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1. Step 1

   • Publication: Further education and skills

2. Step 2

   • Data set: Learner characteristics - Participation, Achievement by Age, Sex, Detailed Ethnicity, LLDD, Provision Type

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
     • 19+
     • Under 19
   • Age group (with unknowns):
     • Total
   • Ethnicity major:
     • Total
   • Ethnicity minor:
     • Total
   • Learning difficulty/disability:
     • Total
   • Level:
     • Total
     • Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)
     • Essential skills - english and maths
     • Full level 2
     • Full level 3
   • Minority ethnic:
     • Total
     • Ethnic minorities (excluding white minorities)
     • Unknown
     • White
   • Provision type:
     • Further Education and Skills
   • Sex:
     • Total
     • Female
     • Male

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   'Learner characteristics - Participation, Achievement by Age, Sex, Detailed Ethnicity, LLDD, Provision Type' for 19+, Below level 2 (excluding essential skills), Essential skills - english and maths, Ethnic minorities (excluding white minorities), Female and 11 other filters in England between 2018/19 and 2022/23

   					2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23
   Total	Total	Total	Participation	Total	2,229,170	1,881,360	1,758,930	1,846,030	1,949,630
   				Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	394,510	271,740	260,880	278,820	286,110
   				Essential skills - english and maths	623,420	519,350	444,070	463,560	465,500
   				Full level 2	312,880	256,680	215,190	200,480	179,950
   				Full level 3	423,700	398,480	386,580	383,520	375,100
   				Level 2	790,160	654,530	646,500	611,650	596,260
   				Level 3	488,880	459,070	448,260	452,660	471,380
   				Level 4+	138,190	179,390	222,340	251,500	273,030
   				No level assigned	480,940	349,780	250,680	316,890	403,550
   			Achievements	Total	1,521,070	1,186,570	1,067,210	1,114,560	1,230,110
   				Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	359,950	237,660	228,730	248,500	258,090
   				Essential skills - english and maths	378,390	304,970	240,000	258,970	278,010
   				Full level 2	111,270	80,630	69,090	54,010	56,790
   				Full level 3	129,020	109,980	107,310	99,970	101,840
   				Level 2	495,970	383,470	401,580	361,090	365,610
   				Level 3	164,200	137,880	139,870	139,890	158,750
   				Level 4+	19,840	23,040	32,770	40,040	51,540
   				No level assigned	412,120	316,320	228,980	290,610	360,360
   		19+	Participation	Total	2,068,200	1,745,760	1,640,320	1,719,590	1,818,480
   				Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	394,510	271,740	260,880	278,820	286,110
   				Essential skills - english and maths	573,480	479,250	412,990	434,120	438,440
   				Full level 2	217,780	180,640	153,190	139,440	121,890
   				Full level 3	356,520	339,390	331,700	322,410	308,420
   				Level 2	695,630	579,030	585,160	551,120	538,620
   				Level 3	422,390	400,430	393,770	391,910	404,950
   				Level 4+	133,070	174,130	217,470	245,080	264,650
   				No level assigned	480,940	349,780	250,680	316,890	403,550
   			Achievements	Total	1,467,580	1,149,630	1,040,810	1,094,100	1,206,150
   				Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	359,950	237,660	228,730	248,500	258,090
   				Essential skills - english and maths	363,830	294,330	234,260	253,930	273,080
   				Full level 2	89,260	64,700	57,370	46,130	47,000
   				Full level 3	121,480	105,180	103,080	96,590	97,200
   				Level 2	474,020	367,940	390,070	353,390	356,080
   				Level 3	156,740	133,300	135,850	136,610	154,250
   				Level 4+	19,780	23,010	32,740	40,020	51,500
   				No level assigned	412,120	316,320	228,980	290,610	360,360
   		Under 19	Participation	Total	160,970	135,600	118,620	126,440	131,150
   				Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	low	low	low	low	low
   				Essential skills - english and maths	49,940	40,090	31,080	29,450	27,060
   				Full level 2	95,110	76,030	62,000	61,040	58,060
   				Full level 3	67,180	59,090	54,880	61,100	66,680
   				Level 2	94,530	75,500	61,340	60,530	57,640
   				Level 3	66,490	58,650	54,500	60,750	66,430
   				Level 4+	5,110	5,260	4,870	6,420	8,380
   				No level assigned	low	low	low	low	low
   			Achievements	Total	53,490	36,930	26,390	20,460	23,960
   				Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	low	low	low	low	low
   				Essential skills - english and maths	14,560	10,640	5,740	5,040	4,930
   				Full level 2	22,010	15,930	11,730	7,880	9,780
   				Full level 3	7,540	4,800	4,230	3,380	4,640
   				Level 2	21,940	15,530	11,510	7,700	9,530
   				Level 3	7,470	4,580	4,020	3,280	4,500
   				Level 4+	60	40	30	30	40
   				No level assigned	low	low	low	low	low
   	Female	Total	Participation	Total	1,288,420	1,116,930	1,045,440	1,099,120	1,153,080
