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1. Step 1

   • Publication: Further education and skills

2. Step 2

   • Data set: Headline - In year - Participation, Achievement by Provision type

3. Step 3

   • National:
     • England

4. Step 4

   • Time period: 2020/21 to 2023/24

5. Step 5

   • Indicators:
     • Participation
     • Participation percentage change
   • Level:
     • Total
     • Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)
     • Essential skills - english and maths
     • Full level 2
     • Full level 3
   • Provider type:
     • Total
     • General FE College incl Tertiary
     • Other Public Funded i.e LA's and HE
     • Private Sector Public Funded
     • Schools
   • Provision type:
     • Further Education and Skills

6. Step 6 Explore data

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   'Headline - In year - Participation, Achievement by Provision type' for Below level 2 (excluding essential skills), Essential skills - english and maths, Full level 2, Full level 3, Further Education and Skills and 11 other filters in England between 2020/21 and 2023/24

   			2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24
   Total	Total	Participation	1,168,060	1,227,110	1,298,970	1,308,800
   		Participation percentage change	x	5.1%	5.9%	0.8%
   	Essential skills - english and maths	Participation	326,300	340,860	354,620	336,870
   		Participation percentage change	x	4.5%	4.0%	-5.0%
   	Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	Participation	148,390	159,200	170,820	201,250
   		Participation percentage change	x	7.3%	7.3%	17.8%
   	Full level 2	Participation	129,150	119,100	106,070	88,190
   		Participation percentage change	x	-7.8%	-10.9%	-16.9%
   	Full level 3	Participation	281,500	278,450	266,140	250,140
   		Participation percentage change	x	-1.1%	-4.4%	-6.0%
   	Level 2	Participation	391,930	360,840	363,060	341,900
   		Participation percentage change	x	-7.9%	0.6%	-5.8%
   	Level 3	Participation	325,440	325,630	324,990	317,150
   		Participation percentage change	x	0.1%	-0.2%	-2.4%
   	Level 4+	Participation	172,730	205,350	224,300	234,520
   		Participation percentage change	x	18.9%	9.2%	4.6%
   	No level assigned	Participation	138,510	178,700	209,600	225,870
   		Participation percentage change	x	29.0%	17.3%	7.8%
   General FE College incl Tertiary	Total	Participation	485,890	490,030	498,370	511,320
   		Participation percentage change	x	0.9%	1.7%	2.6%
   	Essential skills - english and maths	Participation	161,600	169,610	176,050	175,990
   		Participation percentage change	x	5.0%	3.8%	-0.0%
   	Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	Participation	80,140	86,000	91,100	103,690
   		Participation percentage change	x	7.3%	5.9%	13.8%
   	Full level 2	Participation	50,600	43,890	35,760	30,960
   		Participation percentage change	x	-13.3%	-18.5%	-13.4%
   	Full level 3	Participation	109,630	102,020	88,960	80,980
   		Participation percentage change	x	-6.9%	-12.8%	-9.0%
   	Level 2	Participation	221,220	204,120	200,210	210,330
   		Participation percentage change	x	-7.7%	-1.9%	5.1%
   	Level 3	Participation	127,460	124,470	115,500	108,360
   		Participation percentage change	x	-2.3%	-7.2%	-6.2%
   	Level 4+	Participation	24,990	23,750	22,910	22,460
   		Participation percentage change	x	-5.0%	-3.5%	-2.0%
   	No level assigned	Participation	30,150	40,540	52,520	55,440
   		Participation percentage change	x	34.5%	29.5%	5.6%
   Other Public Funded i.e LA's and HE	Total	Participation	216,400	257,950	291,270	310,140
   		Participation percentage change	x	19.2%	12.9%	6.5%
   	Essential skills - english and maths	Participation	42,290	48,220	55,400	56,490
   		Participation percentage change	x	14.0%	14.9%	2.0%
   	Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	Participation	25,290	30,310	34,820	55,880
   		Participation percentage change	x	19.8%	14.9%	60.5%
   	Full level 2	Participation	14,390	13,040	11,820	10,220
   		Participation percentage change	x	-9.4%	-9.4%	-13.6%
   	Full level 3	Participation	20,310	20,750	21,740	19,920
   		Participation percentage change	x	2.1%	4.8%	-8.4%
   	Level 2	Participation	40,510	36,790	34,230	34,610
   		Participation percentage change	x	-9.2%	-7.0%	1.1%
   	Level 3	Participation	22,140	23,280	25,520	23,790
   		Participation percentage change	x	5.2%	9.6%	-6.8%
   	Level 4+	Participation	55,180	70,910	80,840	83,910
   		Participation percentage change	x	28.5%	14.0%	3.8%
   	No level assigned	Participation	73,520	94,940	107,650	110,170
   		Participation percentage change	x	29.1%	13.4%	2.3%
   Private Sector Public Funded	Total	Participation	408,440	418,060	448,680	426,810
   		Participation percentage change	x	2.4%	7.3%	-4.9%
   	Essential skills - english and maths	Participation	114,220	114,180	112,920	94,940
   		Participation percentage change	x	-0.0%	-1.1%	-15.9%
   	Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	Participation	34,540	32,630	34,570	29,200
   		Participation percentage change	x	-5.5%	6.0%	-15.5%
   	Full level 2	Participation	61,490	59,880	56,390	45,030
   		Participation percentage change	x	-2.6%	-5.8%	-20.1%
