Overview of the Widening Access Database

The quantitative strand of the project will use a linked database of school and student records that has already been prepared by the Welsh Government. This database (subsequently referred to as the Widening Access Database) is based upon four linked administrative data-sets: the National Pupil Database (NPD) for Wales (including Pupil Level Annual Schools Census data); individual learner records from the Lifelong Learning Wales Record (LLWR) for young people who are registered at post-compulsory educational institutions (not including school sixth forms);examination records for those attending sixth form from the Welsh Examinations Database (WED); and individual student records from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).