   				Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	179,720	142,160	136,360	149,230	151,640
   				Essential skills - english and maths	367,630	320,470	278,020	293,360	299,920
   				Full level 2	144,290	117,430	99,450	89,700	77,190
   				Full level 3	211,440	193,310	192,130	190,590	182,800
   				Level 2	447,750	395,480	402,940	373,360	360,090
   				Level 3	255,660	233,750	234,410	237,260	241,130
   				Level 4+	76,070	96,380	120,730	137,400	149,110
   				No level assigned	343,930	251,960	178,920	221,810	274,190
   			Achievements	Total	908,610	749,160	671,210	701,080	764,870
   Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)				164,180	122,960	119,680	133,510	136,950
   Essential skills - english and maths				233,860	197,410	156,030	169,150	184,520
   Full level 2				52,960	38,050	33,440	26,200	25,600
   Full level 3				71,420	60,660	58,870	54,350	55,760
   Level 2				294,850	246,990	265,070	233,690	230,600
   Level 3				96,630	81,140	81,790	80,180	88,690
   Level 4+				12,680	13,460	18,810	23,100	29,850
   No level assigned				294,790	229,000	165,010	204,870	249,150
   19+		Participation	Total	1,222,890	1,063,720	997,270	1,048,840	1,101,560
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	179,720	142,160	136,360	149,230	151,640
   			Essential skills - english and maths	345,680	303,010	264,080	280,010	287,400
   			Full level 2	102,090	84,000	71,770	62,930	51,760
   			Full level 3	186,800	173,180	171,930	168,450	158,530
   			Level 2	405,710	362,160	375,340	346,650	334,710
   			Level 3	231,370	213,840	214,410	215,290	216,990
   			Level 4+	74,370	94,640	118,940	135,040	146,220
   			No level assigned	343,930	251,960	178,920	221,810	274,190
   		Achievements	Total	885,580	732,910	660,180	691,910	753,760
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	164,180	122,960	119,680	133,510	136,950
   			Essential skills - english and maths	227,710	193,060	153,890	167,310	182,740
   			Full level 2	42,410	30,250	27,630	22,040	20,150
   			Full level 3	67,510	58,040	56,730	52,560	53,090
   			Level 2	284,330	239,420	259,360	229,640	225,290
   			Level 3	92,750	78,650	79,740	78,460	86,130
   			Level 4+	12,660	13,450	18,800	23,090	29,830
   			No level assigned	294,790	229,000	165,010	204,870	249,150
   Under 19		Participation	Total	65,530	53,210	48,160	50,280	51,530
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	low	low	low	low	low
   			Essential skills - english and maths	21,950	17,460	13,930	13,350	12,520
   			Full level 2	42,200	33,430	27,680	26,770	25,430
   			Full level 3	24,640	20,130	20,200	22,150	24,270
   			Level 2	42,050	33,320	27,600	26,710	25,380
   			Level 3	24,300	19,910	20,000	21,960	24,150
   			Level 4+	1,690	1,740	1,790	2,350	2,900
   			No level assigned	low	low	low	low	low
   		Achievements	Total	23,030	16,250	11,030	9,170	11,110
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	low	low	low	low	low
   			Essential skills - english and maths	6,150	4,350	2,140	1,840	1,790
   			Full level 2	10,550	7,800	5,810	4,150	5,460
   			Full level 3	3,910	2,620	2,140	1,790	2,670
   			Level 2	10,520	7,580	5,710	4,050	5,310
   			Level 3	3,880	2,480	2,050	1,720	2,570
   			Level 4+	20	10	10	10	20
   			No level assigned	low	low	low	low	low
   Male	Total	Participation	Total	940,750	764,420	713,500	746,910	796,550
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	214,790	129,580	124,520	129,580	134,480
   			Essential skills - english and maths	255,790	198,880	166,060	170,200	165,580
   			Full level 2	168,590	139,250	115,730	110,780	102,770
   			Full level 3	212,260	205,170	194,450	192,920	192,300
   			Level 2	342,410	259,050	243,570	238,280	236,170
   			Level 3	233,220	225,330	213,860	215,400	230,250
   			Level 4+	62,120	83,010	101,610	114,100	123,920
   			No level assigned	137,010	97,820	71,750	95,080	129,360
   		Achievements	Total	612,460	437,400	395,990	413,480	465,240
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	195,770	114,690	109,060	114,990	121,150
   			Essential skills - english and maths	144,530	107,560	83,960	89,830	93,490
   			Full level 2	58,320	42,590	35,650	27,810	31,180
   			Full level 3	57,600	49,310	48,440	45,620	46,090
   			Level 2	201,120	136,480	136,510	127,400	135,010
   			Level 3	67,570	56,740	58,080	59,710	70,050
   			Level 4+	7,160	9,580	13,960	16,940	21,690
   			No level assigned	117,330	87,320	63,970	85,740	111,210
   	19+	Participation	Total	845,320	682,040	643,040	670,750	716,920
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	214,790	129,580	124,520	129,580	134,480
   			Essential skills - english and maths	227,790	176,250	148,910	154,100	151,050
   			Full level 2	115,680	96,650	81,420	76,500	70,130
   			Full level 3	169,720	166,210	159,780	153,970	149,890
   			Level 2	289,920	216,870	209,820	204,470	203,910
   			Level 3	191,020	186,590	179,360	176,610	187,970
   			Level 4+	58,700	79,490	98,530	110,040	118,430
   			No level assigned	137,010	97,820	71,750	95,080	129,360
