Department for Education
Academic year 2025/26

16 to 19 performance

Performance data by age 16 to 19 in England. Includes qualification type, characteristic, geographic, provider, and subject breakdowns.

Accredited official statistics
Department for Education
Published
UK statistics authority quality mark

Get help by contacting us

If you have a specific enquiry about 16 to 19 performance statistics and data:

Attainment statistics team

Email: Attainment.STATISTICS@education.gov.uk
Contact name: John Shale

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)

Accredited official statistics

These accredited official statistics have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (opens in new tab) (OSR). They comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics (opens in new tab). Accredited official statistics are called National Statistics in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (opens in new tab).

Accreditation signifies their compliance with the authority's Code of Practice for Statistics (opens in new tab) which broadly means 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

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
Minister for Skills
Minister for School Standards
Special Advisers - Private Office
Permanent Secretary - Private Office
Director General - Skills Group
Director General - Schools Group
Director General - Digital and Infrastructure Group
Interim Director General - Digital and Infrastructure Group
Director General - Strategy and Operations Group
Director General - Regions Group
Deputy Director - News and Social Media
G7 - News and Social Media
SEO - News and Social Media
HEO - News and Social Media
Director - School Analysis Systems and Strategy
Deputy Director - School System Accountability
G6 - Schools System Accountability
G7 - Schools System Accountability
Director - Curriculum & Qualifications Directorate
Deputy Director - Qualifications and curriculum strategy
G6 - Exams and Ofqual Sponsorship
G7 - Strategy and Qualifications
G7 - Disadvantage analysis
G7 - Strategic attainment and recovery analysis 
Director - Regions Group: London and Standards and Intervention
Director - Regions Group: West Midlands and Analysis
SEO - Regions Group: National
HEO - Regions Group: National
Director - Technical Education and Essential Skills
Director - Skills Strategy & Engagement
Deputy Director - Skills Policy Analysis
Deputy Director - Post-16 Pathways Programme
G6 - V Levels & Cross-Cutting Engagement
G6 - Post-16 Pathways Programme
Deputy Director - Level 2, 16-19 English & Maths 
G6 - Head of L2 Qualification Reform System Design 
G6 - Head of Post 16 Basic Skills, English and Maths and Digital Skills
G7 - 16-19 English and Maths, Strategy, Policy and Accountability 
SEO - 16-19 English and Maths Policy Adviser 
EO - PA to Directors of Technical and Vocational Qualifications and Deputy Director of Level 2, 16-19 English & Maths
Deputy Director - T Level Delivery
G6 - Head of T Level Programme Delivery
G6 - Head of T Level Policy Development
SEO - T Level Policy Development
G7 - Skills Policy Analysis


Provide us with feedback

We are always developing the service and welcome feedback to help steer our work. If you have any feedback that you'd like to share, you can use our feedback form (opens in new tab) to leave us any comments or questions.