Data set from Further education outcomes

Destinations of FE and skills learners by demographics (ND04)

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Published 26 November 2020

Last updated 26 November 2020

Reports on the employment, and learning destinations of adult FE & Skills learners that achieved their learning aim. Includes earnings data one year after learning for learners achieving at Full level 2, Full level 3 and level 4+. Broken down by learner demographics and level of learning.

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Data set details

• Theme: Destination of pupils and students
• Publication: Further education outcomes
• Release: Academic year 2017/18
• Number of rows: 183,386
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Advanced apprenticeship (Level 3 or above)
  • Any learning rate
  • Below Level 2 (excluding English & Maths)
  • Destination not sustained
  • Destination not sustained and in receipt of benefits
  • Destination not sustained and not on benefits
  • English & Maths
  • Full Level 2
  • Full Level 3
  • In receipt of benefits only
  • Intermediate apprenticeship (Level 2)
  • Learners
  • Learners with earnings one year after study
  • Level 2
  • Level 3
  • Level 4/5
  • Level not assigned
  • Lower quartile annualised earnings
  • Median annualised earnings
  • No activity captured in data
  • Number of learners matched to LEO data
  • Self-employed rate
  • Sustained further education rate
  • Sustained apprenticeship rate
  • Sustained employment and learning
  • Sustained employment only rate
  • Sustained employment rate
  • Sustained higher education rate (Level 6+)
  • Sustained learning only rate
  • Sustained learning rate
  • Sustained positive destination rate
  • Upper quartile annualised earnings
• Filters:
  • Age Band
  • BAME
  • Benefit learner
  • Ethnicity
  • Ethnicity group
  • Gender
  • Learning difficulties
  • Level of learning
• Time period: 2013/14 to 2017/18

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Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	Gender	AgeBand	LevelOfLearning	LearningDifficulties	BAME	Ethnicity	EthnicityDetailed	BenefitLearner	NumberOfLearners	NumberOfMatchedLearners	SPDPercent	EmpPercent	SelfEmpPercent	EmpOnlyPercent	EmpAndLearnPercent	LearnPercent	LearnOnlyPercent	FEPercent	BelowL2Percent	EngMathPercent	Level2Percent	FullLevel2Percent	Level3Percent	FullLevel3Percent	Level4PlusPercent	NotAssignedPercent	HEPercent	AppPercent	AppIntermediatePercent	AppAdvancedPlusPercent	AnyLearnPercent	NotSustainedPercent	NotSustainedNBPercent	NotSustainedBenefitPercent	BenefitPercent	NoDestPercent	LearnersWithEarnings	25thPercentile	Median	75thPercentile
201718	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	785070	773960	73	61	7	48	12	24	12	19	2	8	3	1	2	2	1	0	4	2	1	1	45	15	6	9	7	6	12640	8580	13630	19380
201718	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Benefit learners	241880	241880	53	41	3	36	5	16	11	14	1	7	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	42	26	1	24	20	2	1760	5700	9580	15380
201718	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Not on benefits	543200	532080	82	70	8	54	16	27	12	21	2	9	4	1	2	2	1	0	5	2	1	2	47	10	7	2	1	8	10880	9180	14330	20020
201718	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Total	Total	Total	Total	BAME	Total	Total	Total	235520	229190	70	50	6	36	14	34	20	29	1	17	4	1	2	2	1	0	4	1	0	1	56	17	8	9	7	7	2840	7680	12440	18700
201718	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Total	Total	Total	Total	BAME	Total	Total	Benefit learners	74300	74300	57	37	3	30	7	27	20	24	1	15	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	52	24	1	22	17	2	500	5470	8930	15060

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 40 variables

Variable name	Variable description
25thPercentile	Lower quartile annualised earnings
75thPercentile	Upper quartile annualised earnings
AgeBand	Age Band
AnyLearnPercent	Any learning rate
AppAdvancedPlusPercent	Advanced apprenticeship (Level 3 or above)
AppIntermediatePercent	Intermediate apprenticeship (Level 2)
AppPercent	Sustained apprenticeship rate
BAME	BAME
BelowL2Percent	Below Level 2 (excluding English & Maths)
BenefitLearner	Benefit learner
BenefitPercent	In receipt of benefits only
EmpAndLearnPercent	Sustained employment and learning
EmpOnlyPercent	Sustained employment only rate
EmpPercent	Sustained employment rate
EngMathPercent	English & Maths
Ethnicity	Ethnicity group
EthnicityDetailed	Ethnicity
FEPercent	Sustained further education rate
FullLevel2Percent	Full Level 2
FullLevel3Percent	Full Level 3
Gender	Gender
HEPercent	Sustained higher education rate (Level 6+)
LearnersWithEarnings	Learners with earnings one year after study
LearningDifficulties	Learning difficulties
LearnOnlyPercent	Sustained learning only rate
LearnPercent	Sustained learning rate
Level2Percent	Level 2
Level3Percent	Level 3
Level4PlusPercent	Level 4/5
LevelOfLearning	Level of learning
Median	Median annualised earnings
NoDestPercent	No activity captured in data
NotAssignedPercent	Level not assigned
NotSustainedBenefitPercent	Destination not sustained and in receipt of benefits
NotSustainedNBPercent	Destination not sustained and not on benefits
NotSustainedPercent	Destination not sustained
NumberOfLearners	Learners
NumberOfMatchedLearners	Number of learners matched to LEO data
SelfEmpPercent	Self-employed rate
SPDPercent	Sustained positive destination rate

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