department for Education
Download Letter to Jonathan Slater regarding Department for Education Statistics (PDF, 0.09 MB)
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Concerns regarding statistics on high-performing schools
2 October 2018
Angela Rayner MP, House of Commons to Sir David Norgrove, UK Statistics Authority
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Department of Education statistics: PIRLS results
28 September 2018
Janet Downs, By email to UK Statistics Authority
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Re-designation of Characteristics of Children in Need statistics
17 September 2018
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Neil McIvor, Department for Education
Download Re-designation of Characteristics of Children in Need statistics (PDF, 0.05 MB)
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Request for Re-designation of Characteristics of Children in Need statistics
17 September 2018
Neil McIvor, Department for Education to Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
Download Request for Re-designation of Characteristics of Children in Need statistics (PDF, 0.12 MB)
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Response on Key Stage 4 performance measures
22 August 2018
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Neil McIvor, Department for Education
Download Response on Key Stage 4 performance measures (PDF, 0.18 MB)
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Analytical outputs as Official Statistics
13 July 2018
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Neil McIvor, Department for Education
Download Analytical outputs as Official Statistics (PDF, 0.11 MB)
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Statements regarding school funding
13 February 2018
Angela Rayner MP, House of Commons to Sir David Norgrove, UK Statistics Authority
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Regarding Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) results
12 January 2018
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Neil McIvor, Department for Education
Download Regarding Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) results (PDF, 0.14 MB)
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Response to Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) results
11 January 2018
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
Download Response to Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) results (PDF, 0.13 MB)
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Response to College Performance Indicators
3 January 2018
Martin Smith, Scottish Funding Council to Mark Pont, Office for Statistics Regulation
Download Response to College Performance Indicators (PDF, 0.33 MB)
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Ed Humpherson to Neil McIvor: National Statistics Status of Statistics for England on Schools, Pupils and their Characteristics, and on Absence and Exclusions
13 October 2017
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Neil McIvor, Department for Education
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Ed Humpherson to Helen Barugh: Assessment of Statistics on Children’s and Young People’s Social Care in England
10 August 2017
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Helen Barugh, Ofsted