Data set from Higher Level Learners in England

Higher level learner achievements by Type of higher level learning

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Published 25 May 2023

Last updated 25 May 2023

English domiciled higher-level achievements in England by type of higher level learning, academic years 2015/16 to 2021/22.

Data set details

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_name	country_code	level	he_type	number_of_achievements_total	percentage_all_achievements_by_characteristic
201516	Academic year	National	England	E92000001	Level 4	Apprenticeship	2400	5.4
201516	Academic year	National	England	E92000001	Level 4	Institutional credit in Higher Education Providers	35	0.1
201516	Academic year	National	England	E92000001	Level 4	OfS Recognised HE	28740	64.8
201516	Academic year	National	England	E92000001	Level 4	Other Higher Level (Advanced Learner Loan [ALL] and ESFA funded higher level)	6220	14
201516	Academic year	National	England	E92000001	Level 4	Other Higher Level (Unfunded higher level)	6965	15.7

Table showing all 4 variables
Variable name	Variable description
he_type	Type of higher level learning
level	Qualification level
number_of_achievements_total	All achievements
percentage_all_achievements_by_characteristic	Percentage of all achievements

See the About this release section for explanation of differences from other official statistics on apprenticeships and higher education.
The “Other Higher Level (Unfunded higher level)” category is a lower bound estimate. There is likely to be some unfunded-learning in FE providers that is not recorded as it is only mandatory for providers to record information in the ILR for their ESFA-funded learners. There may also be higher level learning in the private sector that is not recorded in administrative data held by government.

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