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The next edition of the SFR will be published in March 2012 and will report provisional mid-year statistics for 2011/12. Table templates showing the proposed tables for the March release will be published here before the release. |
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The latest edition of the SFR was published on 31st January 2012. You can view the SFR here. It shows information on learner participation and achievement for post-16 education from 2006/07 to 2010/11, as well provisional data for the first quarter of 2011/12. It includes information from the Labour Force Survey on the level of highest qualification held in England, and information on vocational qualifications awarded in the United Kingdom.
Having been through an annual cycle of quarterly publications, we have conducted a small 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.
A summary of the key findings of this review can be found here.
We plan to change how and when we publish Ofqual data on vocational qualifications to enable a more timely release of these statistics based upon when data becomes available. In line with data availability, we will update Ofqual statistics in November, March, May and August. Information on publication dates for Ofqual data will be announced on this page and included in future editions of the Statistical First Release. This will be available in the Supplementary Tables section of the website.
If you have any queries on the SFR, please email them to servicedesk@thedataservice.org.uk, or telephone 0870 267 0001.
Alternatively, please contact the lead statistician for the SFR, Jessie Evans, at jessie.evans@bis.gsi.gov.uk.
For further information about how the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Data Service intend to manage the release of further education and skills data into the public domain, please view our Dissemination Plan. |
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