Effect of Local Education Authority Resources and Policies on Educational Attainment, 1972-1974

<p>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</p>The purpose of this study was to construct a data base as a preliminary to the multivariate analysis of the inter-relationship between local education authority resources and policies, the education provision they make, and the attainment of children in their areas. Data utilized include: census data on the socio-economic class structure of LEAs; census data on housing conditions; data on the financial behaviour of LEAs drawn from rating returns; a variety of measures of educational provision drawn from the Institute of Municipal Treasurers and Accountants' <i>Education Statistics</i>; the Dept of Education and Science's <i>Statistics of Education</i>; and data relating to rates of 'staying on' and uptake of further and higher education derived from the Dept of Education and Science <i>Statistics of Education</i>, vols 1 and 5.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<br> Variables<br> Local education authority, rates of girls and boys remaining at school over 16 and over 17 in 1970, proportion of 13 year old girls and boys in secondary modern/grammar schools in 1970, entrance to university/further education or teacher training. Pupil/teacher ratios for primary and secondary schools in 1970, teachers' salaries per pupil for primary and secondary schools, non-teaching staff salaries per pupil for primary and secondary schools.<br> Expenditure in primary and secondary schools: fuel and light, repairs, furnishings, rent and rates, textbook and library, educational equipment, stationery, other supplies, miscellaneous, debt charges and total costs (expressed as cost per pupil).<br> Industrialisation index, total rateable value, resources element of rate support grant, population size and density, Labour control (i.e. proportion of the years 1957 - 70 during which LEA was controlled by the Labour party). Proportion of males and females of 25 years and over who left school at the age of 15 or under in 1961. Class structure of LEAs (Registrar General's socio-economic groups). Proportion of owner occupiers, council tenants and private tenants in LEAs. Household density, amenities.<br> 16 plus, 17 plus and 19 plus cohorts; proportion of 13 year old girls and boys in secondary modern/comprehensive or grammar schools in 1967; pupil/teacher ratio in primary schools between 1959 and 1965. Total expenditure, teachers' salaries and debt charges in primary schools between 1959 and 1965. Pupil/teacher ratio in secondary schools between 1966 and 1969. Total expenditure, teachers' salaries and debt charges in secondary schools between 1966 and 1969. Overcrowding in both secondary and primary schools, percentage of teachers in each LEA who were graduates 1964/1967/1970