Learner Characteristics In-year - Starts, Achievements, Participation by Age, Ethnicity, LLDD, Sex
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Time series of apprenticeship starts, participation, and achievements by learner characteristics
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Data set details
- Theme
- Further education
- Publication
- Apprenticeships
- Release
- Academic year 2025/26
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 76
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Achievements
- Achievements percentage
- Participation
- Filters
- Breakdown
- Time period
- 2022/23 to 2025/26
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| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | breakdown_topic | breakdown | starts | achievements | participation | starts_percent | achievements_percent | participation_percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202223 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Total | 122290 | 30650 | 572210 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 202223 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Age | Under 19 | 38480 | 6780 | 89760 | 31.5 | 22.1 | 15.7 |
| 202223 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Age | 19-24 | 35710 | 9510 | 208230 | 29.2 | 31 | 36.4 |
| 202223 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Age | 25+ | 48100 | 14360 | 274210 | 39.3 | 46.9 | 47.9 |
| 202223 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Age | 19+ | 83810 | 23870 | 482440 | 68.5 | 77.9 | 84.3 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| achievements | Achievements |
| achievements_percent | Achievements percentage |
| breakdown | Breakdown |
| participation | Participation |
| participation_percent | Participation percentage |
Footnotes
- Age for achievements is based on age at the start of the programme, not the age at which they achieved.
- Age for apprenticeship participation is based on age as at 31 August of the academic year.
- Age for starts is based on age at the start of the programme.
- Ethnic minorities do not include white minorities.
- Ethnicity categories have been aligned with the ethnicities recorded in the 2011 UK Census.
- Figures for all years are provisional and cover the first quarter (Aug to Oct).
- Learner characteristics (such as sex, learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities and ethnicity) are based upon self-declaration by the learner.
- Participation at intermediate, advanced and higher levels is a count of learners that participated at those levels at any point during the year. Learners undertaking more than one course will only appear once at each level but can appear in the count at more than one level.
- Participation is the count of learners that participated at any point during the year. Learners undertaking more than one course will appear only once in the grand total.
- Total starts are the count of apprenticeships started at any point during the stated academic period. Learners starting more than one Apprenticeship will appear more than once.
- White comprises white British, Gypsy or Irish Traveller, Irish, and any other white background.
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