This dataset comprises data gathered from all schools in England during the Schools' Census conducted by the Department for Education in 2001.The enumeration date was the third Thursday in January, 18th January 2001. Most of the data reflects the position in schools on that date, though some questions required schools to supply data for different periods. For example, primary and secondary schools were asked to give the numbers of teaching staff and the hours worked by non-teaching staff during the week beginning 15th January 2001.
The 2001 dataset contains the following types of data in seven tables:
(1) All Schools 2001
This table contains data on the school, pupils, classes, and teaching staff.
- Data on the school: its LEA and region and its Form 7 school type.
- Data on pupils: numbers of pupils on the registers of schools on the enumeration date by sex, by whether pupils were full-time or part-time, and by age at 31st August 2000.
- Numbers of pupils in designated nursery classes in primary schools.
- Numbers of boarding pupils, by sex.
- Numbers of sixth form pupils, by sex and year (first or second).
- School meals: numbers of pupils who received a free school meal on the enumeration date, and the numbers of day pupils who were eligible for a free school meal. This was further broken down to count pupils up to or above the minimum school leaving age, and whether full-time or part-time.
- Pupils with statements of special educational needs (SEN), according to their age. The table also includes dually registered pupils with or without statements, by age.
- Data on teachers: Numbers of qualified teachers, by sex, whether full-time or part-time; totals of full-time and full-time equivalents; and totals of full-time and part-time graduates. More information on Teachers is in the table Teaching staff 2001.
Ethnicity of pupils: this section had been added to the Census in 1996, following changes made after 19th September 1995. The ethnic categories used in the earlier ethnic monitoring survey remained the same as those used in 2000. For definitions of the terms 'White UK Heritage', 'White European' and 'White other', see for example p 3 of the Completion notes for maintained primary schools, reference CRDA/13/DD/1/2001/2 in the Dataset Documentation Catalogue. In 2001, this part of the survey also counted pupils for whom English is a second language, and dually registered pupils.
The minority ethnic monitoring aspect of the survey is also reflected in sections of the data tables for Teaching staff and Non-teaching staff (see below).
Information on new admissions to primary, middle and secondary schools was sought on the questionnaires, but does not appear to be included in this dataset.
Completion time figures were sought on the form, but are not part of this dataset.
(2) Pupils 2001
This table contains totals of full-time and part-time boy and girl pupils; totals of full-time and part-time boy and girl pupils in nursery classes in primary schools; and data on dually and solely registered pupils. The field AGE_C, which contains 24 values which correspond to the age ranges as usually set out on the Form 7 forms, allows greater flexibility in the analysis of the data.
(3) Courses of study 2001
The table contains information on courses of study followed by older pupils for secondary schools (including Independent schools and City Technology Colleges). This table shows numbers of pupils aged between 16-19 and over on 31st August 2000, analysed by course of study. Types of course are listed in the field COURSE_C.
(4) Teaching staff 2001
Total numbers of male and female teaching staff, by type of teacher, and whether full-time or part-time; and data on the full-time equivalents of part-time staff. The four fields TCHRTYP_1, TCHRTYP_2, TCHRTYP_3 and TCHRTYP_4, containing between them the names of 15 teacher types, allow for flexibility in the analysis of the data. Among the teacher types are teachers of minority ethnic pupils who were employed to 'meet the particular needs' of such pupils, or as 'teachers of English as a second language'.
Information about teachers on long-term paid absence, and relief teachers providing cover for short-term absence, was sought on the questionnaires but does not appear to be included in this dataset. The same applies to information concerning advertised teacher vacancies in schools on the census date.
(5) Non-teaching staff 2001
This table gives total numbers of support staff, and also provides information on their categories and working hours, and whether full-time or part-time. The categories of non-teaching staff include Education Support Staff (E.S.S.) (eg nursery assistants, special needs support staff, bilingual assistants); Other Education Support Staff (O.E.S.S.) (matrons and nurses, medical staff, librarians etc); and administrative/clerical staff (eg secretaries, bursars). Education Support Staff includes staff employed to meet the needs of minority ethnic pupils (eg bilingual assistants). These categories are coded in the field ASCODE2_C. For each category of non-teaching staff, the table records the full-time equivalents based on the number of hours worked by staff in the census week.
(6) Classes as taught 2001
Schools were asked to provide information on classes as taught during a selected period on the day of enumeration. The data in this table is analysed by class type, class number, numbers of pupils, numbers of teachers, class size breakdown, and numbers of teachers and non-teaching staff in class. Data on Key Stage and Activity of the class is also available. The 2001 dataset uses six new fields (clasnum1-clasnum6). They do not relate to any of the data items collected by the Census, and were variables generated by the Department as a means of identifying each separate class within each school. 1 NDAD have no information as to the meaning of the data in these fields, and they are unlikely to be needed by users of the dataset. The Department has confirmed they were not used for analysis.
(7) Permanent Exclusions 2001
This table recorded the numbers of permanent exclusions for the academic year 1999-2000. Schools entered detail on the gender, age (as at 31st August 1999), ethnicity and statement of special educational needs of the excluded pupils. If an excluded pupil had been reinstated following an appeal, they were not counted in the survey.
The 2001 forms sought additional information about exclusions appeals from voluntary aided and special agreement schools: the total number of appeals lodged by parents, number of appeals heard by an independent appeals committee, and number of successful appeals. Similar totals were also sought for admission appeals. None of the results have been recorded in this dataset, however.
The dataset contains a number of derived fields, ie fields whose values were calculated by the Department using information supplied by the school. For example, primary and secondary schools were required to record on their forms the total "directed" hours per week of part-time teaching staff and the hours worked per week by full-time and part-time non-teaching staff; from this the full-time equivalents of staff were calculated by the Department.
For further information on the Schools' Census, see the Series Catalogue. |
Dataset details: CRDA/13/DS/5/2001
