Data set from Apprenticeships in England by industry characteristics

Apprenticeships by learner and industry characteristics

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Published 28 May 2026

Last updated 28 May 2026

Number of apprenticeship starts and achievements by learner characteristics (including ethnicity, deprivation status, disability status, age, sex), enterprise characteristics (size, sector) and aim characteristics (sector subject area, aim title).

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Data set details

• Theme: Further education
• Publication: Apprenticeships in England by industry characteristics
• Release: Academic year 2023/24
• Number of rows: 28,679,407
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Achievements
  • Starts
• Filters:
  • Sex
  • Age
  • Ethnicity
  • Learning difficulties
  • Index of multiple deprivation
  • Level
  • Sector subject area tier one
  • Size of enterprise
  • Sector
  • Two digit sector name of enterprise
  • Aim Title
• Time period: 2023/24

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	country_code	country_name	geographic_level	age	aim_title	ethnicity_major	sex	imd	level	lldd	employer_size	sector	ssa_tier_1	two_digit_sector	number_of_starts	number_of_achievements
202324	Academic year	E92000001	England	National	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	339580.0	178220.0
202324	Academic year	E92000001	England	National	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	A:Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing	Total	Total	1380.0	720.0
202324	Academic year	E92000001	England	National	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	A:Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing	Total	Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities	1250.0	650.0
202324	Academic year	E92000001	England	National	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	A:Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing	Total	Fishing and aquaculture	c	c
202324	Academic year	E92000001	England	National	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	A:Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing	Total	Forestry and logging	130.0	70.0

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 13 variables

Variable name	Variable description
age	Age
aim_title	Aim Title
employer_size	Size of enterprise
ethnicity_major	Ethnicity
imd	Index of multiple deprivation
level	Level
lldd	Learning difficulties
number_of_achievements	Achievements
number_of_starts	Starts
sector	Sector
sex	Sex
ssa_tier_1	Sector subject area tier one
two_digit_sector	Two digit sector name of enterprise

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