Market Intelligence

Young HE participation by area - Polar 4 statistics, postcode search etc from the Office for Students (OfS) site
Census population commentary and detail for Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton
Population visualisation tool from the ONS, by different Local Authorities (LAs) in England
UK local authority population projections (Excel download from ONS site)
Local authority area statistics, covering demographics, economy, crime, housing and rental markets from Varbes

General information about schools/L3 providers, from gov.uk - Get Information about Schools
School, pupils and their characteristics 2021/22 (pub June 2022) - National Statistics from gov.uk - Schools, pupils and their characteristics
Schools comparisons from gov.uk - Search for schools, colleges and multi-academy trusts
Pupils and schools latest data sets from gov.uk - Find statistics and data
Joint Qualifications Committee (JCQ) A level and GCSE results
Vocational Qualifications Dataset (BTECs, NVQs etc), from gov.uk - Vocational qualifications dataset

Office for Students (OfS) Data and Analysis page with information about student numbers and characeristics and HEI metrics (e.g. NSS and TEF)
OfS access, continuation, attainment, progression dashboard (includes analysis for age, ethnicity, disability and POLAR by individual HEIs)
Information about scholarships (published by IDP)
Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)
Government Education statistics and data - includes destinations, FE, apprenticeship and schools info
Apprenticeships providers, standards and data; Aptem platform reported the Gov's Education and Skills Funding Agency data
Universities UK data analysis reports on a wide range of policy areas, providing evidence-based recommendations and info
Reports, publications and resources from AdvanceHE; including annual series of equality reports
Higher Education Policy Institute (independent think tank) publications page
Department of Education Education and training stats for the UK covers all levels of education, inc Higher Education

Employment and labour market information and data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Local authority area statistics, covering demographics, economy, crime, housing and rental markets from Varbes
London jobs/economy and other data relating to the capital (e.g. transport, environment) from London Datastore
Population stats, average salary, unemployment rates and other open data visualisations from Plumplot app
Annual Graduate Market report - review of grad vacancies and starting salaries at Britain's leading employers from High Fliers Research
Other information sources (ROAM had not used these at the time of last update):
- Lightcast – ‘global leaders in labour market analytics in the UK’
- Horsefly analytics – ‘labor (sic) market analytics for global companies’

This page last updated 25/9/24