   	Full level 3	Participation	146,160	151,080	151,390	145,420
   		Participation percentage change	x	3.4%	0.2%	-3.9%
   	Level 2	Participation	115,520	106,300	115,880	85,260
   		Participation percentage change	x	-8.0%	9.0%	-26.4%
   	Level 3	Participation	169,190	171,850	178,390	179,810
   		Participation percentage change	x	1.6%	3.8%	0.8%
   	Level 4+	Participation	91,770	110,020	119,930	127,510
   		Participation percentage change	x	19.9%	9.0%	6.3%
   	No level assigned	Participation	5,610	10,690	18,100	27,640
   		Participation percentage change	x	90.5%	69.4%	52.7%
   Schools	Total	Participation	760	920	1,160	1,290
   		Participation percentage change	x	21.8%	25.9%	11.2%
   	Essential skills - english and maths	Participation	190	210	280	290
   		Participation percentage change	x	12.8%	30.3%	4.7%
   	Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	Participation	400	430	470	590
   		Participation percentage change	x	8.3%	8.6%	26.4%
   	Full level 2	Participation	20	10	40	50
   		Participation percentage change	x	-35.3%	236.4%	29.7%
   	Full level 3	Participation	180	120	90	140
   		Participation percentage change	x	-31.6%	-24.0%	47.8%
   	Level 2	Participation	100	80	120	170
   		Participation percentage change	x	-16.8%	55.7%	41.5%
   	Level 3	Participation	190	140	100	170
   		Participation percentage change	x	-26.5%	-25.7%	72.3%
   	Level 4+	Participation	20	60	90	110
   		Participation percentage change	x	168.2%	59.3%	14.9%
   	No level assigned	Participation	160	340	370	470
   		Participation percentage change	x	115.1%	8.2%	25.7%
   Sixth Form College	Total	Participation	6,490	5,520	5,740	5,640
   		Participation percentage change	x	-15.0%	4.2%	-1.9%
   	Essential skills - english and maths	Participation	2,160	1,830	2,200	2,130
   		Participation percentage change	x	-15.2%	20.4%	-3.2%
   	Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	Participation	1,260	1,280	1,300	1,380
   		Participation percentage change	x	1.5%	1.9%	6.1%
   	Full level 2	Participation	400	230	170	180
   		Participation percentage change	x	-42.1%	-24.8%	1.7%
   	Full level 3	Participation	1,580	1,260	1,070	970
   		Participation percentage change	x	-20.2%	-15.2%	-9.0%
   	Level 2	Participation	2,940	1,960	1,960	1,880
   		Participation percentage change	x	-33.2%	-0.4%	-3.8%
   	Level 3	Participation	1,980	1,600	1,490	1,300
   		Participation percentage change	x	-19.0%	-7.2%	-12.6%
   	Level 4+	Participation	280	260	210	180
   		Participation percentage change	x	-8.5%	-21.2%	-10.2%
   	No level assigned	Participation	360	430	470	610
   		Participation percentage change	x	20.1%	8.1%	31.1%
   Special College	Total	Participation	50,100	54,640	53,740	53,600
   		Participation percentage change	x	9.1%	-1.6%	-0.3%
   	Essential skills - english and maths	Participation	5,850	6,810	7,760	7,040
   		Participation percentage change	x	16.4%	14.0%	-9.4%
   	Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	Participation	6,770	8,560	8,550	10,520
   		Participation percentage change	x	26.4%	-0.0%	23.0%
   	Full level 2	Participation	2,250	2,040	1,890	1,770
   		Participation percentage change	x	-9.2%	-7.4%	-6.5%
   	Full level 3	Participation	3,650	3,230	2,900	2,710
   		Participation percentage change	x	-11.5%	-10.1%	-6.5%
   	Level 2	Participation	11,650	11,600	10,660	9,650
   		Participation percentage change	x	-0.4%	-8.1%	-9.5%
   	Level 3	Participation	4,490	4,290	4,000	3,710
   		Participation percentage change	x	-4.3%	-6.9%	-7.1%
   	Level 4+	Participation	480	360	320	340
   		Participation percentage change	x	-25.3%	-9.9%	7.5%
   	No level assigned	Participation	28,710	31,750	30,490	31,540
   		Participation percentage change	x	10.6%	-4.0%	3.4%
   Unknown	Total	Participation	no data	no data	no data	10
   		Participation percentage change	no data	no data	no data	z
   	Essential skills - english and maths	Participation	no data	no data	no data	low
   		Participation percentage change	no data	no data	no data	z
   	Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	Participation	no data	no data	no data	low
   		Participation percentage change	no data	no data	no data	z
   	Full level 2	Participation	no data	no data	no data	low
   		Participation percentage change	no data	no data	no data	z
   	Full level 3	Participation	no data	no data	no data	10
   		Participation percentage change	no data	no data	no data	z
   	Level 2	Participation	no data	no data	no data	low
   		Participation percentage change	no data	no data	no data	z
   	Level 3	Participation	no data	no data	no data	10
   		Participation percentage change	no data	no data	no data	z
   	Level 4+	Participation	no data	no data	no data	low
   		Participation percentage change	no data	no data	no data	z
   	No level assigned	Participation	no data	no data	no data	low
   		Participation percentage change	no data	no data	no data	z

   Footnotes

   1. Age is based on age as at 31 August of the academic year.
   2. Essential skills total excludes Essential Digital Skills qualifications, unless otherwise specified.

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

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