Essential skills by geography – region, LAD, PCON and EDA
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Essential skills enrolments, participation and achievements by level, subject, aim regulation status, learner age and national, regional, local authority district, parliamentary constituency and English devolved area geographical breakdowns.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Further education
- Publication
- Further education and skills
- Release
- Academic year 2025/26
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 194,850
- Geographic levels
- English devolved area, Local authority district, National, Parliamentary constituency, Regional
- Indicators
- Enrolments
- Learner achievements
- Participation
- Filters
- Age youth/adult
- Essential skills level
- Essential skills subject
- Time period
- 2025/26
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | lad_code | lad_name | english_devolved_area_code | english_devolved_area_name | pcon_code | pcon_name | regulated_status | subject_essential_skills | level_essential_skills | age_youth_adult | enrolments | participation | learner_achievements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202526 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Total | Total | Total | 783280 | 393920 | 173050 | ||||||||
| 202526 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Total | Total | 19+ | 742570 | 365530 | 167850 | ||||||||
| 202526 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Total | Total | Under 19 | 40710 | 28390 | 5200 | ||||||||
| 202526 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Total | Pre-entry Level | Total | 67740 | 41700 | 24790 | ||||||||
| 202526 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Total | Pre-entry Level | 19+ | 67740 | 41700 | 24790 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| age_youth_adult | Age youth/adult |
| enrolments | Enrolments |
| learner_achievements | Learner achievements |
| level_essential_skills | Essential skills level |
| participation | Participation |
Footnotes
- Age is based on age as at 31 August of the academic year.
- Figures for all years are provisional and cover the first three quarters (Aug to April).
- 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.
- Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10 and 'low' indicates a base value of fewer than 5. Where data shows 'x' this indicates data is unavailable, 'z' indicates data is not applicable, and 'c' indicates data is suppressed.
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