Governor demographics in colleges
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Characteristics of college governors. There are breakdowns for gender, ethnicity, disability status and age
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Data set details
- Theme
- Further education
- Publication
- Further education workforce
- Release
- Academic year 2024/25
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 5,684
- Geographic levels
- National, Regional
- Indicators
- Number of governors (responding colleges only)
- Percent of governors within category
- Filters
- Name of provider type
- Staff characteristic type
- Time period
- 2021/22 to 2024/25
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | fe_sector_type | provider_type | characteristic | characteristic_type | number_governors_in_responding_colleges | percentage_of_governors_within_category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202122 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Statutory sector | General FE College incl Tertiary | Total | Total | 2672 | 80.4819277108434 | ||
| 202122 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000004 | East Midlands | Statutory sector | General FE College incl Tertiary | Total | Total | 197 | 100 |
| 202122 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000006 | East of England | Statutory sector | General FE College incl Tertiary | Total | Total | 267 | 82.9192546583851 |
| 202122 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000007 | London | Statutory sector | General FE College incl Tertiary | Total | Total | 327 | 76.5807962529274 |
| 202122 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | Statutory sector | General FE College incl Tertiary | Total | Total | 175 | 91.6230366492147 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| characteristic_type | Staff characteristic type - Select the characteristic you are interested in |
| number_governors_in_responding_colleges | Number of governors (responding colleges only) |
| percentage_of_governors_within_category | Percent of governors within category |
| provider_type | Name of provider type - Select the particular FE sector type you are interested in. |
Footnotes
- This release shows data for further education providers in England. The location that a provider is based in has been determined from the main site/head office recorded in the Individualised Learner Record (ILR) database in the Department for Education. This records the main site only and may not cover all locations or regions that a provider operates.
- All percentages and rates are rounded to 1 decimal place. Where figures have rounded to 0.0%, this may not necessarily indicate zero staff present for this measure.
- National figures have been scaled to account for providers who did not respond to the Further Education Workforce Data Collection. Therefore national figures are an estimate. Regional figures have not been scaled and are based on responding providers only.
- An independent governor is a governor appointed from outside the college.
- The Further Education Data Collection currently collects gender of staff, as opposed to their legal sex. There are plans to start collecting sex instead of gender in future collections.
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Further Education Workforce Team
Email: FurtherEducation.WORKFORCE@education.gov.ukContact name: Fran Elliott