Office for National Statistics
Highest education productivity growth rate since series began
Productivity growth is calculated by comparing growth in the total amount of education output to growth in the total amount of input used. We estimate public service education productivity grew by 5.6% in 2011, the highest growth rate since the series began in 1996.
This high productivity growth rate has been caused by a 1.8% fall in the volume of inputs between 2010 and 2011 used to produce publicly-funded education while quality-adjusted education output continued to rise. Output estimates reflect both changes in pupil numbers and the change in the quality of education output denoted by average point scores in GCSEs and equivalent examinations. Productivity would have risen by 3.0% in 2011 even if output figures were not adjusted for quality changes.
Over the whole time period between 1996 and 2011, annual average productivity growth is 0.9% per year, up from an average of 0.5% per year between 1996 and 2010 due to the high growth rate in 2011.
The 1.8% fall in the volume of inputs in 2011 is the net effect of a reduction in goods and services inputs, a slight fall in labour inputs and a small increase in capital inputs.
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Highest education productivity growth rate since series began
Productivity growth is calculated by comparing growth in the total amount of education output to growth in the total amount of input used. We estimate public service education productivity grew by 5.6% in 2011, the highest growth rate since the series began in 1996.
This high productivity growth rate has been caused by a 1.8% fall in the volume of inputs between 2010 and 2011 used to produce publicly-funded education while quality-adjusted education output continued to rise. Output estimates reflect both changes in pupil numbers and the change in the quality of education output denoted by average point scores in GCSEs and equivalent examinations. Productivity would have risen by 3.0% in 2011 even if output figures were not adjusted for quality changes.
Over the whole time period between 1996 and 2011, annual average productivity growth is 0.9% per year, up from an average of 0.5% per year between 1996 and 2010 due to the high growth rate in 2011.
The 1.8% fall in the volume of inputs in 2011 is the net effect of a reduction in goods and services inputs, a slight fall in labour inputs and a small increase in capital inputs.
www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/psa/public-sector-productivity-est...