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Background to the SFR
| This Statistical First Release (SFR) covers post-16 education and skills, showing learner participation, outcomes and the level of highest qualification held. Its aim is to present the performance of the further education system, and to hold the Government to account over delivery of policy. The SFR is produced by the Data Service, on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The SFR is a National Statistics publication. For more information on National Statistics, please visit here. |
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An external review of the format, content and timing of post-16 learning SFRs was conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers in September 2007. More information on the SFR Review can be found here. A key recommendation of the review was to move to publishing an SFR once every quarter, covering the range of government-funded learning. |
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New SFR Review
Having been through an annual cycle of quarterly publications, we intend to conduct a small-scale review of the timing and presentation of the Release. This is to ensure that the timing of the SFR is best aligned with when further education data becomes available, and to ensure that the presentation of statistics is relevant to any new policies introduced.
If you have any comments on the scope and timing of the SFR which you would like to feed into this review, please email your comments to servicedesk@thedataservice.org.uk, or telephone 0870 267 0001. The findings from this review will be published here. |
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