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Grading and Admissions Data England Department for Education

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Summary

Deidentified data linking Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation, Department for Education, and Universities and Colleges Admissions Service data.

Description

The National Pupil Database (NPD) is compiled for the Department for Education (DfE) from data supplied by local authorities, centres and awarding organisations. The NPD is a collection of data covering all pupils within schools in England up to the age of 19. There are four main extracts of the NPD shared. The NPD exam results datasets contain pupil-level results data by qualification taken for Key Stages 4 and 5, covering A levels, GCSE and other general and vocational/technical qualifications, as provided by awarding organisations. It includes aggregated achievement indicators, such as those related to EBacc, Attainment 8 and Progress 8. The NPD pupil datasets contain data on pupils, including demographic and protected characteristics, such as gender, age, language spoken, free school meal eligibility and special educational needs. Information on the centre attended by pupils is also available, covering the type of school or institution, its description, whether the main language is English or Welsh and the school admissions policy. Additional information on pupils is also available in the census datasets. This includes further socio-demographic characteristics (eg ethnicity) and socio-economic indicators (eg IDACI score). The NPD also contains data on pupils prior attainment including achievement indicators, teacher assessments and test results for Key Stages 1 and 2.

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About this data

Data creator
Department for Education
Temporal coverage
01 January 2017 to 31 December 2022
Frequency
Annual
Dataset theme
Education
Restrictions for access
Access for all accredited researchers
Project approval
Projects must be accredited and have approval from the data owner
Search keywords
Demography Education ADR Children and Young People

Metadata

Metadata

Dataset themeMain category for the topic of the resource
Education
Dataset resource typeThe type of the dataset resource
Administrative
Geographic coverageThe geographic area covered by the dataset
England
Temporal coverageThe timeframes covered by these data
01 January 2017 to 31 December 2022
FrequencyThe frequency at which the dataset resource is published or updated
Annual
Geographic levelThe lowest level of geography covered by the dataset
County
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 for all accredited 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
GRADE
IDS Business Catalogue identifierThe identifier for this dataset resource
0.0294
ProvenanceDetails of how this dataset resource came to be generated
Department for Education Grading and Admissions Data