   		Achievements	Total	582,000	416,720	380,630	402,190	452,400
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	195,770	114,690	109,060	114,990	121,150
   			Essential skills - english and maths	136,120	101,270	80,360	86,630	90,340
   			Full level 2	46,860	34,450	29,740	24,090	26,850
   			Full level 3	53,970	47,140	46,350	44,030	44,120
   			Level 2	189,690	128,530	130,710	123,750	130,800
   			Level 3	63,980	54,640	56,110	58,150	68,120
   			Level 4+	7,120	9,560	13,940	16,930	21,670
   			No level assigned	117,330	87,320	63,970	85,740	111,210
   	Under 19	Participation	Total	95,440	82,390	70,450	76,160	79,620
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	low	low	low	low	low
   			Essential skills - english and maths	27,990	22,630	17,150	16,090	14,540
   			Full level 2	52,910	42,600	34,320	34,280	32,630
   			Full level 3	42,540	38,970	34,680	38,960	42,410
   			Level 2	52,480	42,180	33,750	33,810	32,260
   			Level 3	42,190	38,740	34,500	38,790	42,290
   			Level 4+	3,420	3,520	3,070	4,070	5,480
   			No level assigned	low	low	low	low	low
   		Achievements	Total	30,460	20,680	15,360	11,290	12,850
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	low	low	low	low	low
   			Essential skills - english and maths	8,410	6,290	3,600	3,200	3,140
   			Full level 2	11,460	8,130	5,910	3,720	4,330
   			Full level 3	3,630	2,180	2,090	1,590	1,970
   			Level 2	11,430	7,950	5,800	3,650	4,220
   			Level 3	3,590	2,100	1,970	1,560	1,930
   			Level 4+	40	30	20	20	20
   			No level assigned	low	low	low	low	low
   Ethnic minorities (excluding white minorities)	Total	Total	Participation	Total	486,830	414,790	394,800	451,170	498,910
   				Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	121,130	93,560	94,540	110,910	115,200
   				Essential skills - english and maths	212,910	191,070	167,260	187,370	193,330
   				Full level 2	38,930	34,410	29,830	28,720	26,270
   				Full level 3	59,050	57,270	56,900	58,140	57,340
   				Level 2	147,000	122,670	128,970	132,430	134,560
   				Level 3	73,230	69,570	70,140	77,110	88,750
   				Level 4+	20,090	26,640	34,710	41,100	46,850
   				No level assigned	99,390	72,790	59,510	82,630	118,100
   			Achievements	Total	370,720	299,920	275,500	319,190	360,460
   				Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	109,830	80,760	82,120	98,020	103,480
   				Essential skills - english and maths	158,840	138,930	116,510	135,240	143,380
   				Full level 2	14,470	11,240	10,460	8,890	9,120
   				Full level 3	21,800	19,890	19,410	18,320	18,480
   				Level 2	101,460	79,620	85,490	86,960	91,560
   				Level 3	30,530	27,150	27,420	30,030	37,040
   				Level 4+	2,850	3,010	4,480	5,870	7,640
   				No level assigned	84,930	65,080	53,330	75,110	102,350
   		19+	Participation	Total	474,420	404,580	385,780	440,390	486,390
   				Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	121,130	93,560	94,540	110,910	115,200
   				Essential skills - english and maths	208,970	187,890	164,840	185,030	191,120
   				Full level 2	32,740	29,640	26,230	24,830	22,190
   				Full level 3	53,110	52,250	52,070	52,250	50,470
   				Level 2	140,870	117,930	125,410	128,570	130,500
   				Level 3	67,330	64,570	65,320	71,240	81,910
   				Level 4+	19,420	25,930	33,960	39,990	45,110
   				No level assigned	99,390	72,790	59,510	82,630	118,100
   			Achievements	Total	367,140	297,510	273,740	317,800	358,560
   				Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	109,830	80,760	82,120	98,020	103,480
   				Essential skills - english and maths	157,800	138,190	116,160	134,890	143,030
   				Full level 2	13,180	10,310	9,810	8,530	8,550
   				Full level 3	20,960	19,400	18,890	17,870	17,780
   				Level 2	100,170	78,720	84,840	86,610	91,000
   				Level 3	29,690	26,670	26,930	29,600	36,350
   				Level 4+	2,840	3,000	4,470	5,870	7,630
   				No level assigned	84,930	65,080	53,330	75,110	102,350
   		Under 19	Participation	Total	12,410	10,220	9,020	10,780	12,530
   				Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	low	low	low	low	low
   				Essential skills - english and maths	3,940	3,190	2,420	2,340	2,210
   				Full level 2	6,190	4,770	3,600	3,890	4,090
   				Full level 3	5,940	5,020	4,840	5,890	6,870
   				Level 2	6,130	4,740	3,570	3,860	4,060
   				Level 3	5,900	5,000	4,820	5,870	6,850
   				Level 4+	670	710	750	1,120	1,740
   				No level assigned	low	low	low	low	low
   			Achievements	Total	3,580	2,410	1,760	1,390	1,900
   				Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	low	low	low	low	low
   				Essential skills - english and maths	1,040	740	350	350	350
   				Full level 2	1,300	930	660	360	580
   				Full level 3	840	500	520	440	700
   				Level 2	1,290	910	650	350	560
   				Level 3	840	480	490	430	690
   				Level 4+	10	10	10	low	10
   				No level assigned	low	low	low	low	low
   	Female	Total	Participation	Total	298,450	261,340	241,730	276,790	303,760
