Free Courses for Jobs - Cumulative and within-year enrolments and achievements
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Enrolments on courses included in the Free Courses for Jobs offer.
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- Theme
- Further education
- Publication
- Further education and skills
- Release
- Academic year 2024/25
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- English devolved area, Local authority district, National, Parliamentary constituency, Regional
- Indicators
- Total number of English Devolved Areas flex code enrolments
- Total number of free courses for jobs achievements
- Total number of free courses for jobs courses on offer during time period
- Filters
- Breakdown
- Sector subject area (tier 1)
- Sector subject area (tier 2)
- Time period
- 2020/21 to 2024/25
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | english_devolved_area_code | english_devolved_area_name | lad_code | lad_name | pcon_code | pcon_name | time_coverage | breakdown_topic | breakdown | ssa_tier_1 | ssa_tier_2 | total_starts_on_fcfj_courses | fcfj_enrolments | fcfj_achievements | mca_flex_enrolments | total_number_of_fcfj_courses_available |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202425 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Cumulative total since 2020/21 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 226250 | 95400 | 53770 | 13450 | 516 | ||||||||
| 202425 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Cumulative total since 2020/21 | Sex | Total | Total | Total | 226250 | 95400 | 53770 | 13450 | 516 | ||||||||
| 202425 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Cumulative total since 2020/21 | Sex | Male | Total | Total | 75060 | 33080 | 19520 | 4540 | 516 | ||||||||
| 202425 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Cumulative total since 2020/21 | Sex | Female | Total | Total | 151190 | 62320 | 34250 | 8910 | 516 | ||||||||
| 202425 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Cumulative total since 2020/21 | Start age | Under 19 | Total | Total | 30 | low | low | low | 516 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| breakdown | Breakdown |
| fcfj_achievements | Total number of free courses for jobs achievements |
| fcfj_enrolments | Total number of free courses for jobs enrolments |
| mca_flex_enrolments | Total number of English Devolved Areas flex code enrolments |
| ssa_tier_1 | Sector subject area (tier 1) |
Footnotes
- Ethnic minorities do not include white minorities.
- Ethnicity categories have been aligned with the ethnicities recorded in the 2011 UK Census.
- Learner characteristics (such as sex, learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities and ethnicity) are based upon self-declaration by the learner.
- Volumes are rounded to the nearest ten, except for the Total loan amount awarded, which are rounded to the nearest hundred. Figures may not sum due to rounding. 'low' Indicates a base value of fewer than five for the cohort combination.
- There is a minor issue affecting provisional figures for 2024/25. Prior attainment is missing for some learners and this may have a small impact on some of our results. This will be rectified in the next publication update.
- At the launch of Free Courses for Jobs in April 2021, there were 387 qualifications approved for funding on the offer. The number of courses eligible has fluctuated over time as new courses have been added to the list and others removed. Enrolment and achievement figures are reported based on whether the course was eligible for the offer on the learner's start date.
- Learner characteristics (such as sex, learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities and ethnicity) are based upon self-declaration by the learner.
- Course enrolments under flexible arrangements for devolved administrations are those listed under LARS category code 56 (opens in a new tab) and are not included in free courses for jobs (FCFJ) main totals which are restricted to the FCFJ eligibility list.
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