> 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?
I'd guess there are plenty of Academy/VA/Foundation schools who don't feed into such pages. So they might not be very good. I would seriously doubt that DfE has these figures but I'd agree that they should. But I think you should switch the question around. There is a statutory requirement that ALL schools open for a minimum of 380 halfday sessions. http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/adminandfinance/schooladmin/schoolyear/a0064221/length-of-school-dayyear I think you should ask the DfE (on WhatDoTheyKnow) how many sessions each school in England (Scotland, Wales and NornIron are different) was open for last year? It's highly likely that the response is that the information isn't held, which would allow a supplementary asking for a list of organisations responsible for monitoring compliance with this statutory duty? I think you will find that doesn't exist either. At which point you pass on this useful info to your MP (or someone else's MP) to ask awkward questions of Mr Gove and his henchmen in Smith Street. At that point you may find that the DfE start collection and publishing that info. HTH Feargal _______________________________________________ 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
