Data set from Further education and skills

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Adult (19+) learner participation and achievements

Academic year: 2015/16 to 2020/21

Indicators:  Total Participation, Participation Below Level 2 (excluding Basic skills), Participation Basic skills, Participation Full Level 2, Participation Full Level 3, Participation Level 2, Participation Level 3, Participation Level 4+,  Participation No Level Assigned, Total Achievement, Achievement Below Level 2 (excluding Basic skills ), Achievement Basic skills, Achievement Full Level 2, Achievement Full Level 3, Achievement Level 2, Achievement Level 3, Achievement Level 4+, Achievement No Level Assigned


Data set details

Theme
Further education
Publication
Further education and skills
Release type
Geographic levels
National
Indicators
  • Achievement Basic skills (Aug-Jul)
  • Achievement Below Level 2 (excluding Basic skills) (Aug-Jul)
  • Achievement Full Level 2 (Aug-Jul)
Time period
2015/16 to 2020/21

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_namep_totalp_below_level_2_excl_basic_skillsp_basic_skillsp_full_level_2p_full_level_3p_level_2p_level_3p_level_4plusp_no_level_assigneda_totala_below_level_2_excl_basic_skillsa_basic_skillsa_full_level_2a_full_level_3a_level_2a_level_3a_level_4plusa_no_level_assigned
201516Academic yearNationalE92000001England232470046550080380066050044690085960046530058300563600169450041570045610034880017860050210019090014100500200
201617Academic yearNationalE92000001England223680042620075530043360046010081790047510073800525500157890038280042150018420018260048010019080015900446200
201718Academic yearNationalE92000001England217910043920066420031990042520077380044550096400494400157440039350041850015870017170050760018240021100420400
201819Academic yearNationalE92000001England206820039450057350021780035650069560042240013310048090014676003600003638008930012150047400015670019800412100
201920Academic yearNationalE92000001England174580027170047930018060033940057900040040017410034980011496002377002943006470010520036790013330023000316300

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 18 variables
Variable nameVariable description
a_basic_skillsAchievement Basic skills (Aug-Jul)
a_below_level_2_excl_basic_skillsAchievement Below Level 2 (excluding Basic skills) (Aug-Jul)
a_full_level_2Achievement Full Level 2 (Aug-Jul)
a_full_level_3Achievement Full Level 3 (Aug-Jul)
a_level_2Achievement Level 2 (Aug-Jul)

Footnotes

  1. For 2017/18, there were approximately 2,400 learners undertaking community learning missing from the final data return (R14) due to a submission error for three providers. 2017/18 figures reported here does not include these learners
  2. 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
  3. Age is based on age as at 31 August of the academic year
  4. From 2016/17, some learners who would have previously been included in full level 2 and full level 3, have been reclassified. Please see the methodology document for further information
  5. 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
  6. This release does not now include offender learners for 2019/20 onwards as this data is being collected by the Ministry of Justice. In previous releases we included offender learning in our data where relevant, which accounted for around 78,000 learners aged 18+ in 2017/18 and around 57,600 learners aged 18+ in 2018/19
  7. Volumes are rounded to the nearest 100. If shown, '~' indicates a base value of between 1 and 49, whilst 0 indicates a true zero

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