Data set from Further education and skills

Achievement rates - time series

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Published 28 January 2021

Last updated 28 January 2021

Education and training national achievement rate tables

Academic years: 2017/18 to 2019/20

Indicators: Achievement rate, Leavers, Pass rate, Retention rate

Filters: Age group, Sector subject area, Qualification type and Qualification level

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Data set details

• Theme: Further education
• Publication: Further education and skills
• Release: Academic year 2020/21
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Achievement Rate
  • Leavers
  • Pass Rate
• Filters:
  • Age
  • Qualification Level
  • Qualification Type
• Time period: 2017/18 to 2019/20

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	age	qualification_type	qualification_level	sector_subject_area	leavers	achievement_rate	retention_rate	pass_rate
201718	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	16-18	A Level	3	Arts, Media and Publishing	27400	85.5	86.3	99
201718	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	16-18	A Level	3	Business, Administration and Law	16900	85.6	87.9	97.5
201718	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	16-18	A Level	3	Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies	900	94.7	97.4	97.3
201718	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	16-18	A Level	3	Health, Public Services and Care	1600	96.3	96.6	99.7
201718	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	16-18	A Level	3	History, Philosophy and Theology	15400	84.4	86.2	97.9

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 8 variables

Variable name	Variable description
achievement_rate	Achievement Rate
age	Age
leavers	Leavers
pass_rate	Pass Rate
qualification_level	Qualification Level

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Footnotes

1. Sector Subject Area (SSA) codes are available on the qualification description page: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/types-of-regulated-qualifications/qualification-descriptions
2. Retention rates are based on the individual aims that were successfully completed in the relevant year (the Hybrid End Year). They are calculated as the number of learning aims completed divided by the number of leavers.
3. Further guidance for the Education & Training National Achievement Rate Tables can be found on the gov.uk website: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sfa-national-success-rates-tables
4. Pass rates are based on the individual aims that were successfully completed in the relevant year (the Hybrid End Year). They are calculated as the number of learning aims achieved divided by the number successfully completed.
5. Percentages are rounded to one decimal place and calculated on unrounded volumes. '~' indicates a percentage below 0.5%
6. Level H includes qualifications at Level 4, Level 5 , Level 6 or Level 7.
7. Figures include all funded and unfunded aims reported on the ILR.
8. Achievement rates are based on the individual qualification aims that were completed in the relevant year (Hybrid End Year). They are calculated as the number of aims achieved divided by the number started, excluding the aims of any learners that transferred onto another qualification within the same institution.
9. The overall achievement rate is based on the Hybrid End Year. The Hybrid End Year is the later of the Expected End Year, Actual End Year or Reporting Year of a qualification
10. Achievement rates are calculated according to the Education & Training Qualification Achievement Rate business rules. These documents are available on the gov.uk website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/qualification-achievement-rates-qar-2019-to-2020
11. The data source for all tables is the education & training achievement rate dataset for 2019/20.
12. 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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