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Dataset-specific publications, such as Data Explained documents and user guides, can be found on the ADR UK Data Catalogue or on Flagship datasets.

3 April 2025

Data Insight: Disengagement from school among pupils experiencing homelessness in Wales

This Data Insight explores the association between disengagement from school and youth homelessness. The team analysed data from a screening tool forming part of a youth homelessness prevention scheme in Wales, known as Upstream Cymru. Three forms of school disengagement were measured: exclusions/suspension, truancy, and misbehavior.

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28 March 2025

Data Insight: Investigating the relationship between higher education participation, personal characteristics and area of residence among school or college leavers

This Data Insight investigates the extent to which the personal characteristics and area of residence of school or college leavers in England have a bearing on the likelihood of participation in higher education.

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21 March 2025

Data Insight: Understanding the impact of time in care on educational attainment in England

This Data Insight by Xiaohui Zhang examines the impact of time spent in care on educational attainment, measured by the number of GCSE and advanced level qualifications achieved by children aged 15 and 17 in England. The findings are based on analyses of the Growing Up in England (GUiE) dataset.

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21 February 2025

Data Insight: Childhood contact with social services, self-harm and suicidal or self-harm ideation in young adulthood

This Data Insight uses population-wide data in Northern Ireland (NI) to quantify the association between childhood contact with social services and presentation to an emergency department (ED) with self-harm or thoughts of suicide or self-harm in young adulthood.

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18 February 2025

Data Insight: Gender gaps in teacher grades for university admissions

This Data Insight discusses the differences between A-level teacher-predicted grades for university admissions, and exam results, by student gender.

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13 February 2025

Care experienced children and young people: Research insights from administrative data

This report summarises some key insights on children’s experiences with social care, which have been generated through research using administrative data. It serves as a source of evidence for policymakers and practitioners working to support children. It also provides a rich example of the power of administrative data to enable critical research evidence that can improve lives.

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15 January 2025

Community Catalyst: Children at Risk of Poor Outcomes scoping review - Use of administrative data to understand children’s involvement with children’s statutory social care services

This comprehensive scoping review has been produced to inform and encourage greater use of administrative data for children’s social care research. It aims to identify strengths and gaps in the published literature to provide the research community with a clearer understanding of research priorities.

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17 December 2024

Changes over time to Pupil Matching Reference Numbers in the National Pupil Database

This report summarises findings from an analysis examining the extent to which the Pupil Matching Reference numbers (PMRs) within the National Pupil Database (NPD) change over time. The project also investigated which demographic groups of individuals were more or less likely to be affected by these changes. This work was carried out as part of the ECHILD (Education and Child Health Insights from Linked Data) project.

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11 December 2024

Community Catalyst: Youth Transitions research report - From gaps to priorities: Examining the evidence landscape

This research report provides an overview of this community catalyst’s aims and summarises the research approach used to address these objectives.

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6 December 2024

Data Insight: Children involved with child welfare services and the likelihood of a custodial sentence

This Data Insight by Dr Anna Leyland summarises findings from working with the Ministry of Justice & Department for Education linked dataset - England. Using data from the National Pupil Database and the Police National Computer, the research analyses the likelihood of receiving a custodial sentence by 2020 for children who were referred to or received an intervention from child welfare services from ages 5-18.

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