Academic year 2021/22

16-18 destination measures

Students sustaining an education, apprenticeship or employment destination after 16-18 study in England. Includes disadvantage, ethnicity and other breakdowns.

Release type
Published
Last updated
1 updatefor Academic year 2021/22

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If you have a specific enquiry about 16-18 destination measures statistics and data:

Destination measures

Email: Destination.MEASURES@education.gov.uk
Contact name: Daniel Brown

Press office

If you have a media enquiry:

Telephone: 020 7783 8300

Public enquiries

If you have a general enquiry about the Department for Education (DfE) or education:

Phone: 0370 000 2288

Opening times

Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 5.30pm (closed on bank holidays)


Official statistics

These are Official Statistics and have been produced in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (opens in new tab).

This can be broadly interpreted to mean that these statistics are:

  • managed impartially and objectively in the public interest
  • meet identified user needs
  • produced according to sound methods
  • well explained and readily accessible

Find out more about the standards we follow to produce these statistics through our Standards for official statistics published by DfE guidance (opens in new tab).

Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR).

OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics (opens in new tab) that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.

You are welcome to contact us directly with any comments about how we meet these standards. Alternatively, you can contact OSR by emailing regulation@statistics.gov.uk or via the OSR website (opens in new tab).


Pre-release access list

Besides Department for Education (DfE) professional and production staff, the following post holders were given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release.

  • Secretary of State for Education, DfE
  • Minister for Schools
  • Minister for the School System and Finance
  • Permanent Secretary
  • 2 x Special Advisers
  • 3 x Senior Media Officer, Press Office
  • 3 x Media Officer, Press Office
  • 2 x social media Officer, Press Office
  • Director General, Strategy Group
  • Director, Strategic Analysis, Research, Data, Intelligence and Science 
  • Deputy Director, Data Insight and Statistics Division
  • Deputy Director, Intervention, faith and Accountability Division
  • G6, Head of School and College Accountability
  • 2 x G7, School and College Accountability
  • SEO, School and College Accountability