Data set from Level 2 and 3 attainment age 16 to 25

Level 2 and 3 attainment - ages 16 to 19 by local authority

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Published 27 April 2023

Last updated 27 April 2023

Time period refers to the academic year in which the young person turned 19.

Local authority and regional level figures for the number of young people in the state sector who reached Level 2/3 or Level 2 with English and maths by age , gender, FSM and SEN. Also includes numbers and proportions achieving GCSE/other Level 2 English and maths by 16 and the numbers and proportions achieving at 19 (of those below at 16).

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Data set details

• Theme: School and college outcomes and performance
• Publication: Level 2 and 3 attainment age 16 to 25
• Release: Academic year 2021/22
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Level 2
  • Level 2 in English and Maths (all qualifications)
  • Level 2 in Maths (all qualifications)
• Filters:
  • Age
  • Characteristic
  • Numbers or percentages
• Time period: 2004/05 to 2024/25

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	new_la_code	old_la_code	la_name	characteristic_group	characteristic	age	cohort_age_in	number_or_percentage	number_in_ss_cohort	Level_2	Level_3	L2_em_GCSE_othL2	L2_with_EM	L2_maths_GCSE_othL2	L3_maths
200405	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				FSM (Free School Meal) status	FSM not eligible	16	200102	Number	68080	36350	z	30700	29680	34880	z
200405	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				FSM (Free School Meal) status	FSM eligible	16	200102	Number	15900	3570	z	2560	2390	3350	z
200405	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						FSM (Free School Meal) status	FSM not eligible	16	200102	Percentage	100	53.38688181	z	44.53924808	43.13030524	50.71984969	z
200405	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						FSM (Free School Meal) status	FSM eligible	16	200102	Percentage	100	22.66557584	z	16.07972928	15.00625984	21.28965081	z
200405	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				FSM (Free School Meal) status	FSM not eligible	16	200102	Percentage	100	52.40784171	z	43.09068968	41.78146133	49.27707826	z

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 10 variables

Variable name	Variable description
age	Age - The academic year shown is the year in which the young person has turned 19, irrespective of the age selected. 19 not 16 refers to young people who had not achieved at 16 but had achieved by 19.
characteristic	Characteristic
L2_em_GCSE_othL2	Level 2 in English and Maths (all qualifications)
L2_maths_GCSE_othL2	Level 2 in Maths (all qualifications)
L2_with_EM	Level 2 with English and Maths

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Footnotes

1. See accompanying methodology for definitions of characteristics.
2. Figures for English and maths do not include those from independent schools.

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