Useful Data Sets
- Information on Data Sets
- Data for Neighbourhoods and Regeneration
- National Pupil Database
- Participation in higher education
- Family Resources Survey
Information on Data Sets
- Information on Data Sets (123KB)

Data for Neighbourhoods and Regeneration
- Data for Neighbourhoods and Regeneration website identifies and signposts the data sets available for targeting, monitoring, priority setting and performance management at a neighbourhood level. This website does not hold the actual data sets, instead linking to other websites from which the data is available.
Certain data sets can be broken down by ethnic status, including:
- Annual Population Survey - People from non-white ethnic groups who are economically inactive
- Annual Population Survey - Unemployment of people from non-white ethnic groups)
- Ethnic group
- Homelessness
- Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) claimants by ethnicity
- New Deal programme: Jobs gained by ethnic group
- Pupil absence in schools in England by ethnicity (referenced by location of pupil residence)
- Pupil attainment at Key Stage 1 and 2, GCSE and equivalent, Post-16 and value added measures by ethnicity and gender
- Pupil attainment by Ethnic Group: GCE/VCE A/AS
- Pupil attainment by Ethnic Group: GCSE
- Pupils by first language.
National Pupil Database
- National Pupil Database provides data on exam results and literacy and numeracy ability testing which can be broken down by ethnicity.
Participation in higher education
There is currently no preferred source for this data, although these sources hold some data:
- Higher Education Statistics Agency website
- DFES report on Minority Ethnic Education and Training (339KB)

Family Resources Survey
- Family Resources Survey provides data on income.