Data set from 16-19 destination measures

16-18 local authority level destinations

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Published 20 October 2022

Last updated 20 October 2022

Local authority level destinations data for students leaving 16 to 18 study for different characteristic groups, provider types, and qualification levels.

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Data set details

• Theme: Destination of pupils and students
• Publication: 16-19 destination measures
• Release: Academic year 2020/21
• Number of rows: 338,524
• Geographic levels: Local authority, Local authority district, Opportunity area, Parliamentary constituency, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Number of pupils completing 16-18 study
  • Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
  • Sustained education destination
  • Sustained apprenticeships
  • Sustained employment destination
  • Not recorded as a sustained destination
  • Activity not captured
  • UK higher education institution
  • Further education
  • Other education destinations
  • FE Level 3
  • FE Level 2
  • FE entry level and no identified level
  • Advanced apprenticeships (level 3)
  • Higher and degree apprenticeships (level 4 and above)
  • Intermediate apprenticeships (level 2)
• Filters:
  • Data type
  • Institution group
  • Level based on LEA area or provider location
  • Qualification level
  • Student characteristic
• Time period: 2010/11 to 2020/21

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	pcon_code	pcon_name	lad_code	lad_name	opportunity_area_code	opportunity_area_name	level_methodology	institution_group	institution_type	cohort_level_group	cohort_level	characteristic_group	characteristic	data_type	version	cohort	overall	education	he	fe	fel3	fel2	fel1	other_edu	appren	appl4	appl3	appl2	all_work	all_notsust	all_unknown
201011	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	805	E06000001	Hartlepool							Local education authority area	State-funded mainstream colleges	Total	Level 3	Level 3 approved	FSM Y11 Status	FSM not eligible	Number of pupils	Revised	499	417	262	196	26	x	x	x	40	68	0	42	26	87	76	6
201011	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	805	E06000001	Hartlepool							Local education authority area	State-funded mainstream colleges	Total	Level 3	Level 3 approved	FSM Y11 Status	FSM eligible	Number of pupils	Revised	65	51	32	22	4	x	x	x	6	8	0	2	6	11	13	1
201011	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	805	E06000001	Hartlepool							Local education authority area	State-funded mainstream colleges	Total	Level 3	Level 3 approved	LLDD Provision	No identified LLDD	Number of pupils	Revised	481	401	244	185	24	x	x	x	35	74	0	43	31	83	73	7
201011	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	805	E06000001	Hartlepool							Local education authority area	State-funded mainstream colleges	Total	Level 3	Level 3 approved	LLDD Provision	Identified LLDD	Number of pupils	Revised	83	67	50	33	6	x	x	x	11	2	0	1	1	15	16	0
201011	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	805	E06000001	Hartlepool							Local education authority area	State-funded mainstream colleges	Total	Level 3	Level 3 approved	FSM Y11 Status	FSM not eligible	Percentage	Revised	499	83.6	52.5	39.3	5.2	x	x	x	8.0	13.6	0.0	8.4	5.2	17.4	15.2	1.2

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 21 variables

Variable name	Variable description
all_notsust	Not recorded as a sustained destination
all_unknown	Activity not captured
all_work	Sustained employment destination
appl2	Intermediate apprenticeships (level 2)
appl3	Advanced apprenticeships (level 3)
appl4	Higher and degree apprenticeships (level 4 and above)
appren	Sustained apprenticeships
characteristic	Student characteristic
cohort	Number of pupils completing 16-18 study
cohort_level_group	Qualification level
data_type	Data type
education	Sustained education destination
fe	Further education
fel1	FE entry level and no identified level
fel2	FE Level 2
fel3	FE Level 3
he	UK higher education institution
institution_group	Institution group
level_methodology	Level based on LEA area or provider location
other_edu	Other education destinations
overall	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment

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Footnotes

1. State-funded mainstream schools also includes city technology colleges (CTCs). Figures for this institution type are not shown separately in the table. Excludes pupil referral units (PRUs), alternative provision (AP), hospital schools, maintained and non-maintained special schools, independent schools, independent special schools and independent schools approved to take pupils with special educational needs (SEN).
2. This includes pupils who were captured in the source data and had some participation in the academic year but did not complete the required six months sustained participation.
3. All other education destinations include school sixth forms, sixth-form colleges, independent schools, specialist post-16 institutions, special schools and education combination destinations.
4. The student was not found to have any participation in education, apprenticeship or employment nor recorded as receiving out-of-work benefits at any point in the year. Possible reasons for this could be that the pupil was living, working or studying abroad or was attending a Scottish or Welsh college or school.
5. Total state-funded mainstream schools and colleges covers all state-funded mainstream schools, academies, free schools, city technology colleges (CTCs), sixth-forms and other and FE sector colleges. Excludes alternative provision, special schools, other government department funded colleges and independent schools.
6. State-funded mainstream colleges excludes other government department funded colleges.

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