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1. Step 1

   • Publication: Further education and skills

2. Step 2

   • Data set: Basic Skills - detailed series

3. Step 3

   • National:
     • England

4. Step 4

   • Time period: 2015/16 to 2020/21

5. Step 5

   • Indicators:
     • All Achievements
     • All Participation
     • Apprenticeships Achievements
     • Apprenticeships Participation
     • Education and Training Achievements
   • Age (under 19/19+):
     • Adult
   • Level:
     • Total
     • Entry Level
     • Level 1
     • Level 2
   • Reporting date:
     • Full Year 201516
     • Full Year 201617
     • Full Year 201718
     • Full Year 201819
     • Full Year 201920
   • Subject:
     • Basic skills (excluding digital skills)
     • ESOL
     • English
     • Maths

6. Step 6 Explore data

   This data is not from the latest release

   View latest data: Academic year 2023/24

   'Basic Skills - detailed series' for Adult, Basic skills (excluding digital skills), ESOL, English, Entry Level and 9 other filters in England between 2015/16 and 2020/21

   			Full Year 201516	Full Year 201617	Full Year 201718	Full Year 201819	Full Year 201920	Full Year 202021
   			2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21
   All Participation	Basic skills (excluding digital skills)	Total	803,800	755,270	664,170	573,480	479,250	412,990
   	English	Total	583,590	531,570	445,830	360,270	288,190	243,640
   		Entry Level	79,350	73,720	80,430	74,500	52,570	40,220
   		Level 1	240,220	206,620	146,170	88,450	59,170	44,310
   		Level 2	284,780	268,480	235,910	214,160	188,700	167,570
   	ESOL	Total	110,600	114,120	114,330	120,490	116,070	97,260
   		Entry Level	92,990	96,040	96,190	100,130	95,580	78,920
   		Level 1	15,650	16,190	16,650	18,230	18,050	16,830
   		Level 2	5,720	5,730	5,610	6,560	6,510	6,300
   	Maths	Total	557,370	524,090	441,500	364,000	295,910	260,000
   		Entry Level	58,070	59,120	67,340	62,910	45,420	38,390
   		Level 1	245,480	215,010	152,180	96,140	65,100	48,760
   		Level 2	279,190	271,800	243,270	227,380	199,410	182,230
   All Achievements	Basic skills (excluding digital skills)	Total	456,140	421,480	418,500	363,830	294,330	234,260
   	English	Total	267,660	233,520	233,350	183,060	137,830	108,350
   		Entry Level	60,760	56,880	63,660	60,200	39,010	31,710
   		Level 1	110,820	92,030	88,520	55,800	36,740	27,110
   		Level 2	101,730	89,620	87,400	73,360	65,330	52,820
   	ESOL	Total	93,450	97,700	100,150	106,170	99,410	84,770
   		Entry Level	78,160	81,900	83,970	87,960	81,610	68,670
   		Level 1	12,850	13,470	14,250	15,620	14,920	14,240
   		Level 2	4,840	4,950	4,830	5,790	5,450	5,310
   	Maths	Total	253,580	232,360	233,330	186,930	139,550	105,680
   		Entry Level	45,300	47,390	54,760	51,880	33,620	29,350
   		Level 1	117,950	102,750	96,630	64,150	42,390	28,620
   		Level 2	98,550	90,070	90,840	80,940	67,740	51,070
   Education and Training Participation	Basic skills (excluding digital skills)	Total	378,180	364,740	368,470	351,540	288,820	252,390
   	English	Total	196,580	181,700	188,610	173,720	130,490	114,390
   		Entry Level	76,750	73,330	80,070	74,050	52,090	40,080
   		Level 1	55,670	48,050	52,710	46,810	30,780	25,440
   		Level 2	76,010	70,300	66,460	62,790	53,070	54,100
   	ESOL	Total	110,080	113,710	114,180	120,310	115,960	97,100
   		Entry Level	92,550	95,680	96,060	99,980	95,500	78,810
   		Level 1	15,570	16,130	16,640	18,180	18,020	16,790
   		Level 2	5,690	5,730	5,600	6,550	6,500	6,280
   	Maths	Total	183,520	176,070	182,780	170,390	131,720	121,470
   		Entry Level	56,990	59,030	66,910	62,330	45,020	38,120
   		Level 1	61,420	54,320	57,780	51,780	34,440	27,990
   		Level 2	81,290	76,640	71,740	70,010	58,800	61,010
   Education and Training Achievements	Basic skills (excluding digital skills)	Total	280,270	276,190	287,300	281,660	229,180	193,520
   	English	Total	131,670	124,830	134,370	127,780	93,620	80,540
   		Entry Level	58,970	56,590	63,560	60,110	38,870	31,680
   		Level 1	43,180	38,360	42,520	40,100	28,120	22,000
   		Level 2	34,640	34,530	33,980	32,950	29,460	29,660
   	ESOL	Total	93,020	97,360	100,010	106,000	99,300	84,650
   		Entry Level	77,810	81,610	83,860	87,830	81,540	68,590
   		Level 1	12,770	13,410	14,230	15,570	14,900	14,220
   		Level 2	4,820	4,950	4,820	5,780	5,440	5,290
   	Maths	Total	119,360	119,450	129,920	125,250	92,850	78,460
   		Entry Level	44,520	47,340	54,670	51,640	33,440	29,290
   		Level 1	47,050	44,440	48,340	46,850	32,490	22,830
   		Level 2	35,280	34,930	34,830	35,240	30,490	29,140
   Apprenticeships Participation	Basic skills (excluding digital skills)	Total	417,990	390,700	295,870	222,290	190,700	160,510
   	English	Total	381,210	349,940	257,240	186,770	157,850	129,330
   		Entry Level	~	30	280	420	460	130
   		Level 1	182,680	158,520	93,330	41,650	28,400	18,870
   		Level 2	206,320	198,220	169,390	151,430	135,700	113,520
   	ESOL	Total	0	0	0	0	0	0
   		Entry Level	0	0	0	0	0	0
   		Level 1	0	0	0	0	0	0
   		Level 2	0	0	0	0	0	0
   	Maths	Total	369,590	348,430	258,890	193,850	164,360	138,520
   		Entry Level	~	30	360	520	380	100
   		Level 1	182,380	160,690	94,270	44,340	30,650	20,780
   		Level 2	195,240	195,190	171,600	157,450	140,700	121,300
   Apprenticeships Achievements	Basic skills (excluding digital skills)	Total	169,440	144,570	130,900	82,040	65,100	40,580
   	English	Total	131,370	108,280	98,770	55,270	44,220	27,790
   		Entry Level	0	0	30	70	150	30
   		Level 1	66,520	53,600	45,880	15,700	8,620	5,110
   		Level 2	65,240	54,980	53,330	40,400	35,870	23,150
   	ESOL	Total	0	0	0	0	0	0
   		Entry Level	0	0	0	0	0	0
   		Level 1	0	0	0	0	0	0
   		Level 2	0	0	0	0	0	0
   	Maths	Total	130,560	112,730	103,280	61,620	46,700	27,170
   		Entry Level	0	0	40	190	170	30
   		Level 1	69,840	58,270	48,150	17,270	9,890	5,790
   		Level 2	61,260	55,010	55,990	45,690	37,250	21,920

   Footnotes

   1. Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10. If shown, '~' indicates a base value of between 1 and 4, whilst 0 indicates a true zero
   2. Age is based on age as at 31 August of the academic year

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