On 10 Feb 2012, at 17:53, Mark Goodge wrote:
> I'm trying to collate some statisics on how many term days are lost at > schools due to unplanned closures (eg, for weather-related reasons)[1]. Does > anyone here have any idea where I might start looking in order to get those > figues? Would the DfE have them, or would it be a case of requesting them > from each individual LEA (or, worse, school)? > > For that matter, is there even a central list of state schools anywhere handy > on the web? > > [1] What I'm planning to do, initially, is to see if there's any pattern - > I'd expect rural schools, particularly in the north, to lose more days to bad > weather than urban schools - but also to see if there are any statistically > significant outliers. I think most authorities maintain a website advising on closures on-the-day. eg. this one for Buckinghamshire: http://apps1.buckscc.gov.uk/eforms2005/SSSchoolStatus/default.aspx I guess you could screen-scrape them daily, and build your own stats? Simon PS. mostly, when it's snowing, that particular site returns a 500 server error, but that's another story. _______________________________________________ developers-public mailing list [email protected] https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public Unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/archive%40mail-archive.com
