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

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Published 27 April 2023

Last updated 27 April 2023

A table summarising the headline figures of the release, including the proportions of young people achieving level 2 and 3, level 2 in English and maths and progression in level 2 English and maths (i.e. those who had not achieved by 16 but had achieved both by 19). Also included are annual change figures for the aforementioned figures.

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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: National
• Indicators:
  • Level 2 (5 GCSEs 9-4 or equivalent)
  • Level 2 in English and maths
  • Progression in level 2 English and maths
• Time period: 2003/04 to 2021/22

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	Level_2_percentage	Level_3_percentage	L2_em_GCSE_othL2_percentage	Level_2_progression_em	Level_2_annual_change	Level_3_annual_change	L2_em_GCSE_othL2_annual_change	Level_2_progression_em_annual_change	Level_2_number	Level_3_number	L2_em_GCSE_othL2_number	Level_2_progression_em_number
200304	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	66.06097982	42.09683613	z	z	z	z	z	z	405987	258712	z	z
200405	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	69.07391207	45.64462635	46.48052973	10.15821501	3.01293225	3.547790217	z	z	427151	282265	259650	33804
200506	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	71.11702892	46.88027647	47.16979491	11.48329681	2.043116856	1.235650125	0.68926518	1.325081801	450254	296807	271215	39407
200607	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	73.51240788	48.15828485	49.4144129	13.740041	2.395378962	1.278008376	2.244617982	2.25674419	480519	314790	293067	47788
200708	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	76.16845597	49.61657685	52.02392634	14.90404407	2.656048091	1.458292004	2.609513448	1.164003073	493158	321246	304842	49237

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 12 variables

Variable name	Variable description
L2_em_GCSE_othL2_annual_change	Level 2 in English and maths annual change
L2_em_GCSE_othL2_number	Level 2 in English and maths (number)
L2_em_GCSE_othL2_percentage	Level 2 in English and maths
Level_2_annual_change	Level 2 annual change
Level_2_number	Level 2 (5 GCSEs 9-4 or equivalent) (number)

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Footnotes

1. Figures for English and maths do not include those from independent schools.
2. Condition of Funding changes for young people were introduced by the Education and Skills Funding Agency from 2014/15 onwards. This has resulted in most students having to study English and/or maths at level 2 as part of their programmes between the ages of 16 and 19 if they are yet to achieve qualifications at this level.

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