Learner characteristics - Participation, Achievement by Age, LLDD, Primary LLDD, Ethnicity, Provision Type
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Further education and skills learner participation and achievements by detailed learning difficulty and/or disability. Breakdowns for adult (19+) Education and training can also be obtained.
Academic years: 2018/19 to 2022/23 full academic years, 2023/24 reported to date
Indicators: Total Participation and Achievement by Level
Filters: Minority Ethnic flag, LLDD, Primary LLDD, Age group (with unknowns), Age group (under 19/19+), Sex, Provision type
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Data set details
- Theme
- Further education
- Publication
- Further education and skills
- Release
- Academic year 2023/24
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Achievements
- Participation
- Filters
- Age (under 19/19+)
- Age group (with unknowns)
- Learning difficulty/disability
- Time period
- 2018/19 to 2023/24
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | provision_type | age_youth_adult | age_summary_with_unknowns | sex | lldd | lldd_primary | minority_ethnic | level | participation | achievements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201819 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Further Education and Skills | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 2229170 | 1521070 |
| 201819 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Further Education and Skills | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Below level 2 (excluding essential skills) | 394510 | 359950 |
| 201819 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Further Education and Skills | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Essential skills - english and maths | 623420 | 378390 |
| 201819 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Further Education and Skills | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Full level 2 | 312880 | 111270 |
| 201819 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Further Education and Skills | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Full level 3 | 423700 | 129020 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| achievements | Achievements |
| age_summary_with_unknowns | Age group (with unknowns) |
| age_youth_adult | Age (under 19/19+) |
| level | Level |
| lldd | Learning difficulty/disability |
Footnotes
- Age is based on age as at 31 August of the academic year.
- Essential skills total includes English, maths, and ESOL, but excludes digital, unless otherwise specified.
- Education and Training includes Traineeships.
- Ethnic minorities do not include white minorities.
- Ethnicity categories have been aligned with the ethnicities recorded in the 2011 UK Census.
- Learner characteristics (such as sex, learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities and ethnicity) are based upon self-declaration by the learner.
- Learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities (LLDD) categories but must indicate which of these is the primary disability, difficulty or health problem. Overall ‘Primary LLDD and health problem’ totals may not match the main LLDD figures.
- 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.
- White comprises white British, Gypsy or Irish Traveller, Irish, and any other white background.
- Figures for 2023/24 are provisional and cover the first three quarters (Aug 2023 to Apr 2024). All other years are final, full-year figures.
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