Department For Education
We produce official statistics on:
- early years
- schools
- further education
- higher education
- children and young people
This is carried out in line with the code of practice for official statistics andDfE official statistics: standards and policies.
Upcoming publications
Upcoming official statistics publications are announced on the statistics release calendar.
Upcoming ad hoc statistics and data releases
These are not part of our regular official statistics publications and are published on explore education statistics (EES) or GOV.UK.
Publication date | Time | Release type | Release title |
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30 March 2023 | 9:30am | Ad hoc statistics | Education, childrens social care and offending: local authority level dashboard |
8 June 2023 | 9:30am | other | DfE external data shares |
14 September 2023 | 9:30am | other | DfE external data shares |
7 December 2023 | 9:30am | other | DfE external data shares |
Explore education statistics (EES)
Use the explore education statistics (EES) service to:
- find official statistics
- download and explore data
- find ad hoc statistics
- find transparency data
All other ad hoc statistics and other transparency data can be found in theDfEtransparency data sectionof GOV.UK.
Historic publications published before March 2020 can be found on GOV.UK. Statistics before May 2010 can be found in theUK government web archive.
Find and check the performance of schools and colleges in England
Use the find school and college performance data service to:
- review school and college performance data in your local area
- view test and exam results
- view Ofsted ratings
- view a range of other information
Benchmark your schools financial data
Use the schools financial benchmarking service to:
- compare your income and expenditure to similar schools and academy trusts
- visualise the information using benchmarking charts
- access data to build relationships with other schools and academy trusts
Related statistics
Statistics for higher education are also published by:
- the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)
- the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)
- Office for Students (OfS)
Statistics related to qualifications are published by Ofqual and the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ).
Ofsted publish statistics related to their inspections and outcomes.
Education is devolved in the UK and each countrys government publishes statistics on its separate system. These are available at:
- education statistics for Wales
- education statistics for Northern Ireland
- education statistics for Scotland
Contact us
If you have a specific query, contact details are available at the bottom of each statistical publication.
To provide general feedback regarding statistics, please contacthop.statistics@education.gov.uk. If you have a media enquiry, contact Press Office on 020 7783 8300. If you have a general enquiry about education or DfE, contact 037 0000 2288.
DfE statistics news and announcements
5 May 2023: corrections to the childcare and early years providers survey 2022
An error has been identified which affects results from the childcare and early years providers survey: 2022. Revised figures were published on 5 May 2023.
The error came about because a small number of childcare providers (approximately 0.9% of the providers that responded to the survey) were incorrectly counted in the statistics. They should not have been included because they do not provide childcare to children aged 0 to 4.
The error has been thoroughly investigated. As a result of the error, previously published estimates of the total number of childcare providers in England were approximately 600 (or 1.0%) higher than they should have been. Estimates of the total number of paid childcare staff in England were approximately 5,400 (or 1.6%) higher than they should have been.
Further details of the error and the effect it had on the figures are provided in the methodology section of the corrected statistics. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
David Simpson, Head of Profession for Statistics
5 July 2022: technical issue with key stage 2 attainment statistics
This morning, DfE released national headline statistics on key stage 2 attainment. There were technical issues with our Explore Education Statistics platform that meant the statistics were not available at 9:30am. These issues were unrelated to those experienced by schools accessing their individual results.
Once this issue was identified, and as an interim solution, the statistics were made available through an accessible PDF document that went live on GOV.UK at approximately 10:45am. The issues with the Explore Education Statistics platform have now been rectified, with statistics available through that platform at approximately 11:10am.
I would like to apologise for the inconvenience caused and to assure you that I take the issue very seriously. We are reviewing the website and any improvements that can be made to avoid this happening again in future.
Neil McIvor, DfE Chief Statistician
13 June 2022: Changes to the publication of the FE Choices learner satisfaction survey
The FE Choices learner sati