   				Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	65,360	56,200	54,900	64,960	67,300
   				Essential skills - english and maths	135,330	125,660	108,270	121,480	125,840
   				Full level 2	18,390	15,420	13,600	13,230	11,770
   				Full level 3	31,450	29,860	30,080	31,060	30,270
   				Level 2	83,320	73,790	78,910	79,240	80,080
   				Level 3	40,780	38,050	38,840	42,990	48,130
   				Level 4+	10,890	14,150	18,570	21,950	24,830
   				No level assigned	76,280	55,740	42,690	57,440	80,020
   			Achievements	Total	233,010	197,640	174,760	202,410	226,880
   Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)				59,650	48,260	48,070	58,050	60,920
   Essential skills - english and maths				104,530	94,000	77,100	89,360	94,970
   Full level 2				7,060	5,230	4,730	4,000	4,010
   Full level 3				12,320	11,160	10,520	10,020	10,300
   Level 2				59,290	50,180	53,790	53,040	55,140
   Level 3				18,350	16,350	15,920	17,200	20,830
   Level 4+				1,850	1,760	2,590	3,470	4,420
   No level assigned				64,840	50,300	38,900	52,750	71,080
   19+		Participation	Total	292,970	256,920	237,550	271,780	298,050
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	65,360	56,200	54,900	64,960	67,300
   			Essential skills - english and maths	133,320	124,060	106,960	120,170	124,610
   			Full level 2	15,340	13,130	11,710	11,210	9,640
   			Full level 3	29,070	27,880	28,000	28,500	27,230
   			Level 2	80,290	71,510	77,020	77,220	77,960
   			Level 3	38,420	36,080	36,770	40,440	45,100
   			Level 4+	10,670	13,870	18,270	21,480	24,190
   			No level assigned	76,280	55,740	42,690	57,440	80,020
   		Achievements	Total	231,380	196,530	173,990	201,790	225,970
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	59,650	48,260	48,070	58,050	60,920
   			Essential skills - english and maths	104,060	93,670	76,960	89,210	94,820
   			Full level 2	6,360	4,710	4,360	3,810	3,640
   			Full level 3	11,990	10,960	10,350	9,890	10,010
   			Level 2	58,590	49,670	53,430	52,860	54,780
   			Level 3	18,030	16,180	15,760	17,070	20,560
   			Level 4+	1,850	1,760	2,590	3,460	4,420
   			No level assigned	64,840	50,300	38,900	52,750	71,080
   Under 19		Participation	Total	5,480	4,430	4,180	5,000	5,720
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	low	low	low	low	low
   			Essential skills - english and maths	2,020	1,600	1,310	1,310	1,240
   			Full level 2	3,050	2,300	1,890	2,020	2,130
   			Full level 3	2,380	1,980	2,080	2,570	3,040
   			Level 2	3,030	2,290	1,890	2,020	2,120
   			Level 3	2,360	1,970	2,070	2,550	3,030
   			Level 4+	230	270	300	470	650
   			No level assigned	low	low	low	low	low
   		Achievements	Total	1,630	1,110	770	620	910
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	low	low	low	low	low
   			Essential skills - english and maths	470	330	140	150	150
   			Full level 2	710	520	370	190	370
   			Full level 3	330	190	170	140	290
   			Level 2	700	510	360	190	360
   			Level 3	330	180	160	130	270
   			Level 4+	low	low	low	low	low
   			No level assigned	low	low	low	low	low
   Male	Total	Participation	Total	188,380	153,450	153,070	174,380	195,150
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	55,760	37,350	39,650	45,950	47,900
   			Essential skills - english and maths	77,570	65,410	58,980	65,890	67,480
   			Full level 2	20,530	18,990	16,230	15,490	14,510
   			Full level 3	27,600	27,410	26,830	27,080	27,080
   			Level 2	63,690	48,880	50,070	53,200	54,480
   			Level 3	32,450	31,520	31,300	34,120	40,620
   			Level 4+	9,200	12,500	16,140	19,150	22,010
   			No level assigned	23,110	17,050	16,820	25,190	38,090
   		Achievements	Total	137,710	102,280	100,740	116,770	133,580
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	50,190	32,500	34,050	39,970	42,560
   			Essential skills - english and maths	54,310	44,930	39,410	45,880	48,400
   			Full level 2	7,410	6,010	5,740	4,890	5,110
   			Full level 3	9,480	8,740	8,890	8,290	8,180
   			Level 2	42,170	29,440	31,690	33,920	36,420
   			Level 3	12,170	10,790	11,500	12,840	16,210
   			Level 4+	990	1,250	1,880	2,410	3,220
   			No level assigned	20,090	14,780	14,430	22,360	31,270
   	19+	Participation	Total	181,450	147,660	148,230	168,610	188,340
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	55,760	37,350	39,650	45,950	47,900
   			Essential skills - english and maths	75,650	63,820	57,880	64,860	66,510
   			Full level 2	17,400	16,520	14,520	13,620	12,540
   			Full level 3	24,040	24,380	24,070	23,750	23,250
   			Level 2	60,580	46,430	48,390	51,350	52,540
   			Level 3	28,910	28,490	28,550	30,800	36,810
   			Level 4+	8,750	12,060	15,690	18,500	20,930
   			No level assigned	23,110	17,050	16,820	25,190	38,090
   		Achievements	Total	135,750	100,980	99,750	116,010	132,600
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	50,190	32,500	34,050	39,970	42,560
   			Essential skills - english and maths	53,740	44,520	39,200	45,680	48,210
   			Full level 2	6,820	5,600	5,450	4,720	4,910
