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'Participation Institution and Qualification data' from 'Participation in education, training and employment age 16 to 18'

• Created: 21 March 2023

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Number for 'Participation Institution and Qualification data' for 16-18, A/AS also doing Applied General, A/AS levels, Full-time, GCSE and 16 other filters in England between 2019 and 2021

		2019	2020	2021
Total		1,336,631	1,393,237	1,407,686
Higher education	Total higher education	216,582	229,209	227,185
Further education	Total further education	1,120,049	1,164,028	1,180,501
Level 3	Total level 3	864,630	921,046	945,929
	A/AS levels	567,348	600,455	624,518
	A/AS also doing Applied General	93,285	121,208	140,419
	Other level 3: All	297,282	320,591	321,411
	Other level 3: T levels	z	1,235	6,062
	Other level 3: Tech level	36,763	49,504	53,168
	Other level 3: Applied General	72,621	114,057	128,014
	Other level 3: Unclassified	187,897	155,796	134,167
Level 2	Total level 2	187,264	178,361	170,194
	GCSE	140,363	124,182	119,112
	GCSE also doing other level 2	91,323	78,555	71,542
	Other level 2: All	46,901	54,178	51,082
	Other level 2: Technical Certificate	4,785	6,392	7,021
	Other level 2: Not Technical Certificate	42,116	47,787	44,061
Level 1	Total level 1	32,835	29,045	27,094
Other qualifications	Total other qualifications	35,319	35,577	37,285

Source: Participation in education, training and employment age 16 to 18, Participation Institution and Qualification data

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