Data set from Further education and skills

Education and training learners - detailed series

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Data set details

Theme
Further education
Publication
Further education and skills
Release type
Number of rows
27,255
Geographic levels
National
Indicators
  • Achievement Below Level 2 (excluding English and maths) (Aug-Jul)
  • Achievement English and maths (Aug-Jul)
  • Achievement Full Level 2 (Aug-Jul)
  • Achievement Full Level 3 (Aug-Jul)
  • Achievement Level 2 (Aug-Jul)
  • Achievement Level 3 (Aug-Jul)
  • Achievement Level 4+ (Aug-Jul)
  • Achievement No Level Assigned (Aug-Jul)
  • Participation Below Level 2 (excluding English and maths) (Aug-Jul)
  • Participation English and maths (Aug-Jul)
  • Participation Full Level 2 (Aug-Jul)
  • Participation Full Level 3 (Aug-Jul)
  • Participation Level 2 (Aug-Jul)
  • Participation Level 3 (Aug-Jul)
  • Participation Level 4+ (Aug-Jul)
  • Participation No Level Assigned (Aug-Jul)
  • Total Achievement (Aug-Jul)
  • Total Participation (Aug-Jul)
Filters
  • Age group (with unknowns)
  • BAME learners
  • Ethnicity
  • Ethnicity Group
  • Gender
  • Learning difficulty/disability
Time period
2014/15 to 2019/20

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_namellddgenderethnicity_groupethnicity_detailedbameage_summary_with_unknownsp_totalp_bl2_ex_eng_matp_eng_mat_esolp_full_l2p_full_l3p_l2p_l3p_l4plusp_no_lxach_totalach_bl2_ex_eng_matach_eng_mat_esolach_full_l2ach_full_l3ach_l2ach_l3ach_l4plusach_no_lx
201415Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandLLDD - noFemaleAsian/ Asian British Any other Asian BackgroundBAME19-24236048014703807001080780201501980420118028053084060010110
201415Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandLLDD - noFemaleAsian/ Asian British BangladeshiBAME19-241780470820310330660370101401420430650230230480260~70
201415Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandLLDD - noFemaleAsian/ Asian British ChineseBAME19-2450014029070110200130~204301202506090160100~20
201415Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandLLDD - noFemaleAsian/ Asian British IndianBAME19-2419404607404604909205503010016004005903803707104201070
201415Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandLLDD - noFemaleAsian/ Asian British PakistaniBAME19-2445201270201080010801940118060320372011301560600810149090020190

Variables in this data set

Table showing all 24 variables
Variable nameVariable description
ach_bl2_ex_eng_matAchievement Below Level 2 (excluding English and maths) (Aug-Jul)
ach_eng_mat_esolAchievement English and maths (Aug-Jul)
ach_full_l2Achievement Full Level 2 (Aug-Jul)
ach_full_l3Achievement Full Level 3 (Aug-Jul)
ach_l2Achievement Level 2 (Aug-Jul)
ach_l3Achievement Level 3 (Aug-Jul)
ach_l4plusAchievement Level 4+ (Aug-Jul)
ach_no_lxAchievement No Level Assigned (Aug-Jul)
ach_totalTotal Achievement (Aug-Jul)
age_summary_with_unknownsAge group (with unknowns)
bameBAME learners
ethnicity_detailedEthnicity
ethnicity_groupEthnicity Group
genderGender
llddLearning difficulty/disability
p_bl2_ex_eng_matParticipation Below Level 2 (excluding English and maths) (Aug-Jul)
p_eng_mat_esolParticipation English and maths (Aug-Jul)
p_full_l2Participation Full Level 2 (Aug-Jul)
p_full_l3Participation Full Level 3 (Aug-Jul)
p_l2Participation Level 2 (Aug-Jul)
p_l3Participation Level 3 (Aug-Jul)
p_l4plusParticipation Level 4+ (Aug-Jul)
p_no_lxParticipation No Level Assigned (Aug-Jul)
p_totalTotal Participation (Aug-Jul)

Footnotes

  1. Total participation is the count of learners that participated at any point during the year. Learners undertaking more than one course will appear only once in the grand total.
  2. Total achievements are the count of learners that achieved at any point during the year. Learners achieving more than one course will appear only once in the grand total.
  3. From 2016/17, some learners who would have previously been included in full level 2 and full level 3, have been reclassified. Please see the methodology document for further information.
  4. Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10. If shown, '~' indicates a base value of between 1 and 4, whilst 0 indicates a true zero.
  5. Learner characteristics (such as age, gender, learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities and ethnicity) are based upon self-declaration by the learner.
  6. The learners with no gender recorded in 2017/18 were part of the employer ownership pilot.
  7. Education and training includes traineeships.
  8. Age is based on age as at 31 August of the academic year.
  9. This release does not now include offender learners for 2019/20 onwards as this data is being collected by the Ministry of Justice. In previous releases we included offender learning in our data where relevant, which accounted for around 78,000 learners aged 18+ in 2017/18 and around 57,600 learners aged 18+ in 2018/19.
  10. Ethnicity categories have been aligned with the ethnicities recorded in the 2011 UK Census.

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