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Further Education Workforce Data Collection in England

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Summary

Further education providers in England were asked to complete the census and to provide details about the staff employed during the 2021/22 academic year.

Description

This dataset contains data collected from the further education workforce data collection. Data has been collected from; General further education colleges, Sixth form colleges, Private sector public funded providers, Other provider types including other public funded providers. Approximately 1600 further education providers in England were asked to complete the census, with a response rate of 77%. They were asked to provide details about the staff employed during the 2021/22 academic year. This dataset is split into three parts. Researchers will be able to specify to the Office for National Statistics upon application whether they require one or more of the three datasets. Further Education workforce: Gives contract, pay and role details for staff members working in further education providers. For teachers working at the provider, it also gives details of the subjects taught and the qualifications of the teacher. Over 180,000 staff members were surveyed. The dataset gives one row per staff member. The response rate from further education providers is <100%.  Further Education role vacancies: Gives numbers of teacher vacancies and leader/manager vacancies in further education providers. It also gives details on whether the vacancies have been filled and difficulty level. Further Education governor demographics and board vacancies: Gives demographics and vacancies of governors at General Further Education Colleges and sixth form colleges. Data quality note: There have been data quality issues identified. See the data dictionary “additional notes” column for details.

About this data

Data creator
Department for Education
Temporal coverage
01 August 2021 to 31 July 2022
Frequency
Annual
Dataset theme
Education
Restrictions for access
Access limited to specific researchers
Project approval
Projects must be accredited and have approval from the data owner
Search keywords
Demography Education Employment Pay and incentives ADR

Metadata

Metadata

Dataset themeMain category for the topic of the resource
Education
Dataset resource typeThe type of the dataset resource
Survey
Geographic coverageThe geographic area covered by the dataset
England
Temporal coverageThe timeframes covered by these data
01 August 2021 to 31 July 2022
FrequencyThe frequency at which the dataset resource is published or updated
Annual
Geographic levelThe lowest level of geography covered by the dataset
Region
Data creatorThe name of the organisation that produced or published this resource
Department for Education
Data contributorsThe name(s) of any organisation(s), other than the data supplier or provider, that have data which are included in this dataset resource
Licensing statusThe license used for making this resource available and defining how it can be used
Restricted
Disclosure controlThe standard or bespoke disclosure control rules that apply to this dataset
Standard disclosure rules apply
Restrictions for accessRestrictions for users and researchers accessing data in Google Cloud Platform
Access limited to specific researchers
Research outputsThe approval route researchers must take for their outputs to be published
Research outputs must be sent to the data owner
Project approvalThe project approvals needed for this resource
Projects must be accredited and have approval from the data owner
Research disclaimerThe disclaimer required to be published with the outputs for this dataset
No requirements
AcronymAny other names or acronyms used to refer to the data
FEWDC
ProvenanceDetails of how this dataset resource came to be generated
Survey