Essential skills characteristics - Enrolments, participation and achievements by age, sex, LLDD and ethnicity major
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Essential skills total enrolments, participation and achievements by level, subject, aim regulation status, sex, age, ethnicity and LLDD.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Further education
- Publication
- Further education and skills
- Release
- Academic year 2024/25
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 151,200
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Enrolments
- Learner achievements
- Participation
- Filters
- Age group (with unknowns)
- Essential skills level
- Essential skills subject
- Time period
- 2019/20 to 2024/25
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | regulated_status | subject_essential_skills | level_essential_skills | age_summary_with_unknowns | sex | lldd | ethnicity_major | enrolments | participation | learner_achievements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201920 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 944560 | 501690 | 315910 |
| 201920 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | White | 524830 | 292170 | 160910 |
| 201920 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Asian / Asian British | 158060 | 80150 | 60550 |
| 201920 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Black / African / Caribbean / Black British | 121880 | 60630 | 43380 |
| 201920 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups | 35840 | 18630 | 12430 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| age_summary_with_unknowns | Age group (with unknowns) |
| enrolments | Enrolments |
| ethnicity_major | Ethnicity major |
| learner_achievements | Learner achievements |
| level_essential_skills | Essential skills level |
Footnotes
- Age is based on age as at 31 August of the academic year.
- Entry Level figures include pre-entry level essential skills aims.
- Ethnicity categories have been aligned with the ethnicities recorded in the 2011 UK Census.
- Total achievements are the count of learners that achieved at any point during the stated academic period. Learners achieving more than one course will appear only once in the grand total.
- Total participation is the count of learners that participated at any point during the stated academic period. Learners undertaking more than one course will appear only once in the grand total.
- Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10 and 'low' indicates a base value of fewer than 5. Where data shows 'x' this indicates data is unavailable, 'z' indicates data is not applicable, and 'c' indicates data is suppressed.
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