education.data.gov.uk

Linked data about schools, nurseries and universities within the UK:

• Namespace for research institutionhttp://education.data.gov.uk/doc/institutions; populated with institutions that recently received BIS research funding
• Edubase data on schools, nurseries
• 2009 school statistics on local authority level: number of teachers; vacancies; pupil-teacher ratios (SCOVO)

Part of package:data-gov-uk.

REST API

The Edubase data is also available through a REST API. See also Jeni Tennison's blog post.