Education: key data sources
Scottish Government Education and Training (web pages)
These pages provide links to information on early years education, schools, universities and colleges and lifelong learning.
The General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) maintains the SCROL (Scottish Census Results On-Line) website, which was created to encourage the use of, and widen access to, the results of the 2001 Census in Scotland. In terms of education, this site has a range of tables including population in full-time education, qualifications attained, and students living in an area (broken down for a range of geographical levels). The GROS provides a set of CDs with more detailed data tables and will also undertake ad hoc analyses on request.
In 2010 ScotPHO published updated health and wellbeing profiles for CHPs in Scotland (produced by ISD Scotland) and a complementary set of children and young people profiles (produced by NHS Health Scotland). These present a range of indicators of health, wellbeing and wider determinants and include seven education related indicators.
Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey
HBSC is a cross-national research study conducted in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for Europe.
The study aims to gain new insight into, and increase our understanding of, young people's health and well-being, health behaviours and their social context. HBSC was initiated in 1982 and now has 41 participating countries and regions, including Scotland.
Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS)
This is a school-based survey. SALSUS was established to provide a broad-based approach to the monitoring of substance use among young people in Scotland in the context of other lifestyle, health and social factors.
A Scottish Executive survey, the aims of which include informing policy on transport and social justice. In terms of education, the survey includes questions on qualifications attained and participation in adult education and training.
Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics
One of the topic areas on the SNS web site is 'Education, Skills and Training'. There are a range of statistics related to school education: pupil profile data; examination results and tariff scores and; school leaver destinations. There are also statistics on skills and training: job related training and; highest qualification of working age people.