   			Full level 3	8,970	8,430	8,540	7,990	7,760
   			Level 2	41,590	29,050	31,410	33,750	36,220
   			Level 3	11,660	10,490	11,170	12,540	15,800
   			Level 4+	990	1,250	1,880	2,410	3,210
   			No level assigned	20,090	14,780	14,430	22,360	31,270
   	Under 19	Participation	Total	6,930	5,790	4,840	5,780	6,810
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	low	low	low	low	low
   			Essential skills - english and maths	1,920	1,590	1,100	1,030	970
   			Full level 2	3,140	2,470	1,710	1,870	1,960
   			Full level 3	3,560	3,040	2,760	3,330	3,830
   			Level 2	3,100	2,450	1,680	1,850	1,940
   			Level 3	3,540	3,030	2,750	3,320	3,820
   			Level 4+	450	430	450	650	1,090
   			No level assigned	low	low	low	low	low
   		Achievements	Total	1,950	1,300	990	770	990
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	low	low	low	low	low
   			Essential skills - english and maths	570	410	210	200	200
   			Full level 2	590	410	290	170	200
   			Full level 3	520	310	350	300	420
   			Level 2	590	400	280	160	200
   			Level 3	510	300	330	300	420
   			Level 4+	10	10	low	low	low
   			No level assigned	low	low	low	low	low
   Unknown	Total	Total	Participation	Total	48,670	47,190	46,560	42,360	46,080
   				Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	7,720	5,360	5,640	6,440	6,120
   				Essential skills - english and maths	10,680	10,570	10,970	11,630	10,670
   				Full level 2	3,470	3,150	2,990	3,120	2,580
   				Full level 3	5,400	5,350	5,710	5,060	5,310
   				Level 2	9,450	8,440	8,880	8,750	8,540
   				Level 3	14,070	15,470	12,990	8,470	11,010
   				Level 4+	3,150	4,610	6,040	5,760	5,110
   				No level assigned	13,990	13,160	13,110	12,190	17,830
   			Achievements	Total	28,800	24,910	26,200	26,990	31,430
   				Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	6,930	4,470	4,790	5,710	5,300
   				Essential skills - english and maths	6,080	5,950	6,360	7,020	6,910
   				Full level 2	1,020	780	790	660	700
   				Full level 3	1,400	1,120	1,210	1,210	1,060
   				Level 2	5,600	4,490	5,040	4,780	5,020
   				Level 3	2,640	2,120	2,220	2,610	4,690
   				Level 4+	240	380	580	900	1,110
   				No level assigned	11,840	11,960	12,180	11,110	15,400
   		19+	Participation	Total	47,370	45,930	45,140	41,000	44,190
   				Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	7,720	5,360	5,640	6,440	6,120
   				Essential skills - english and maths	10,290	10,210	10,670	11,350	10,420
   				Full level 2	2,730	2,490	2,480	2,650	2,090
   				Full level 3	4,890	4,830	4,870	4,280	3,990
   				Level 2	8,710	7,790	8,370	8,280	8,050
   				Level 3	13,570	14,940	12,150	7,690	9,690
   				Level 4+	3,050	4,500	5,960	5,660	5,020
   				No level assigned	13,990	13,160	13,110	12,190	17,830
   			Achievements	Total	28,420	24,650	25,970	26,830	31,220
   				Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	6,930	4,470	4,790	5,710	5,300
   				Essential skills - english and maths	5,970	5,880	6,320	6,960	6,860
   				Full level 2	850	670	710	610	630
   				Full level 3	1,340	1,090	1,170	1,190	1,030
   				Level 2	5,430	4,390	4,970	4,730	4,950
   				Level 3	2,590	2,090	2,180	2,590	4,660
   				Level 4+	240	380	580	900	1,110
   				No level assigned	11,840	11,960	12,180	11,110	15,400
   		Under 19	Participation	Total	1,300	1,250	1,420	1,350	1,890
   				Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	low	low	low	low	low
   				Essential skills - english and maths	400	360	300	280	250
   				Full level 2	740	660	510	470	490
   				Full level 3	510	520	840	780	1,320
   				Level 2	740	650	510	470	490
   				Level 3	510	520	840	780	1,320
   				Level 4+	100	110	80	100	90
   				No level assigned	low	low	low	low	low
   			Achievements	Total	380	260	230	170	210
   				Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	low	low	low	low	low
   				Essential skills - english and maths	110	70	50	50	50
   				Full level 2	170	110	80	50	70
   				Full level 3	60	30	40	30	30
   				Level 2	170	100	80	50	70
   				Level 3	60	30	30	30	30
   				Level 4+	low	low	low	low	low
   				No level assigned	low	low	low	low	low
   	Female	Total	Participation	Total	27,530	27,910	27,660	25,590	26,070
   				Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	3,580	3,210	3,140	3,650	3,310
   				Essential skills - english and maths	6,140	6,780	6,930	6,930	6,330
   				Full level 2	1,850	1,760	1,390	1,120	960
   				Full level 3	2,920	3,160	2,990	2,510	2,050
   				Level 2	5,420	5,540	5,520	4,890	4,720
   				Level 3	6,750	7,240	6,280	4,600	4,570
   				Level 4+	1,620	2,370	3,090	2,940	2,500
   				No level assigned	9,660	9,520	9,650	9,000	11,370
   			Achievements	Total	17,420	16,760	17,570	17,690	19,210
   Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)				3,220	2,720	2,700	3,280	2,900
   Essential skills - english and maths				3,610	3,920	4,270	4,530	4,270
   Full level 2				540	440	430	310	270
   Full level 3				800	680	730	720	560
