Dear Mr Humpherson, I am writing because I am concerned about the misuse of Ofsted statistics by the Department for Education and by the Secretary of State for Education Gillian Keegan, both in a press release and on social media. In a press release titled “First step towards introducing the Advanced British Standard” and in […]
Dear Daniel Comparisons of the proportion of good and outstanding schools over time Thank you for your letter on 18 April regarding the comparison of the proportion of good and outstanding schools over time by the Department for Education (DfE). You raised several points about the comparison between 2023 and 2010, and whether this should […]
Dear Ed We are concerned about a Department for Education (DfE) evidence document, “Schools’ Costs 2022 to 2024”[1], and a follow-up blog, “Teacher strikes: Everything you need to know about the teacher pay offer”[2], which are being used by the Department for Education to justify their claim that schools can afford to fund eight ninths […]
Dear Mary and Kevin Schools’ Costs Funding Thank you for your letter on 20 April regarding Schools’ Costs 2022 to 2024 and Teacher strikes: Everything you need to know about the teacher pay offer published by the Department for Education. You raised a number of concerns with us regarding the evidence presented in these documents […]
Ed Humpherson responds to Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney of the National Education Union regarding the transparency of a Department for Education White Paper, “trust-led school system evidence for education”.
Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney write to Ed Humpherson regarding the transparency of a Department for Education White Paper, “trust-led school system evidence for education”.
Dear Mary and Kevin Thank you for raising your concerns about the Department for Education’s Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak statistics. You were concerned that a reference to local breakdowns of pupil attendance data in a BBC article on 1 December breached orderly release of the statistics and […]
Dear Mr Humpherson We are writing to bring to your attention a breach of your Code of Practice for Statistics relating to the Department for Education’s survey, “Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak”. The publication is here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/attendance-in-education-and-early-years-settings-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak. Yesterday the Department announced that they would finally be releasing regional […]
Dear Mary and Kevin Thank you for raising your concerns about the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) ad hoc analysis of the number of school workers, key workers and other professions in England who had COVID-19, which was included in the 6 November Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey bulletin, and the teacher attendance statistics produced by […]
Dear Mr Humpherson Re: Reported breach of the Code of Practice by ONS in the Coronavirus Infection Study: 6th November We have seen that Dr Sarah Rasmussen has reported a breach of the Code of Practice of Statistics to you on Saturday 21st November. We share her concerns about the ad hoc section, “Analysis of […]