Children, Education and Skills

Education and training, from providing the best start for young people to equipping the workforce, has a profound impact on the society, business and the economy of the countries of the UK. High quality statistics and data to support effective decision making and evaluate policy implementation is crucial.

The Children, Education, and Skills area includes statistics on various topics – for example teachers and lecturers, learners, and looked after children – and covers all stages of education from early years to university and beyond.

We are currently undertaking 2 systemic reviews:

• Last year we published our report Exploring the public value of statistics about post-16 education and skills in England.  The phase 2 report covering all of the UK will be published soon.
• In 2018 we began a review of Children and Young People Statistics to ensure that the statistics system is sufficiently alive to issues for children and young people across all topic areas and to encourage improvement where needed.

Contact:   Michelle Alderson, Nisha Bunting or Emily Carless