   Level 2				3,260	3,040	3,400	3,040	2,950
   Level 3				1,510	1,270	1,360	1,650	2,060
   Level 4+				150	210	350	490	590
   No level assigned				8,190	8,700	9,010	8,230	10,140
   19+		Participation	Total	26,920	27,220	27,170	25,210	25,670
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	3,580	3,210	3,140	3,650	3,310
   			Essential skills - english and maths	5,930	6,550	6,800	6,820	6,230
   			Full level 2	1,440	1,350	1,160	930	750
   			Full level 3	2,720	2,900	2,750	2,340	1,880
   			Level 2	5,020	5,120	5,290	4,710	4,510
   			Level 3	6,540	6,980	6,050	4,430	4,410
   			Level 4+	1,590	2,330	3,060	2,910	2,460
   			No level assigned	9,660	9,520	9,650	9,000	11,370
   		Achievements	Total	17,200	16,580	17,460	17,640	19,130
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	3,220	2,720	2,700	3,280	2,900
   			Essential skills - english and maths	3,540	3,880	4,250	4,520	4,260
   			Full level 2	440	350	390	280	240
   			Full level 3	760	660	710	700	550
   			Level 2	3,150	2,960	3,360	3,020	2,920
   			Level 3	1,470	1,250	1,340	1,630	2,040
   			Level 4+	150	210	350	490	590
   			No level assigned	8,190	8,700	9,010	8,230	10,140
   Under 19		Participation	Total	610	690	490	390	410
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	low	low	low	low	low
   			Essential skills - english and maths	210	230	140	110	100
   			Full level 2	410	410	230	180	210
   			Full level 3	210	260	240	170	170
   			Level 2	410	410	230	180	210
   			Level 3	210	260	230	170	170
   			Level 4+	30	40	30	30	30
   			No level assigned	low	low	low	low	low
   		Achievements	Total	220	180	110	60	80
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	low	low	low	low	low
   			Essential skills - english and maths	60	50	20	10	10
   			Full level 2	100	80	50	20	40
   			Full level 3	40	20	20	20	20
   			Level 2	100	80	40	20	40
   			Level 3	40	20	20	20	20
   			Level 4+	low	low	low	low	low
   			No level assigned	low	low	low	low	low
   Male	Total	Participation	Total	21,150	19,280	18,900	16,760	20,010
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	4,140	2,160	2,500	2,790	2,800
   			Essential skills - english and maths	4,540	3,790	4,040	4,700	4,340
   			Full level 2	1,630	1,390	1,600	2,010	1,620
   			Full level 3	2,480	2,200	2,720	2,540	3,260
   			Level 2	4,030	2,900	3,360	3,860	3,820
   			Level 3	7,330	8,220	6,720	3,870	6,430
   			Level 4+	1,530	2,240	2,960	2,820	2,610
   			No level assigned	4,330	3,650	3,470	3,190	6,460
   		Achievements	Total	11,380	8,150	8,630	9,300	12,220
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	3,710	1,750	2,090	2,440	2,400
   			Essential skills - english and maths	2,470	2,030	2,090	2,490	2,640
   			Full level 2	470	340	360	350	430
   			Full level 3	600	450	470	490	500
   			Level 2	2,340	1,450	1,650	1,740	2,070
   			Level 3	1,130	850	860	970	2,630
   			Level 4+	100	170	240	410	520
   			No level assigned	3,640	3,260	3,170	2,880	5,260
   	19+	Participation	Total	20,460	18,710	17,970	15,800	18,520
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	4,140	2,160	2,500	2,790	2,800
   			Essential skills - english and maths	4,360	3,660	3,870	4,530	4,180
   			Full level 2	1,290	1,140	1,320	1,720	1,340
   			Full level 3	2,180	1,940	2,120	1,930	2,110
   			Level 2	3,690	2,660	3,080	3,570	3,540
   			Level 3	7,030	7,960	6,110	3,260	5,280
   			Level 4+	1,460	2,170	2,900	2,750	2,560
   			No level assigned	4,330	3,650	3,470	3,190	6,460
   		Achievements	Total	11,220	8,070	8,510	9,190	12,090
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	3,710	1,750	2,090	2,440	2,400
   			Essential skills - english and maths	2,430	2,000	2,070	2,450	2,600
   			Full level 2	410	320	320	320	390
   			Full level 3	580	440	460	480	480
   			Level 2	2,280	1,430	1,610	1,720	2,030
   			Level 3	1,110	840	840	960	2,620
   			Level 4+	100	170	240	410	520
   			No level assigned	3,640	3,260	3,170	2,880	5,260
   	Under 19	Participation	Total	690	570	930	970	1,480
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	low	low	low	low	low
   			Essential skills - english and maths	190	120	170	170	150
   			Full level 2	330	240	280	290	280
   			Full level 3	300	260	610	610	1,160
   			Level 2	330	240	280	290	280
   			Level 3	300	260	610	610	1,150
   			Level 4+	70	70	50	70	60
   			No level assigned	low	low	low	low	low
   		Achievements	Total	160	80	120	110	130
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	low	low	low	low	low
   			Essential skills - english and maths	50	20	30	40	40
   			Full level 2	60	20	40	20	40
   			Full level 3	20	10	20	10	10
   			Level 2	60	20	40	20	40
   			Level 3	20	10	10	10	10
   			Level 4+	low	low	low	low	low
   			No level assigned	low	low	low	low	low
   White	Total	Total	Participation	Total	1,693,670	1,419,380	1,317,570	1,352,510	1,404,640
   				Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	265,670	172,820	160,690	161,470	164,800
