Data set from Higher Level Learners in England

Local Skills Improvement Plan

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Published 8 October 2026

Last updated 8 October 2026

English-domiciled higher-level learners in England by local skills improvement plan (LSIP) area of permanent address.

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Data set details

• Theme: Higher education
• Publication: Higher Level Learners in England
• Release: Academic year 2024/25
• Number of rows: 26,892
• Geographic levels: Local skills improvement plan area, National
• Indicators:
  • Number of entrants
  • Number of qualifiers
  • Percentage of all enrolments by characteristic
• Filters:
  • Broad type of higher learning
  • Detailed type of higher learning
  • Level of study
• Time period: 2015/16 to 2024/25

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Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	lsip_code	lsip_name	level	broad_type_of_learning	detailed_type_of_learning	number_of_entrants	number_of_enrolments	number_of_qualifiers	percentage_of_entrants_by_characteristic	percentage_of_all_enrolments_by_characteristic	percentage_of_qualifiers_by_characteristic
201516	Academic year	Local skills improvement plan area	E92000001	England	E69000001	Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex	Level 4	Apprenticeship	Apprenticeship	135	270	30	1.4	1.6	1.3
201516	Academic year	Local skills improvement plan area	E92000001	England	E69000001	Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex	Level 4	Apprenticeship	Total	135	270	30	1.4	1.6	1.3
201516	Academic year	Local skills improvement plan area	E92000001	England	E69000001	Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex	Level 4	Higher education	Institutional credit in HE providers	230	290	0	1.8	1.9	c
201516	Academic year	Local skills improvement plan area	E92000001	England	E69000001	Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex	Level 4	Higher education	OfS-recognised HE	465	695	630	2.1	2.1	2.2
201516	Academic year	Local skills improvement plan area	E92000001	England	E69000001	Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex	Level 4	Higher education	Other higher level - Funded	215	275	120	2.2	1.9	1.9

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 9 variables

Variable name	Variable description
broad_type_of_learning	Broad type of higher learning
detailed_type_of_learning	Detailed type of higher learning
level	Level of study
number_of_enrolments	Total number of enrolments
number_of_entrants	Number of entrants

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Footnotes

1. See the publication Methodology for explanation of differences from other official statistics on apprenticeships and higher education.
2. The “Other higher level - Unfunded” category is a lower bound estimate. 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 government-funded learners. There may also be higher level learning in the private sector that is not recorded in administrative data held by government.
3. Since 2022/23, HESA have reported a larger amount of missing permanent address information at a number of providers. Some of the missing data relates to continuing students for whom it was not possible to retrieve the information from the legacy submissions. Other missing data may be attributed to missing entry information.
4. Geographies are taken from the National Statistics Postcode Lookup based on boundaries as of February 2024.

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If you have a specific enquiry about Local Skills Improvement Plan statistics and data:

HE Participation and Provider Statistics Team

Email: he.statistics@education.gov.uk
Contact name: Louis Erritt

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