Data set from Higher Level Learners in England

Higher level learner achievements by Level on entry

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Published 25 May 2023

Last updated 25 May 2023

English domiciled higher-level achievements in England by National Qualification Framework (NQF) level on entry, academic years 2018/19 to 2021/22

Data set details

Theme: Higher education
Publication: Higher Level Learners in England
Release: Academic year 2021/22
Release type
Geographic levels: National
Indicators: All achievements
Percentage of all achievements by characteristic
Filters: Level of qualification held on entry
Qualification level
Type of higher level learning
Time period: 2018/19 to 2021/22

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_name	country_code	level	he_type_broad	level_on_entry	number_of_achievements_total	percentage_all_achievements_by_characteristic
201819	Academic year	National	England	E92000001	Level 4	OfS Recognised HE	Level 1	135	0.5
201819	Academic year	National	England	E92000001	Level 4	OfS Recognised HE	Level 2	1570	5.4
201819	Academic year	National	England	E92000001	Level 4	OfS Recognised HE	Level 3	20920	71.6
201819	Academic year	National	England	E92000001	Level 4	OfS Recognised HE	Level 4	1010	3.5
201819	Academic year	National	England	E92000001	Level 4	OfS Recognised HE	Level 5	835	2.9

Table showing all 5 variables
Variable name	Variable description
he_type_broad	Type of higher level learning
level	Qualification level
level_on_entry	Level of qualification held on entry
number_of_achievements_total	All achievements
percentage_all_achievements_by_characteristic	Percentage of all achievements by characteristic

See the About this release section for explanation of differences from other official statistics on apprenticeships and higher education.
Caution should be applied when interpreting these statistics due to the high level of unknowns. To allow for comparisons across learning types, the following percentages are based on learners where ELQ status is known.
The “Other Higher Level” category is lower bound estimate, combining “Other Higher Level (Unfunded higher level)” and "Other Higher Level (Advanced Learner Loan [ALL] and ESFA funded higher level)". There is likely to be some unfunded-learning in FE providers that is not recorded as it is only mandatory for providers to record information in the ILR for their ESFA-funded learners. There may also be higher level learning in the private sector that is not recorded in administrative data held by government.

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