   				Essential skills - english and maths	399,830	317,700	265,840	264,560	261,510
   				Full level 2	270,480	219,120	182,370	168,640	151,100
   				Full level 3	359,250	335,860	323,970	320,320	312,450
   				Level 2	633,710	523,420	508,650	470,460	453,160
   				Level 3	401,580	374,040	365,130	367,080	371,620
   				Level 4+	114,950	148,130	181,590	204,640	221,070
   				No level assigned	367,550	263,830	178,060	222,080	267,620
   			Achievements	Total	1,121,550	861,740	765,500	768,390	838,230
   				Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	243,190	152,430	141,820	144,760	149,310
   				Essential skills - english and maths	213,470	160,090	117,120	116,720	127,720
   				Full level 2	95,780	68,620	57,840	44,460	46,960
   				Full level 3	105,820	88,960	86,690	80,440	82,310
   				Level 2	388,910	299,360	311,050	269,350	269,030
   				Level 3	131,030	108,620	110,230	107,240	117,020
   				Level 4+	16,750	19,650	27,710	33,280	42,800
   				No level assigned	315,350	239,280	163,470	204,390	242,620
   		19+	Participation	Total	1,546,410	1,295,250	1,209,390	1,238,190	1,287,910
   				Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	265,670	172,820	160,690	161,470	164,800
   				Essential skills - english and maths	354,220	281,150	237,470	237,740	236,910
   				Full level 2	182,310	148,510	124,490	111,960	97,610
   				Full level 3	298,520	282,300	274,770	265,890	253,960
   				Level 2	546,050	453,320	451,390	414,270	400,070
   				Level 3	341,500	320,910	316,290	312,980	313,350
   				Level 4+	110,610	143,690	177,550	199,440	214,520
   				No level assigned	367,550	263,830	178,060	222,080	267,620
   			Achievements	Total	1,072,020	827,470	741,100	749,480	816,370
   				Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	243,190	152,430	141,820	144,760	149,310
   				Essential skills - english and maths	200,060	150,260	111,780	112,080	123,190
   				Full level 2	75,240	53,720	46,850	36,990	37,830
   				Full level 3	99,180	84,690	83,020	77,530	78,400
   				Level 2	368,420	284,840	300,260	262,050	260,130
   				Level 3	124,460	104,540	106,740	104,420	113,230
   				Level 4+	16,700	19,620	27,690	33,250	42,770
   				No level assigned	315,350	239,280	163,470	204,390	242,620
   		Under 19	Participation	Total	147,260	124,120	108,180	114,310	116,730
   				Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	low	low	low	low	low
   				Essential skills - english and maths	45,610	36,550	28,370	26,820	24,600
   				Full level 2	88,180	70,610	57,890	56,680	53,480
   				Full level 3	60,730	53,550	49,200	54,430	58,490
   				Level 2	87,660	70,110	57,270	56,190	53,090
   				Level 3	60,080	53,130	48,840	54,100	58,270
   				Level 4+	4,340	4,440	4,030	5,200	6,550
   				No level assigned	low	low	low	low	low
   			Achievements	Total	49,530	34,260	24,410	18,900	21,860
   				Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	low	low	low	low	low
   				Essential skills - english and maths	13,410	9,830	5,340	4,640	4,530
   				Full level 2	20,550	14,890	10,980	7,470	9,140
   				Full level 3	6,640	4,270	3,670	2,910	3,910
   				Level 2	20,490	14,520	10,790	7,300	8,900
   				Level 3	6,570	4,080	3,490	2,830	3,780
   				Level 4+	50	30	30	20	30
   				No level assigned	low	low	low	low	low
   	Female	Total	Participation	Total	962,440	827,680	776,050	796,740	823,250
   				Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	110,780	82,750	78,320	80,620	81,020
   				Essential skills - english and maths	226,160	188,020	162,810	164,960	167,740
   				Full level 2	124,050	100,250	84,470	75,350	64,460
   				Full level 3	177,070	160,290	159,070	157,020	150,490
   				Level 2	359,020	316,150	318,510	289,230	275,290
   				Level 3	208,140	188,450	189,290	189,670	188,430
   				Level 4+	63,560	79,860	99,070	112,500	121,780
   				No level assigned	257,990	186,700	126,590	155,380	182,810
   			Achievements	Total	658,180	534,760	478,890	480,980	518,790
   Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)				101,320	71,990	68,910	72,180	73,130
   Essential skills - english and maths				125,730	99,480	74,660	75,260	85,270
   Full level 2				45,350	32,380	28,280	21,890	21,330
   Full level 3				58,300	48,830	47,620	43,600	44,900
   Level 2				232,310	193,770	207,880	177,610	172,510
   Level 3				76,760	63,520	64,510	61,340	65,810
   Level 4+				10,680	11,490	15,870	19,150	24,840
   No level assigned				221,750	170,000	117,100	143,890	167,940
   19+		Participation	Total	903,000	779,590	732,550	751,850	777,840
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	110,780	82,750	78,320	80,620	81,020
   			Essential skills - english and maths	206,440	172,390	150,320	153,030	156,560
   			Full level 2	85,310	69,520	58,910	50,790	41,360
   			Full level 3	155,020	142,410	141,180	137,610	129,420
   			Level 2	320,400	285,530	293,030	264,710	252,240
   			Level 3	186,410	170,780	171,590	170,430	167,470
   			Level 4+	62,120	78,440	97,610	110,650	119,570
