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OSR undertakes important review of Key Stage 4 Statistics
The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has today published a review of the Key Stage 4 (KS4) performance statistics produced…
OSR champions improvements to Children and Young People statistics
The Office for Statistics Regulation has today published a review of children and young people statistics, Visibility, Vulnerability and Voice:…
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Compliance review of pupil suspensions and expulsions in Northern Ireland statistics
Overview At the time of this report, statistics on pupil suspensions and expulsions in Northern Ireland are published as official…
Latest correspondence on Education and Skills
View all correspondence posts about Education and SkillsAnna Price to Gemma Thomson: Compliance review of pupil suspensions and expulsions in Northern Ireland statistics
Dear Gemma, Compliance review of pupil suspensions and expulsions in Northern Ireland statistics We have completed a compliance review of pupil suspensions and expulsions statistics produced by the Department of Education (DE) against the standards of the Code of Practice…
Penny Young to Julie James MS: Welsh apprenticeships
Dear Julie James MS Thank you for your letter of 26 March, which responds to my previous letter, on the use of statistics to monitor progress against the Welsh Government’s target of creating 100,000 apprenticeships in this Senedd term. In this case, the relevant official…
Ed Humpherson to Sioned Cardew-Richardson: Assessment of statistics on higher education, further education, apprenticeships and adult community learning in Wales
Dear Sioned, We have completed our assessment of the statistics on higher education, further education, apprenticeships and adult community learning, produced by Medr: Students in higher education Welsh language in higher education Further education, work-based learning and community learning Learner…
Letter from Penny Young to Rt Hon Eluned Morgan MS – Welsh apprenticeships
Dear Eluned Morgan MS, As Interim Chair of the UK Statistics Authority, which oversees the Office for Statistics Regulation, I am writing to you regarding the use of apprenticeships statistics in a press release on 9 February 2026 titled “Over 100,000…