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Verified reports, reusable datasets and transparent methods from TheLearnDen.
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- Open verified datasets
- 15
Featured report
Broken education-resource links
Independent evidence for school web teams, researchers and journalists.
Primary-school provision · August 2026
UK Primary School Resource Link Rot: August 2026 Audit
A reproducible audit of broken education-resource links still carried by UK school and learning websites, with the full verified dataset.
The audit covers primary-school provision. It does not measure KS3, KS4 or secondary-school websites.
- Verified placements
- 422
- School websites
- 151
- Dead destinations
- 172
Official-data explorer
Elective home education by local authority
Find any English council in one step, then compare its Autumn 2025 figure with its published regional area and England.
England · Autumn 2025
Explore local-authority figures
An independent, accessible view of the Department for Education's official statistics in development, with reason breakdowns, source limits and reusable data.
- Local authorities
- 153
- England total
- 126,000
- Reason unknown or not provided
- 29%
Research Lab
New evidence and monitoring
Open methods, limitations and downloadable data stay beside every publication.
Private Candidate GCSE Fees — UK Cost Map, August 2026
Published GCSE fees from 12 UK private-candidate exam-centre operators, with source evidence, method and limitations.
Read the researchFree Learning Resource Survival Index — Wave 2
A second complete recheck of 511 dead links, carrying pages and suggested replacements, separating confirmed and inconclusive outcomes.
Read the researchLocal Authority Home Education Transparency Index
A five-signal page-transparency baseline for all 153 English councils, not a service-quality index.
Read the researchFree-Resource Coverage Map — TheLearnDen, August 2026
Strictly verified and UI-visible free-resource coverage across TheLearnDen's indexed Years 1 to 10 topics.
Read the researchGCSE Reform Policy Timeline & Source Ledger — Baseline 0
Six quoted milestones and 23 directly relevant policy sources, selected from 58 distinct reviewed GOV.UK URLs.
Read the researchOfficial-data guide
Home education statistics
A maintained guide to England's official elective home-education figures, with reusable extracts and source records.
Home Education Statistics in England
Current home education statistics for England, with DfE term-by-term figures, local-authority data, methodology notes and honest caveats.
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