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Education: Sources of Statistics

Data and Statistics

This page introduces you to sources of UK and International statistical information.

For information on collecting your own statistics as part of empirical research go here.

Get Support

A recording is available introducing the sources and searching Education Research Complete/ERIC; for more in depth support you can book a Finding Information and Referencing Tutorial.

Online support is available in understanding and being critical with statistical information; for more in depth support you can book a Statistics Tutorial.

Explore education statistics

Explore Education Statistics portal

The Explore education statistics portal is for accessing Department for Education and Office of National Statistics data.

Create your own data tables on a variety of themes to explore data via levels of education at National, Regional and Local Authority area, including:

Citing and Referencing

When referencing a data table you have created from Explore education statistics follow this format:

ONS and DfE (Publication Date) Data table title. Available at: Permalink from Ees website (Accessed: date you created the table).

The citation will then look like this:

(ONS and DfE, Publication Date)

For detailed instructions to do this open this document:

Higher Education Statistics: HESA

Higher Education Statistics Authority

The Higher Education Statistics Agency collects, assures and disseminates data about higher education (HE) in the UK.

Data and analysis is available, which includes these themes:

Higher Education Statistics: OfS

The Office for Students is an independent public body working with HE providers to make sure students succeed.

Data and analysis is available, which includes these themes:

Determinants of Health: Education

OHID

International Statistics

International Statistics

Literature Searching for studies

Education Research ERIC

Search with your subjects terms on our research databases Education Research Complete and ERIC, and include the terms quantitative or qualitative.

You will find studies in Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles using those forms of research methodology.