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1. Step 1

   • Publication: Further education and skills

2. Step 2

   • Data set: Essential Skills - Detailed Series

3. Step 3

   • National:
     • England

4. Step 4

   • Time period: 2018/19 to 2022/23

5. Step 5

   • Indicators:
     • Achievements
     • Participation
   • Age (under 19/19+):
     • Total
     • Adult
     • Under 19
   • Level:
     • Total
   • Provision type:
     • Further education and skills
   • Reporting date:
     • Full Year
   • Subject:
     • ESOL
     • English
     • Essential Digital Skills
     • Essential skills (excluding digital skills)
     • Essential skills (including digital skills)

6. Step 6 Explore data

   This is the latest data

   'Essential Skills - Detailed Series' for Adult, ESOL, English, Essential Digital Skills, Essential skills (excluding digital skills) and 5 other filters in England between 2018/19 and 2022/23

   			2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23
   Total	Essential skills (excluding digital skills)	Participation	623,420	519,350	444,070	463,560	465,500
   		Achievements	378,390	304,970	240,000	258,970	278,010
   	Essential skills (including digital skills)	Participation	623,420	519,350	446,810	473,300	475,120
   		Achievements	378,390	304,970	241,780	265,470	284,600
   	English	Participation	392,760	314,310	263,200	256,250	237,840
   		Achievements	190,460	143,640	111,900	112,140	110,130
   	Maths	Participation	403,750	327,230	284,700	282,260	264,470
   		Achievements	196,960	146,280	108,750	106,980	107,080
   	ESOL	Participation	120,490	116,070	97,260	123,730	144,560
   		Achievements	106,170	99,410	84,770	107,030	126,780
   	Essential Digital Skills	Participation	z	z	5,150	17,590	17,520
   		Achievements	z	z	2,880	10,700	10,940
   Adult	Essential skills (excluding digital skills)	Participation	573,480	479,250	412,990	434,120	438,440
   		Achievements	363,830	294,330	234,260	253,930	273,080
   	Essential skills (including digital skills)	Participation	573,480	479,250	415,730	443,850	448,060
   		Achievements	363,830	294,330	236,040	260,430	279,670
   	English	Participation	360,270	288,190	243,640	239,160	222,990
   		Achievements	183,060	137,830	108,350	109,060	107,330
   	Maths	Participation	364,000	295,910	260,000	258,310	242,230
   		Achievements	186,930	139,550	105,680	104,340	104,310
   	ESOL	Participation	120,490	116,070	97,260	123,730	144,560
   		Achievements	106,170	99,410	84,770	107,030	126,780
   	Essential Digital Skills	Participation	z	z	5,150	17,590	17,510
   		Achievements	z	z	2,880	10,700	10,940
   Under 19	Essential skills (excluding digital skills)	Participation	49,940	40,090	31,080	29,450	27,060
   		Achievements	14,560	10,640	5,740	5,040	4,930
   	Essential skills (including digital skills)	Participation	49,940	40,090	31,080	29,450	27,060
   		Achievements	14,560	10,640	5,740	5,040	4,930
   	English	Participation	32,500	26,120	19,560	17,090	14,850
   		Achievements	7,400	5,810	3,550	3,070	2,800
   	Maths	Participation	39,760	31,320	24,700	23,950	22,250
   		Achievements	10,030	6,730	3,070	2,640	2,760
   	ESOL	Participation	low	low	low	low	low
   		Achievements	low	low	low	low	low
   	Essential Digital Skills	Participation	z	z	low	low	10
   		Achievements	z	z	low	low	low

   Footnotes

   1. Age is based on age as at 31 August of the academic year.
   2. Essential skills figures now include Essential Digital Skills qualifications from the 2020/21 academic year, unless otherwise specified. They also include any Multiply funded essential skills qualifications from 2022/23.

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   • Publication: Further education and skills, Academic year 2023/24

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