Education data linkage

Our education data linkage programme brings together cohort study data and information from the National Pupil Database, Student Loans Company and other sources. Researchers can use these linked administrative education and survey datasets to explore the factors that can influence people’s educational trajectories and outcomes.

Here you can find out which linked education data are currently available by study, read our user guides and follow links to the UK Data Service or the SAIL Databank in Wales.

Important update on access arrangements 
From July 2024, the linked education data will be made available via the ONS Secure Research Service and will cease to be accessible via the UK Data Service. Researchers currently accessing the data for projects which go beyond July will be able to complete their project. 

Next Steps

National Pupil Database

Read the user guide

Access the data from the UK Data Service (includes data for key stages 2-5)

Student Loans Company

Read the user guide

Access the data from the UK Data Service

Individualised Learner Records

Read the user guide

Access the data from the UK Data Service (includes further education data such as apprenticeship and national vocational qualifications)

Millennium Cohort Study

National Pupil Database (England)

Read the user guide

Access the data from the UK Data Service (includes data on key stages 1, 2 and 4)

Pupil records (Scotland)

Read the user guide*

Access the data from the UK Data Service (includes data on key stage 1)

*Please refer to our other user guides for the most up to date information on linked education data for England and Wales.

Pupil records (Wales)

Read the user guide

Access the data from the UK Data Service (includes data on key stages 1-4)

Access the data from the SAIL Databank (includes data from key stages 1-4 and will soon include post 16 education records)

Contact us

Centre for Longitudinal Studies
UCL Social Research Institute

20 Bedford Way
London WC1H 0AL

Email: clsdata@ucl.ac.uk

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