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1. Step 1

   • Publication: Apprenticeships and traineeships

   This publication has been superseded by Apprenticeships

2. Step 2

   • Data set: Learner characteristics - learning difficulties and or disability

3. Step 3

   • National:
     • England

4. Step 4

   • Time period: 2015/16 to 2020/21

5. Step 5

   • Indicators:
     • Starts
   • Age (Under 19/19+):
     • Total
   • Age Group:
     • Total
   • BAME:
     • Total
   • LLDD:
     • Total
   • LLDD Primary:
     • Total
     • Asperger's syndrome
     • Autism spectrum disorder
     • Disability affecting mobility
     • Dyscalculia
   • Level:
     • Total
     • Advanced Apprenticeship
     • Higher Apprenticeship
     • Intermediate Apprenticeship

6. Step 6 Explore data

   This data is not from the latest release

   View latest data: Academic year 2022/23

   Starts for 'Learner characteristics - learning difficulties and or disability' for Advanced Apprenticeship, Asperger's syndrome, Autism spectrum disorder, Disability affecting mobility, Dyscalculia and 24 other filters in England between 2015/16 and 2020/21

   	Intermediate Apprenticeship						Advanced Apprenticeship						Higher Apprenticeship						Total
   	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21
   Total	291,330	260,650	161,390	143,590	99,220	84,150	190,870	197,660	166,220	174,730	140,840	138,490	27,160	36,570	48,150	75,060	82,460	98,810	509,360	494,880	375,760	393,380	322,530	321,440
   Asperger's syndrome	460	430	370	370	260	190	190	220	260	320	290	300	30	20	50	70	90	100	680	660	680	760	630	590
   Autism spectrum disorder	400	470	480	570	470	440	140	190	230	310	360	440	10	20	20	50	80	130	550	670	730	930	920	1,010
   Disability affecting mobility	480	420	260	280	160	110	340	300	290	340	270	280	60	90	110	180	190	220	890	800	660	790	620	610
   Dyscalculia	430	410	310	290	250	180	230	260	220	270	230	220	20	30	30	60	70	80	680	710	550	620	550	480
   Dyslexia	11,940	11,090	8,190	8,100	6,180	5,190	5,860	6,750	6,250	7,250	6,290	6,230	600	820	1,150	2,070	2,450	3,220	18,400	18,670	15,600	17,420	14,920	14,630
   Emotional/behavioural difficulties	10	10	~	0	no data	no data	10	10	~	0	no data	no data	0	0	0	0	no data	no data	20	10	~	0	no data	no data
   Hearing impairment	1,130	1,040	630	570	380	300	660	710	610	670	540	460	100	160	170	310	320	370	1,890	1,900	1,410	1,560	1,240	1,130
   Mental health difficulty	1,620	1,910	1,800	2,300	1,680	1,520	860	1,140	1,340	1,970	1,890	2,380	70	160	250	530	760	920	2,550	3,200	3,390	4,800	4,330	4,830
   Missing/Not Applicable	1,030	850	930	280	130	110	650	620	730	380	260	270	140	180	440	290	420	350	1,820	1,640	2,100	950	810	730
   Moderate learning difficulty	2,370	2,030	1,110	970	540	510	1,080	910	580	520	360	330	30	50	90	80	100	170	3,480	3,000	1,780	1,570	1,000	1,010
   More than one learning difficult or disability and no primary one specified	50	20	0	~	0	no data	50	20	~	0	0	no data	10	~	0	0	0	no data	110	30	~	~	0	no data
   Multiple disabilities	30	10	0	0	no data	no data	30	10	~	~	no data	0	~	0	~	0	no data	no data	60	10	10	~	no data	0
   Multiple learning difficulties	10	~	0	no data	no data	no data	10	~	0	0	no data	no data	~	0	0	no data	no data	no data	20	10	0	0	no data	no data
   Not provided	260,280	231,790	140,240	122,890	84,230	71,540	174,280	179,440	149,550	155,680	124,190	121,730	24,970	33,560	44,310	69,140	75,420	90,010	459,530	444,790	334,100	347,710	283,840	283,280
   Other disability	1,170	920	610	670	420	380	680	600	460	580	450	490	70	80	120	230	220	320	1,920	1,600	1,190	1,470	1,090	1,190
   Other learning difficulty	820	770	550	640	580	520	380	390	350	470	560	570	20	30	60	110	160	220	1,230	1,180	960	1,210	1,300	1,310
   Other medical condition (for example epilepsy, asthma, diabetes)	5,520	5,100	3,510	3,260	2,290	1,840	3,500	3,870	3,490	3,850	3,170	3,060	500	660	870	1,210	1,320	1,700	9,520	9,630	7,860	8,320	6,780	6,600
   Other physical disability	490	430	260	290	210	170	290	310	270	330	300	280	60	60	80	130	160	170	840	800	610	760	680	610
   Other specific learning difficulty (e.g. Dyspraxia)	360	380	310	350	290	220	160	240	240	330	300	320	10	30	90	190	260	370	540	640	640	860	850	910
   Prefer not to say	330	350	160	180	100	90	290	410	160	170	160	150	300	450	120	70	110	120	920	1,210	430	420	360	360
   Profound complex disabilities	50	30	20	20	10	10	20	20	10	10	20	10	~	~	10	10	10	10	70	50	40	50	40	30
   Severe learning difficulty	80	90	70	60	50	40	30	30	30	30	40	20	~	~	~	~	10	10	110	120	100	90	100	60
   Social and emotional difficulties	750	720	610	600	460	330	260	290	290	360	340	280	20	20	30	50	70	60	1,030	1,040	930	1,000	870	670
   Speech, Language and Communication Needs	no data	140	100	130	90	90	no data	50	60	90	90	120	no data	~	10	10	20	40	no data	190	170	230	200	240
   Temporary disability after illness (for example post-viral) or accident	80	70	30	40	30	20	50	30	30	50	50	30	10	10	10	20	20	20	130	110	70	100	90	80
   Visual impairment	1,420	1,200	850	750	420	350	840	860	760	780	690	540	120	150	150	230	220	210	2,390	2,210	1,750	1,760	1,330	1,100

   Footnotes

   1. Age, gender, learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities and ethnicity are based upon self-declaration by the learner
   2. Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10 and '~' indicates a base value of fewer than 5 but greater than 0

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