Education and Skills

This page brings together our work on statistics relating to schools, further and higher education, training, and skills. It covers topics such as attainment, qualifications, attendance and participation, and apprenticeship and vocational training.

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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…

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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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Assessment of statistics on higher education, further education, apprenticeships and adult community learning in Wales

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Assessment of compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics: Higher Education Graduate Outcomes Data and Statistics

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Assessment of compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics: Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence Levels statistics

Assessment of compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics: Key Stage 4 performance statistics for England

Latest correspondence on Education and Skills

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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…

Ed Humpherson to Ronnie Armour: Parental School Admission Survey and Statutory Demand Measurement

Dear Ronnie, As you may be aware, we have been discussing the statistics from the Parental School Admission Survey with statisticians in the Department of Education. The survey gathers information on attitudes to Integrated Education from parents or guardians whose…