Data set from 16-19 destination measures

16-18 local authority level destinations

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Published 21 October 2021

Last updated 21 October 2021

Local authority level destinations data for students leaving 16 to 18 study for different characteristic groups, provider types, and qualification levels.

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Data set details

• Theme: Destination of pupils and students
• Publication: 16-19 destination measures
• Release: Academic year 2019/20
• Number of rows: 281,921
• Geographic levels: Local authority, Local authority district, Opportunity area, Parliamentary constituency, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Activity not captured
  • Advanced apprenticeships (level 3)
  • FE Level 2
  • FE Level 3
  • FE entry level and no identified level
  • Further education
  • Higher and degree apprenticeships (level 4 and above)
  • Intermediate apprenticeships (level 2)
  • Not recorded as a sustained destination
  • Number of pupils completing 16-18 study
  • Other education destinations
  • Sustained apprenticeships
  • Sustained education destination
  • Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
  • Sustained employment destination
  • UK higher education institution
• Filters:
  • Data type
  • Institution group
  • Level based on LEA area or provider location
  • Qualification level
  • Student characteristic
• Time period: 2010/11 to 2019/20

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	pcon_code	pcon_name	lad_code	lad_name	opportunity_area_code	opportunity_area_name	level_methodology	institution_group	institution_type	cohort_level_group	cohort_level	characteristic_group	characteristic	data_type	version	cohort	overall	education	he	fe	fel3	fel2	fel1	other_edu	appren	appl4	appl3	appl2	all_work	all_notsust	all_unknown
201011	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	805	E06000001	Hartlepool							Local education authority area	State-funded mainstream colleges	Total	Level 3	Level 3 approved	FSM Y11 Status	FSM not eligible	Number of pupils	Revised	488	408	259	195	25	0	0	0	39	66	0	40	26	83	74	6
201011	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	805	E06000001	Hartlepool							Local education authority area	State-funded mainstream colleges	Total	Level 3	Level 3 approved	Total	Total	Number of pupils	Revised	564	468	294	218	30	0	0	0	46	76	0	44	32	98	89	7
201011	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	805	E06000001	Hartlepool							Local education authority area	State-funded mainstream colleges	Total	Level 3	Level 3 approved	FSM Y11 Status	FSM eligible	Number of pupils	Revised	76	60	35	23	5	0	0	0	7	10	0	4	6	15	15	1
201011	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	805	E06000001	Hartlepool							Local education authority area	State-funded mainstream colleges	Total	Level 3	Level 3 approved	FSM Y11 Status	FSM not eligible	Percentage	Revised	488	83.6	53.1	40	5.1	0	0	0	8.0	13.5	0.0	8.2	5.3	17	15.2	1.2
201011	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	805	E06000001	Hartlepool							Local education authority area	State-funded mainstream colleges	Total	Level 3	Level 3 approved	Gender	Female	Number of pupils	Revised	274	227	147	116	13	0	0	0	18	19	0	2	17	61	44	3

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 21 variables

Variable name	Variable description
all_notsust	Not recorded as a sustained destination
all_unknown	Activity not captured
all_work	Sustained employment destination
appl2	Intermediate apprenticeships (level 2)
appl3	Advanced apprenticeships (level 3)
appl4	Higher and degree apprenticeships (level 4 and above)
appren	Sustained apprenticeships
characteristic	Student characteristic
cohort	Number of pupils completing 16-18 study
cohort_level_group	Qualification level
data_type	Data type
education	Sustained education destination
fe	Further education
fel1	FE entry level and no identified level
fel2	FE Level 2
fel3	FE Level 3
he	UK higher education institution
institution_group	Institution group
level_methodology	Level based on LEA area or provider location
other_edu	Other education destinations
overall	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment

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Footnotes

1. Total state-funded mainstream schools and colleges covers all state-funded mainstream schools, academies, free schools, city technology colleges (CTCs), sixth-forms and other and FE sector colleges. Excludes alternative provision, special schools, other government department funded colleges and independent schools.
2. State-funded mainstream schools include local authority maintained schools, academies, free schools and city technology colleges.
3. All other education destinations include school sixth forms, sixth-form colleges, independent schools, specialist post-16 institutions, special schools and education combination destinations.
4. State-funded mainstream colleges includes sixth-form colleges and other further education colleges.

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