Data set from Level 2 and 3 attainment age 16 to 25

Level 2 and 3 attainment - ages 16 to 19 by local authority district

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Published 27 April 2023

Last updated 27 April 2023

Time period refers to the academic year in which the young person turned 19.

Local authority district, Opportunity area and regional level figures for the number of young people in the state sector who reached Level 2/3 or Level 2 with English and maths by age ,qualification type, disadvantaged status and FSM. 

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Data set details

• Theme: School and college outcomes and performance
• Publication: Level 2 and 3 attainment age 16 to 25
• Release: Academic year 2021/22
• Geographic levels: Local authority, Local authority district, National, Opportunity area, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Level 2
  • Level 2 in English
  • Level 2 in English and Maths
• Filters:
  • Age
  • Characteristic
  • Numbers or percentages
• Time period: 2016/17 to 2021/22

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	lad_code	lad_name	opportunity_area_code	opportunity_area_name	age	cohort_age_in	Qualification_level	Qualification_type	characteristic_group	characteristic	number_or_percentage	number_in_ss_cohort	Level_2	Level_3	L2_eng	L2_maths	L2_em
201617	Academic year	Opportunity area	E92000001	England								E07000191	West Somerset	19	201617	Total	Total	FSM status	FSM eligible	Number	42	34	17	21	19	16
201617	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England			845	E10000011	East Sussex					19	201617	Total	Total	FSM status	FSM eligible	Number	600	351	163	340	274	242
201617	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England			881	E10000012	Essex					19	201617	Total	Total	FSM status	FSM eligible	Number	1544	1014	477	946	855	765
201617	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England			916	E10000013	Gloucestershire					19	201617	Total	Total	FSM status	FSM eligible	Number	518	319	161	307	256	229
201617	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England			850	E10000014	Hampshire					19	201617	Total	Total	FSM status	FSM eligible	Number	1085	667	297	595	551	466

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 10 variables

Variable name	Variable description
age	Age - The academic year shown is the year in which the young person has turned 19, irrespective of the age selected. 19 not 16 refers to young people who had not achieved at 16 but had achieved by 19.
characteristic	Characteristic
L2_em	Level 2 in English and Maths
L2_eng	Level 2 in English
L2_maths	Level 2 in Maths

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Footnotes

1. In these statistics AS levels count for 25% of Level 3 and can be aggregated, so that four AS levels or two AS levels and one A level (which counts as 50% of Level 3) are counted as achievement of Level 3.
2. These figures are based on qualifications held at 19 prioritised in the following order: A levels, International Baccalaureates (displayed in the ‘Other’ category), AS levels, Advanced Apprenticeships (displayed in the ‘Other’ category) and Vocational Qualifications.
3. See accompanying methodology for definitions of characteristics.
4. Figures for English and maths do not include those from independent schools.

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