Examining the gap in school attainment levels (part 2)

Last week we explored the differences in school attainment levels amongst pupil groups, particularly those claiming Free School Meals and those that do not.  In a follow up to that analysis, we have examined the variations in GCSE attainment geographically, specifically comparing our 30 Locality areas. Our graphic updates some analysis presented in the most recent [...]

New electoral statistics published

The Office for National Statistics has today published new statistics on electorate populations in local areas.  There are two tables of data, both reflecting the number of electors registered to vote in the UK on 1 December of 2011. Table 1 provides local government electors by local government areas (i.e. county and districts/boroughs in Warwickshire’s case). [...]

Examining the gap in school attainment levels (part 1)

Children claiming free school meals in Warwickshire are only half as likely as other pupils to gain good GSCEs. This is not a new finding; we have considered this gap in previous work such as our Quality of Life Report.  However, new figures published for 2011 identify that the trend has continued and the gap in [...]

Unemployment rises in Warwickshire in January

The Job Seekers’ Allowance (JSA) claimant count in January 2012 was 9,054 in Warwickshire; a rate of 2.7% of the resident working age population. This represents a significant rise of 780 claimants or 9.4% from the previous month. It is important to point out that the claimant count figures presented in this summary are not [...]

Childhood Obesity in Warwickshire

As reported in our recent newsletter, the Warwickshire Observatory is working with colleagues in Public Health to collect data for the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP).  The NCMP is part of a national effort to improve children’s health and wellbeing and, every year, children in Reception and Year 6 are weighed and measured.  These measurements are [...]

February 2012 Newsletter

We have now published our third newsletter, providing an overview of some of the projects we are working on and links to further details where they are available.  Warwickshire Observatory Newsletter – February 2012 As always, we welcome feedback so please let us know what you think.  We’d also encourage you to subscribe to our blog for [...]

Coventry and Warwickshire Labour Market Summary

The Summary for the third quarter of 2011/12 has just been produced by the Warwickshire Observatory.  This gives the latest data on Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) claimants, vacancies and worklessness data as well as highlighting a few key messages emerging from the data.  The report shows that the number of job seeker allowance claimants has [...]