Welcome to CensusAtSchool
The CensusAtSchool Project is an online survey that the Royal Statistical Society Centre for Statistical Education (RSSCSE) established in 2000 in conjunction with the Office for National Statistics and was linked to the UK population census of 2001. Since then, a new phase of questionnaire has been launched each year and the RSSCSE now has databases comprising over a million lines of data responses from learners in the UK and overseas. Samples from these databases can be downloaded and you can use them in your classroom.
For more details please view ‘What is CensusAtSchool?’
You can also attend The Fourth International CensusAtSchool Workshop in London on the 21 October - click here for more information and to register for this free event.
The 2011 CensusAtSchool Project
The next National Census is on 27 March 2011. The RSSCSE is again teaming up with the ONS to run a CensusAtSchool Project in England and Wales and to celebrate this we have launched our new look website. The aims of the 2011 CensusAtSchool project are to:
- help improve the statistical literacy of school aged learners;
- provide teachers with real data and free resources that use statistics across the curriculum;
- provide teachers with opportunities for free CPD in ICT and statistics;
- raise awareness about the need for and importance of population censuses.
Getting involved
There are three ways in which your school can get involved in the 2011 Census AtSchool Project:
- register your school and take part;
- enter the 2011 CensusAtSchool national competition;
Prizes for 2011 CensusAtSchool schools and Champion Schools that take part include:
- netbooks;
- one-year subscriptions to the journal Teaching Statistics;
- mathematics and statistics software;
- travel and subsistence to attend CensusAtSchool workshops;
- opportunities for continuing professional development by working with the RSSCSE;
- possible Royal Statistical Society recognition in its 10-year statistical literacy campaign;
- 10% off the course fee for the Certificate inTeaching Statistics up to Pre-university Level.
Watch this space for more details!
Read more or go straight to registration.
RSSCSE CensusAtSchool joins the ONS for the Big Bang Fair
2011 is Census year and, as part of the promotion for emphasizing the importance of completing the census form, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has joined with the long-established RSSCSE CensusAtSchool Project. Together they will promote the 2011 Census to school children across the country using the Census 2011 theme of origami shapes, encouraging schools to get involved by filling-in their own online questionnaire.
The CensusAtSchool Team travelled to Manchester to meet up with the ONS at this year’s Big Bang Science and Engineering Fair at the Manchester Convention Centre, which took place between 11 – 13 March. The team spent three days promoting the CensusAtSchool resources and the 2011 Census to teachers and students; the stand included a giant purple origami bus, a timed origami shirt folding competition with a chance to win a Census 2011 mug and the opportunity to complete a CensusAtSchool interactive stats quiz. Colleagues from the ONS attended on the busiest day – we were all run off our feet!
The RSSCSE Teachers’ Day
The RSSCSE Teachers’ Day, part of the RSSCSE Statistical Education Week took place on the 17 November 2009 at the University of Plymouth. The workshops on the day were aimed at improving Statistical Education in primary, secondary and further education.
“Useful and interesting day – look forward to using the resources and CensusAtSchool website"
Random Data Selector goes multi-lingual!
The random data selector pages http://rds.censusatschool.org.uk/ have now been translated into French, Welsh, Spanish and Japanese.
Certificate in Teaching Statistics up to Pre-university Level
Apply now - the next course starts in December 2010
There are many teachers involved in the delivery of statistics in schools and colleges who lack the confidence and competence to teach the subject successfully. This is due to their lack of opportunities to learn, either because they do not have a mathematical degree or such a degree did not include Statistics. We have devised a distance learning course that leads to a Certificate in Teaching Statistics up to Pre-university Level. It is an ideal way to do continuing professional development that, at the same time, leads to a recognised qualification.
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