   			No level assigned	257,990	186,700	126,590	155,380	182,810
   		Achievements	Total	636,990	519,800	468,730	472,480	508,660
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	101,320	71,990	68,910	72,180	73,130
   			Essential skills - english and maths	120,110	95,520	72,680	73,580	83,660
   			Full level 2	35,610	25,190	22,890	17,950	16,280
   			Full level 3	54,760	46,420	45,670	41,970	42,530
   			Level 2	222,590	186,780	202,570	173,770	167,590
   			Level 3	73,260	61,230	62,640	59,770	63,530
   			Level 4+	10,660	11,480	15,860	19,140	24,830
   			No level assigned	221,750	170,000	117,100	143,890	167,940
   Under 19		Participation	Total	59,450	48,100	43,500	44,890	45,400
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	low	low	low	low	low
   			Essential skills - english and maths	19,720	15,630	12,490	11,930	11,190
   			Full level 2	38,740	30,720	25,560	24,560	23,090
   			Full level 3	22,060	17,890	17,890	19,410	21,060
   			Level 2	38,620	30,620	25,480	24,520	23,050
   			Level 3	21,730	17,680	17,700	19,240	20,950
   			Level 4+	1,440	1,420	1,460	1,850	2,210
   			No level assigned	low	low	low	low	low
   		Achievements	Total	21,180	14,960	10,160	8,490	10,130
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	low	low	low	low	low
   			Essential skills - english and maths	5,620	3,970	1,980	1,680	1,620
   			Full level 2	9,740	7,190	5,390	3,940	5,050
   			Full level 3	3,550	2,410	1,950	1,630	2,370
   			Level 2	9,710	6,990	5,310	3,840	4,920
   			Level 3	3,510	2,290	1,870	1,580	2,280
   			Level 4+	20	10	10	10	20
   			No level assigned	low	low	low	low	low
   Male	Total	Participation	Total	731,220	591,690	541,520	555,770	581,390
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	154,890	90,060	82,380	80,850	83,780
   			Essential skills - english and maths	173,670	129,680	103,030	99,600	93,760
   			Full level 2	146,430	118,870	97,910	93,290	86,640
   			Full level 3	182,180	175,560	164,900	163,300	161,960
   			Level 2	274,690	207,270	190,140	181,230	177,870
   			Level 3	193,440	185,590	175,840	177,410	183,200
   			Level 4+	51,390	68,270	82,510	92,140	99,290
   			No level assigned	109,560	77,130	51,470	66,700	84,810
   		Achievements	Total	463,370	326,980	286,620	287,410	319,440
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	141,870	80,440	72,920	72,580	76,180
   			Essential skills - english and maths	87,740	60,610	42,460	41,460	42,440
   			Full level 2	50,430	36,240	29,550	22,570	25,640
   			Full level 3	47,520	40,130	39,080	36,840	37,410
   			Level 2	156,610	105,590	103,170	91,750	96,520
   			Level 3	54,270	45,100	45,720	45,900	51,210
   			Level 4+	6,070	8,160	11,840	14,130	17,950
   			No level assigned	93,600	69,280	46,380	60,500	74,680
   	19+	Participation	Total	643,410	515,670	476,840	486,350	510,060
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	154,890	90,060	82,380	80,850	83,780
   			Essential skills - english and maths	147,790	108,760	87,150	84,710	80,350
   			Full level 2	97,000	78,990	65,580	61,170	56,250
   			Full level 3	143,500	139,900	133,590	128,280	124,540
   			Level 2	225,650	167,780	158,360	149,560	147,830
   			Level 3	155,090	150,140	144,700	142,560	145,880
   			Level 4+	48,490	65,260	79,940	88,790	94,950
   			No level assigned	109,560	77,130	51,470	66,700	84,810
   		Achievements	Total	435,020	307,670	272,370	277,000	307,710
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	141,870	80,440	72,920	72,580	76,180
   			Essential skills - english and maths	79,950	54,750	39,100	38,500	39,530
   			Full level 2	39,630	28,540	23,960	19,040	21,550
   			Full level 3	44,420	38,270	37,350	35,560	35,870
   			Level 2	145,830	98,060	97,690	88,280	92,540
   			Level 3	51,210	43,320	44,100	44,650	49,700
   			Level 4+	6,040	8,140	11,830	14,110	17,940
   			No level assigned	93,600	69,280	46,380	60,500	74,680
   	Under 19	Participation	Total	87,810	76,030	64,680	69,420	71,330
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	low	low	low	low	low
   			Essential skills - english and maths	25,880	20,920	15,880	14,890	13,410
   			Full level 2	49,430	39,890	32,330	32,120	30,390
   			Full level 3	38,680	35,670	31,310	35,020	37,430
   			Level 2	49,050	39,490	31,790	31,680	30,040
   			Level 3	38,350	35,450	31,140	34,860	37,320
   			Level 4+	2,910	3,020	2,570	3,350	4,340
   			No level assigned	low	low	low	low	low
   		Achievements	Total	28,350	19,300	14,250	10,410	11,730
   			Below level 2 (excluding essential skills)	low	low	low	low	low
   			Essential skills - english and maths	7,790	5,870	3,360	2,960	2,910
   			Full level 2	10,810	7,700	5,590	3,530	4,090
   			Full level 3	3,100	1,860	1,730	1,280	1,540
   			Level 2	10,780	7,530	5,480	3,470	3,980
   			Level 3	3,060	1,790	1,620	1,250	1,500
   			Level 4+	30	20	20	20	10
   			No level assigned	low	low	low	low	low

   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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