Data set from Further education and skills

Deprivation - Participation by Age, Learner Home Deprivation, Provision Type

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Published 30 November 2023

Last updated 30 November 2023

Further education and skills learner participation by indices of multiple deprivation breakdown. Breakdowns for adult (19+) Education and training can also be obtained. The ‘Under 19’ Further education and skills provision corresponds to apprenticeships.

Academic years: 2017/18 to 2022/23

Indicators: Total Participation by Level

Filters: Learner home deprivation quintile, Age group (with unknowns), Age group (under 19/19+), Provision type

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Data set details

• Theme: Further education
• Publication: Further education and skills
• Release: Academic year 2022/23
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Total Participation
  • Participation Below level 2 (excluding basic skills)
  • Participation Basic skills
• Filters:
  • Age (under 19/19+)
  • Age group (with unknowns)
  • Learner deprivation
• Time period: 2017/18 to 2022/23

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	provision_type	age_youth_adult	age_summary_with_unknowns	learner_home_depriv	p_total	p_bl2_ex_basic_skills	p_basic_skills	p_full_l2	p_full_l3	p_l2	p_l3	p_l4plus	p_no_lx
201718	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Further Education and Skills	Adult	19-24	Five (least deprived)	71860	6570	14050	18860	32850	26920	33240	6900	5390
201718	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Further Education and Skills	Adult	19-24	Four	86420	9590	19640	23450	38260	34370	38730	5930	6420
201718	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Further Education and Skills	Adult	19-24	One (most deprived)	155340	39400	52240	32650	45160	66610	46200	4500	17860
201718	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Further Education and Skills	Adult	19-24	Three	96940	14500	25950	26490	37720	41400	38310	5420	8030
201718	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Further Education and Skills	Adult	19-24	Total	532310	93660	149920	129400	196860	219750	200180	28470	49700

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 13 variables

Variable name	Variable description
age_summary_with_unknowns	Age group (with unknowns)
age_youth_adult	Age (under 19/19+)
learner_home_depriv	Learner deprivation
p_basic_skills	Participation Basic skills
p_bl2_ex_basic_skills	Participation Below level 2 (excluding basic skills)

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Footnotes

1. Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10 and 'low' indicates a base value of fewer than 5. Where data shows 'x' this indicates data is unavailable, 'z' indicates data is not applicable, and 'c' indicates data is suppressed.
2. Total participation is the count of learners that participated at any point during the stated academic period. Learners undertaking more than one course will appear only once in the grand total.
3. Age is based on age as at 31 August of the academic year.
4. Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) Quintiles from 2014/15 to 2018/19 are based on the 2015 IMD rank of the learner's home postcode. IMD quintiles from 2019/20 onwards are based on the 2019 IMD rank of the learner's home postcode.
5. Unknown Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) Quintile refers to a learner with a postcode that does not match to lower super output area.
6. Geography is based upon the home postcode of the learner. Where the postcode is outside of England or not known it is included in the 'Outside of England and unknown' category.
7. Basic skills total excludes Essential Digital Skills qualifications, unless otherwise specified.
8. Education and Training includes Traineeships.

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