Participation by type
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National, regional and local authority participation in education and training estimates by type of participation and duty to participate.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Destination of pupils and students
- Publication
- Participation in education, training and NEET age 16 to 17 by local authority
- Release
- Academic year 2023/24
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Number
- Percent
- Annual change in percent participating (percentage point change)
- Filters
- Participation type
- Time period
- 2019 to 2024
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | old_la_code | new_la_code | la_name | Participation_grouping | Participation_type | number | percent | annual_change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Headline_participation | cohort | 1281200 | 100 | 0 | |||||
| 2024 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Headline_participation | Full-time education | 1097880 | 85.7 | 0 | |||||
| 2024 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Headline_participation | Apprenticeship | 58370 | 4.6 | -0.1 | |||||
| 2024 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Headline_participation | Work based learning | 10300 | 0.8 | -0.1 | |||||
| 2024 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Headline_participation | Part-time education | 1810 | 0.1 | 0 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| annual_change | Annual change in percent participating (percentage point change) |
| number | Number |
| Participation_type | Participation type |
| percent | Percent |
Footnotes
- Caution should be applied when using these figures due to the estimates being based on management information. There is considerable variation in how well 16 and 17 year olds are tracked at local authority level .
- Numeric data has been rounded to the nearest 10 for national and regional figures to avoid secondary disclosure.
- Not applicable ‘z’ has been given for indicators when the cohort is zero or for annual change when one year is missing
- Annual comparisons for 2024 are not available for Cumberland and Westmorland and Furness due to boundary changes.
- Employment combined with study includes: Full-time employment with study (regulated qualification), Self-employment with study (regulated qualification) and Work not for reward with study (regulated qualification)
- Other participation type includes: Other training (for example, non-ESFA funded private training organisations) and DWP training and support programme.
- Work based learning includes: ESFA funded work-based learning and Supported internships. Traineeships were also previously included in this category but they ended on 1 August 2023. Traineeship style programmes are now recorded under ‘ESFA funded work-based learning’.
- Employment with non-regulated qualifications includes: Employment without training, Employment with training (other), Temporary employment, Part-time employment and Self-employment
- Temporary break from learning includes: Not available to labour market/learning due to reasons of illness, pregnancy and teenage parents.
- Working towards participation includes: Start date agreed (RPA compliant) and Re-engagement provision
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