IOE LibGuides: Official Publications: Publications

Introduction

This page provides information about the types of publications that you will find in the collection.

'Non-governmental' Publications

'Non-governmental' publications included in the collection feature publications related to the work or to the policies of government that are directly relevant to education. These include codes of practice, statistics and research studies produced by government-related bodies and quangos.

As with Government Publications, the Library collects print copies where possible, and these can be found in the Main, Reference or Official Publications collections. You can also access the online version via UCL Explore or through DERA where it is available.

Types of publications

Acts (Acts of Parliament).

Legislative statements of Parliament that have become statute (written) law. Search by name of act e.g. Children, Schools and Families Act 2010.

You can search any Acts in our collection using Explore.
Command Papers.

Papers issued by the government and presented to British Parliament by ‘Her Majesty’s Command’- hence the name, Command Papers. These papers include Green and White papers, government responses to reports, Royal Commission Reports and reports of major committees of inquiry.

You can search any Command Papers in our collection using Explore.
General Committees (including Public Bill committees).

Formerly known as Standing Committee debates, the purpose of General Committees is to consider proposed legislation. This is unique to the House of Commons. A Public or Private Bill Committee is appointed for each Bill that goes through Parliament.
General Committee Debates.
Hansard (both House of Commons and House of Lords).

Printed transcripts of the debates which take place within the House of Commons and the House of Lords. We do not have paper copies in the library but they are all available online and at Senate House Library.
House of Commons and House of Lords Papers and Bills.

Draft legislation concerning financial matters and other matters which are submitted with the intention that they will become acts of Parliament once they have passed through a series of stages and procedures. e.g. School Admissions Bill.
Public Bill Committee Debates.
Select Committee reports.

Select Committees work in both Houses. These reports cover areas ranging from the work of government departments to economic affairs. Both Commons and Lords Select Committee reports related to education are available in print in the Official Publications Collection and available online.

You can search any Select Committee reports in our collection using Explore.
Statutory guidance.

Guidance issued by the government which must be put into place and followed if an educational organisation is to comply with regulations laid down by the state. As statute law, this guidance is enforceable and is available in print in the Official Publications Collection and online.

You can search any Statutory guidance in our collection using Explore.
Statutory Instrument (SI).

Amendment or update made to an act so that it may be carried out without the need to pass a new act. Search by general title e.g. Statutory instruments.

You can search any Statutory instruments in our collection using Explore.

These were introduced by the Department for Education and its previous incarnations during the years between 1997 and 2011, with the aim of improving the standards in various areas of children's learning.

We collect these strategies extensively. Click on the links below to see what we have:

National Literacy Strategy.

National Numeracy Strategy.

Primary National Strategy.

Key Stage 3 National Strategy.

Secondary National Strategy.

Early years foundation stage.

This section includes many educational statistics produced by the Department for Education and its predecessors, including the Board of Education and Ministry of Education.

The resources cover the period from the late 19th century to the early 2000s. Below are some examples:

Statistics of education (vol.1): schools.

Statistics of education (vol. 2): GCE, CSE and school leavers.

Statistics of education (vol. 3): further education.

Statistics of education (vol. 4): teachers.

Statistics of education (vol. 5): finance and awards.

Statistics of education (vol. 6): universities.

We also collect statistics produced by other bodies, such as the University Grants Committee, the Inner London Education Authority and the Higher Education Statistics Agency.

We collect annual reports produced by many organisations, including:

Department for Education.

General Teaching Counci for England (GTCE).

Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).