Education and Training

The National Statistics Quality Review Programme has been introduced to help ensure that National Statistics and other official statistical outputs are fit for purpose and that there is a process to support the continuing improvement in the quality and value of these outputs. It is a key component for quality assuring National Statistics as set out in the Government White Paper "Building Trust in Statistics"....more...

Links to the published Quality Review Reports for this theme will be added to this page as the reviews are completed. The National Statistician's response and any departmental plans so far reported for the implementation of recommendations will also be placed here.

NSQR Series Report No.39 - Review of School Workforce Statistics
Released 22 September 2004 - Published by Department for Education and Skills (DfES))

• Letter from the Head of Profession
• Response from the National Statistician



• Introduction
• Report



• View the Project Initiation Document

NSQR Series Report No.38: Review of the Measurement of Attainment of Young People
Released 10 September 2004 - Published by Department for Education and Skills (DfES)

• Letter from the Head of Profession
• Response from the National Statistician



• Report
• Implementation Plan



• View the Project Initiation Document

NSQR Series Report No.24: Review of the Initial Entry Rate into Higher Education
Released 17 November 2003 - Published by Department for Education and Skills (DfES)

• Letter from the Head of Profession to the National Statistician
• Response from the National Statistician to the Head of Profession



• Report

To view the Project Initiation Document click here (13.3Kb pdf format)

NSQR Series Report No.15: Review of Higher Education Student Statistics
Released 4 November 2002 - Published by Department for Education and Skills (DfES)

• Letter from the Head of Profession to the National Statistician
• Response from the National Statistician to the Head of Profession



• Report
• Q&A Brief
• Implementation Plan - Progress to June 2004

To view the Quality Review of Higher Education Student Statistics Project Initiation Document (Scoping document) click here (57Kb word format)

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This page last revised: Friday, 10 December 2004