Data set from 16-18 destination measures

16-18 National level destinations

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Published 1 February 2024

Last updated 1 February 2024

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 2021/22
Release type
Geographic levels: National
Indicators: Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
Number of institutions
Number of pupils completing 16-18 study
Filters: Data type
Institution group
Qualification levels
Time period: 2010/11 to 2021/22

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	breakdown_topic	breakdown	data_type	version	inst_count	cohort	overall	education	he	fe	fel3	fel2	fel1	other_edu	ind	ssf	sfc	edu_combo	appren	appl4	appl3	appl2	all_work	all_notsust	notsust	notsust_ben	only_ben	all_unknown	unknown_id	unknown
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	State-funded mainstream colleges	Total	Level 2	Level 2 other	Ethnicity Major	Asian or Asian British	Number of pupils	Revised	z	2035	1153	599	46	528	331	144	53	25	1	0	23	1	138	0	73	65	416	657	272	248	137	225	204	21
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	State-funded mainstream colleges	Total	Level 2	Total	Ethnicity Major	Asian or Asian British	Number of pupils	Revised	z	2130	1222	627	51	550	348	148	54	26	1	1	23	1	160	0	95	65	435	678	286	253	139	230	208	22
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	State-funded mainstream colleges	Total	Level 3	Level 3 approved	Ethnicity Major	Asian or Asian British	Number of pupils	Revised	z	10076	8932	7394	6667	640	562	45	33	87	25	6	54	2	285	113	126	46	1253	789	497	222	70	355	335	20
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	State-funded mainstream colleges	Total	Level 3	Level 3 other	Ethnicity Major	Asian or Asian British	Number of pupils	Revised	z	4320	3634	2783	2436	336	249	55	32	11	0	0	11	0	161	34	96	31	690	526	279	166	81	160	135	25
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	State-funded mainstream colleges	Total	Level 3	Total	Ethnicity Major	Asian or Asian British	Number of pupils	Revised	z	14396	12566	10177	9103	976	811	100	65	98	25	6	65	2	446	147	222	77	1943	1315	776	388	151	515	470	45

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

The way we decide when a student is at the end of 16 to 18 study has changed for the 2020/21 (2021 leavers) and comparisons to previous cohorts should be treated with extreme caution. Students are included in this statistical release when they reach the end of 16 to 18 study. The ‘trigger’ rules for deciding when this happens changed in 2020/21 . Further details can be found in the accompanying methodology document.
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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