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Hi

I've looked into this quite a bit.

Information about schools can first be obtained from the `Get information about schools' database, formerly known as Edubase (it can be downloaded as a giant csv file). This can give you school type, admissions policy and the percentage of students on Free School Meals. POLAR4 data on higher education participation, Indices of Multiple deprivation data, and ethnic group data are all tied to census areas (MSOAs and LSOAs respectively). It is possible to look up the school's resident MSOA/LSOA to get these metrics, however, school catchment areas are much larger than census areas. The London Schools Atlas allows you to find all the census regions within a schools' catchment area, but that information for the whole of the country is not publicly available and would require requesting access to the National Pupil Database.

Regards

Martin



On Wed, 23 Oct 2019 at 10:42, Nikolaus Muldal <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Hi all,

Can anyone advise what is the best way to understand the socio-economic backgrounds of schools? I have heard over the years a lot about how postcode data can be received and used to indicate how privileged/disadvantaged people form different UK regions are but never had to obtain or analyse it myself until now as part of my role in Outreach for a UK fusion lab.

Is postcode data a good measure? What's the quickest way to obtain this? Are there any other ways that people regular use to assess science capital?

Any suggestions welcome.

Thanks in advance,
Nik Muldal (he/him)

Communications Officer
UK Atomic Energy Authority / Culham Centre for Fusion Energy
Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, OX14 3DB, UK
Tel. +44 1235 46 6715
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