An interactive dashboard to help parents in England understand the primary and secondary school admissions process.
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Applying for a place for your child at primary or secondary school in England can be a daunting task. In some regions, parents have a plethora of schools to choose from. Having options is no bad thing, but in order to make an informed choice parents need answers to questions such as:
- How many preferences can I list on my application form?
- What is the likelihood of getting an offer at my preferred school based on my circumstances?
- Which schools are oversubscribed?
- Which schools are the top performers in my area?
This dashboard sets out to help parents answer those questions and more in order to better understand the landscape before submitting their application. The dashboard uses data published by UK Government on school admissions and performance at both primary and secondary level, and covers all local authorities in England.
- Downloaded required data.
- Cleaned and modelled the data using R Tidyverse.
- Built the dashboard using Tableau Public.
The project wiki contains more information about how this repo is structured and how the data was collected.
- Show breakdown of admissions by criteria at a school level
- Improve the aesthetics of the dashboard by using more sophisticated design elements such as custom backgrounds
- Get feedback from parents who have used the dashboard
See the open issues for a full list of proposed features (and known issues).
Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.
If you have a suggestion that would make this better, please fork the repo and create a pull request. You can also simply open an issue with the tag "enhancement". Don't forget to give the project a star! Thanks again!
- Fork the Project
- Create your Feature Branch (
git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature) - Commit your Changes (
git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature') - Push to the Branch (
git push origin feature/AmazingFeature) - Open a Pull Request
Distributed under the CC0 License. See LICENSE.txt for more information. All source data is licensed under the Open Government License 3.0.
Clare Gibson - @surreydatagirl - clarelgibson@gmail.com
Project Link: https://github.com/clarelgibson/england-school-admissions
- School stickers created by Stickers - Flaticon
- School icons created by iconmas - Flaticon
- Dashboard design inspired by the School Safety Dashboard created by Safe Schools for Alex