Local authority longer term destinations
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Local Authority and regional level destinations data 1, 3 and 5 years after students leave key stage 4 by different geography levels, characteristics groups and provider types.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Destination of pupils and students
- Publication
- Longer term destinations
- API data set ID
- 019e3a7a-8431-7425-ada0-60f29ab17f58
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- Academic year 2023/24
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 3,093,884
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, Regional
- Indicators
- Number of pupils completing key stage 4
- Number of pupils
- Percentage of pupils sustaining a destination
- Filters
- Destination measure
- Disadvantage Status
- Establishment type group
- Time period
- 2012/13 to 2020/21
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | old_la_code | new_la_code | la_name | destination_year | establishment_type_group | sex | ethnicity_major | disadvantage_status | breakdown_topic | breakdown | cohort | destination_group | destination_description | pupil_percent | pupil_count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201213 | Academic year | Local authority | E92000001 | England | 202 | E09000007 | Camden | 1st year | Alternative provision | Total | Total | Disadvantaged | Total | Total | 20 | Overall destination | Sustained education, employment & apprenticeships | 78.9 | 15 | ||
| 201213 | Academic year | Local authority | E92000001 | England | 202 | E09000007 | Camden | 1st year | Alternative provision | Total | Total | Disadvantaged | Total | Total | 20 | Headline destinations | Sustained education destination | c | c | ||
| 201213 | Academic year | Local authority | E92000001 | England | 202 | E09000007 | Camden | 1st year | Alternative provision | Total | Total | Disadvantaged | Total | Total | 20 | Education destination breakdown | Higher education | z | z | ||
| 201213 | Academic year | Local authority | E92000001 | England | 202 | E09000007 | Camden | 1st year | Alternative provision | Total | Total | Disadvantaged | Total | Total | 20 | Higher education breakdown | Level 4 (e.g. Higher National Certificates) | z | z | ||
| 201213 | Academic year | Local authority | E92000001 | England | 202 | E09000007 | Camden | 1st year | Alternative provision | Total | Total | Disadvantaged | Total | Total | 20 | Higher education breakdown | Level 5 (e.g. Foundation degree and Higher National Diploma) | z | z |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| breakdown | Student characteristics |
| cohort | Number of pupils completing key stage 4 |
| destination_description | Destination measure |
| destination_year | Year following key stage 4 study |
| disadvantage_status | Disadvantage Status |
Footnotes
- Activity not being captured means 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.
- Alternative provision includes state place funded alternative provision (Pupil Referral Units, AP academies, AP free schools, and hospital schools) and other alternative provision (education funded by the local authority outside of state place funded schools, including independent schools, non-maintained special schools, and providers that do not meet the criteria for registration as a school).
- 'State-funded (inc. non-maintained) special schools' includes all state-funded special schools (including community special schools, foundation special schools, special sponsored academies, special converter academies and special free schools) and non-maintained special schools.
- At the end of key stage 4 pupils are expected to achieve 'good passes' at grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSEs or selected equivalents. The figures for student achievement of grade 4 or above in both English and maths are shown alongside this measure for transparency and comparability. This measure is chosen because passes in English and maths will continue to be assessed in future years and because passes in these subjects tie closely to conditions for post-16 funding and accountability. Prior to the introduction of the reformed 9 to 1 GCSEs in English and maths in 2016/17, a 'good pass' was classed as an A*-C grade.
- The following symbols have been used in this publication: (0) zero, ( c ) small number suppressed to preserve confidentiality or for accountability reasons, ( z ) not applicable, (x) not available, ( low ) positive % less than 0.5
- 'Not recorded as a sustained destination' 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. It also includes pupils who had no participation in education or employment but had claimed out-of-work benefits.
- Disadvantage status is presented as reported in year 11. Disadvantaged pupils are defined as those who were eligible for free school meals at any point in the previous six years or having been looked after by their local authority. These are the pupils who would have attracted the pupil premium when in year 11. Pupils with no key stage 4 record were not known to be disadvantaged in year 11 and are included in all other pupils.
- Note that employment figures showed an increase between 2013/14 and 2014/15 destination years due to the introduction of the Longitudinal Educational Outcomes data, and so Year 1 employment figures between the 2012/13 and 2013/14 cohorts are not directly comparable.
- State-funded mainstream schools include community schools, voluntary aided schools, voluntary controlled schools, foundation schools, academies, free schools, city technology colleges and further education colleges with provision for 14- to 16-year-olds.
- Numbers of pupils in the Disadvantage Status and special educational needs (SEN) breakdowns have been rounded to the nearest 5 to preserve confidentiality. Values of 1 and 2 are represented by the "low" symbol.
- Other education destinations include independent schools, specialist post-16 institutions, special schools and education combination destination.
- Following special educational needs and disability (SEND) reforms in 2014/15, SEN pupils are categorised as 'SEN with a statement or Education, health and care (EHC) plan' and 'SEN support'. SEN support replaces school action and school action plus (grouped as SEN without a statement up to and including 2013/14). It was expected that all transfers to this category take place during the 2014/15 academic year but some legacy categories remain in subsequent cohorts. More detailed information on the reforms can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25.
- Changes to the data have been implemented from the 2016/17 cohort onwards, so comparisons to earlier years (2012/13 - 2015/16) should be treated with caution
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- Local authority longer term destinations
- API data set ID
- 019e3a7a-8431-7425-ada0-60f29ab17f58
- API data set version
- 1.0
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Email: Destination.MEASURES@education.gov.ukContact name: Robert Stevenson