Data set from 16-18 destination measures

16-18 national level destinations

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Published 20 October 2022

Last updated 20 October 2022

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

Data set details

Theme: Destination of pupils and students
Publication: 16-18 destination measures
Release: Academic year 2020/21
Release type
Geographic levels: National
Indicators: Number of institutions
Number of pupils completing 16-18 study
Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
Filters: Data type
Institution group
Qualification levels
Time period: 2010/11 to 2020/21

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	institution_group	institution_type	cohort_level_group	cohort_level	characteristic_group	characteristic	data_type	version	inst_count	cohort	overall	education	he	fe	fel3	fel2	fel1	other_edu	ssf	sfc	spec_prov	edu_combo	appren	appl4	appl3	appl2	all_work	all_notsust	notsust	notsust_ben	only_ben	all_unknown	unknown_id	unknown
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	State-funded mainstream schools	Sponsored academy	All other qualifications	Level 1 and entry level	Total	Total	Number of pupils	Revised	z	254	98	40	0	25	0	3	22	15	13	0	1	1	22	0	7	15	36	64	30	20	14	92	26	66
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	State-funded mainstream schools	Sponsored academy	All other qualifications	Other qualifications	Total	Total	Number of pupils	Revised	z	1218	803	231	0	48	24	14	10	183	173	2	0	8	246	1	106	139	326	292	154	72	66	123	103	20
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	State-funded mainstream schools	Sponsored academy	All other qualifications	Total	Total	Total	Number of pupils	Revised	z	1472	901	271	0	73	24	17	32	198	186	2	1	9	268	1	113	154	362	356	184	92	80	215	129	86
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	State-funded mainstream schools	Sponsored academy	Level 2	Level 2 approved	Total	Total	Number of pupils	Revised	z	94	75	48	1	11	6	5	0	36	36	0	0	0	13	0	9	4	14	14	5	6	3	5	5	0
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	State-funded mainstream schools	Sponsored academy	Level 2	Level 2 other	Total	Total	Number of pupils	Revised	z	1381	882	355	5	113	26	52	35	237	223	1	3	10	180	1	65	114	347	374	185	102	87	125	94	31

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 32 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)

Footnotes

All schools includes all local authority maintained mainstream schools, sponsored academies, converter academies, free schools, university technical colleges (UTCs), studio schools, special schools and independent schools. Also includes city technology colleges (CTCs). Alternative provision is not included.
State-funded mainstream colleges includes sixth-form colleges and other further education colleges.
Non-selective schools in highly-selective areas includes all non-selective schools in local authorities with a high level of selection (where 25% or more of state-funded secondary places are in state-funded selective schools). These local authorities are Bexley, Buckinghamshire, Kent, Lincolnshire, Medway, Poole, Slough, Southend-on-Sea, Sutton, Torbay, Trafford and Wirral. See technical note for further details.
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).
Other non-selective schools includes all non-selective schools that are not in highly selective areas, including those in areas with some selection.
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.
All other education destinations include school sixth forms, sixth-form colleges, independent schools, specialist post-16 institutions, special schools and education combination destinations.
Reforms to technical and applied qualifications mean that the makeup of level 3 and level 2 approved qualification groups differ significantly between destination years 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20. Comparisons across years and approved/other qualification groups should therefore be made with particular caution.
State-funded mainstream schools include local authority maintained schools, academies, free schools and city technology colleges.
Selective schools admit pupils wholly or mainly with reference to ability. These schools are formally designated as grammar schools. The schools status is based on admission policy in the secondary phase (i.e. age 11).
Other are qualifications that are not included elsewhere in the 16-18 attainment performance tables
Special schools group include all types of special schools due to the small numbers of schools.
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.
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.
Other FE sector colleges excludes other government department funded colleges.
Please note data for independent schools has much lower coverage than state-funded schools. This is likely to be due to difficulties linking their education records to employment data.
Total for all schools and colleges includes all mainstream and special schools and colleges.
Independent schools: please note data for independent schools has much lower coverage than state-funded schools. This is likely to be due to difficulties linking their education records to employment data.
Local authority maintained includes community, voluntary aided, voluntary controlled and foundation schools.
State-funded mainstream colleges excludes other government department funded colleges.

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