Essential Skills - Detailed Series
Essential skills participation and achievements subject breakdowns. This comprises all age apprenticeships, adult (19+) Education and training, and all provision (that includes both all age apprenticeships and adult (19+) Education and training).
Academic years: 2018/19 to 2022/23 full academic years. In addition, 2021/22 to 2023/24 reported to date is available
Indicators: Participation, Achievements, Further education and skills participation percentage change
Filters: Provision type, Age (under 19/19+), Subject, Level
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Data set details
- Theme
- Further education
- Publication
- Further education and skills
- Release
- Academic year 2023/24
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Achievements
- Further education and skills participation percentage change
- Participation
- Filters
- Age (under 19/19+)
- Level
- Provision type
- Time period
- 2018/19 to 2023/24
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | provision_type | reporting_date | subject | level | age_youth_adult | participation | achievements | fes_participation_percentage_change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201819 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Further education and skills | Full Year | Essential skills (including digital skills) | Total | Total | 623420 | 378390 | z |
| 201819 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Further education and skills | Full Year | Essential skills (including digital skills) | Total | Adult | 573480 | 363830 | z |
| 201819 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Further education and skills | Full Year | Essential skills (including digital skills) | Total | Under 19 | 49940 | 14560 | z |
| 201819 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Further education and skills | Full Year | Essential skills (excluding digital skills) | Total | Total | 623420 | 378390 | z |
| 201819 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Further education and skills | Full Year | Essential skills (excluding digital skills) | Total | Adult | 573480 | 363830 | z |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| achievements | Achievements |
| age_youth_adult | Age (under 19/19+) |
| fes_participation_percentage_change | Further education and skills participation percentage change |
| level | Level |
| participation | Participation |
Footnotes
- Age is based on age as at 31 August of the academic year.
- Essential skills figures now include Essential Digital Skills qualifications from the 2020/21 academic year, unless otherwise specified. They also include any Multiply funded essential skills qualifications from 2022/23.
- Percentages are rounded to one decimal place and calculated on unrounded volumes. 'low' indicates a percentage below 0.5%. Where data shows 'x' this indicates data is unavailable, 'z' indicates data is not applicable, and 'c' indicates data is suppressed.
- Total achievements are the count of learners that achieved at any point during the stated academic period. Learners achieving more than one course will appear only once in the grand total.
- 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.
- 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.
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