Reporting year 2021

Education and training statistics for the UK

Data guidance

Published 25 November 2021

Description

---

Coverage

---

File formats and conventions

---

Data files

All data files associated with this releases are listed below with guidance on their content. To download any of these files, please visit our data catalogue.

Expenditure

• Filename: uk_expenditure.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2015-16 to 2020-21
• Content:

  Expenditure on education in the United Kingdom by education function, expenditure type and expenditure level.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
education_function	Education function
expenditure_level	Expenditure level
expenditure_type	Expenditure type
pt_expenditure_of_gdp	Total expenditure as a percentage of GDP
t_expenditure_millions	Total expenditure (millions)
t_expenditure_real_terms_millions	Total expenditure in real terms (millions)

Further education students

• Filename: uk_post_compulsory_education_fe_students.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2015/16 to 2019/20
• Content:

  Further education students in the United Kingdom by age, gender and mode of study.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
age	Age
gender	Gender
mode_of_study	Mode of study
t_students	Number of FE students

Higher and further education institutions

• Filename: uk_post_compulsory_education_institutions.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2015/16 to 2019/20
• Content:

  Further and higher education institutions in the United Kingdom.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
provider_type	Provider type
t_institutions	Number of institutions

Higher education students

• Filename: uk_post_compulsory_education_he_students.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2016/17 to 2019/20
• Content:

  Higher education students in the United Kingdom by gender, level and mode of study, subject and domicile .

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
domicile	Domicile
gender	Gender
level	Level of education
mode_of_study	Mode of study
subject	Subject group
t_students	Number of HE students

Footnotes

1. Subject totals do not include students on courses in further education colleges in Northern Ireland

Highest qualification among 19-64 year olds

• Filename: uk_highest_qualifications.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2020
• Content:

  Highest qualification level of adults aged 19-64 in the United Kingdom by age group and gender.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
age	Age
gender	Gender
pt_hiqual_nqf2	Percentage of population with their highest qualification as NQF level 2 or above
pt_hiqual_nqf3	Percentage of population with their highest qualification as NQF level 3 or above
pt_hiqual_nqf4	Percentage of population with their highest qualification as NQF level 4 or above
pt_hiqual_scqf5	Percentage of population with their highest qualification as SCQF level 5 or above
pt_hiqual_scqf6	Percentage of population with their highest qualification as SCQF level 6 or above
pt_hiqual_scqf7	Percentage of population with their highest qualification as SCQF level 7 or above
t_age_1964	Total 19-64 year olds in the population (thousands)

NEET

• Filename: uk_neet.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2001 to 2021
• Content:

  The number and percentage of young adults in the United Kingdom who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) by age group and gender.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
age	Age
gender	Gender
pt_neet	People who were NEET as a percentage of people in relevant population group
quarter	Quarter
t_economically_inactive	Total economically inactive
t_neet	Total NEET
t_population	Total people in relevant population group
t_unemployed	Total unemployed

Pupil numbers

• Filename: uk_pupils.csv
• Geographic levels: National; Regional
• Time period: 2015/16 to 2020/21
• Content:

  Pupils in the United Kingdom by phase, age and gender.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
age	Age
gender	Gender
phase	School type
t_pupils	Number of pupils

Footnotes

1. Primary and secondary figures include middle schools as deemed. Secondary schools include all-through schools.
2. Figures for independent schools in Scotland are unavailable
3. Figures for independent schools in Wales are unavailable for 2018/19
4. In Scotland, figures include all providers of funded Early Learning and childcare, not only nurseries.
5. In England, special schools include pupil referral units.

Pupil teacher ratios

• Filename: uk_pupil_teacher_ratios.csv
• Geographic levels: National; Regional
• Time period: 2015/16 to 2020/21
• Content:

  Pupil: teacher ratios in state funded schools in the United Kingdom by phase.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
phase	School type
pupil_teacher_ratio	Pupil-teacher ratio

Footnotes

1. Primary and secondary figures include middle schools as deemed. Secondary schools include all-through schools.
2. In England, the primary pupil-teacher ratio includes LA maintained nurseries.
3. In England, special schools include pupil referral units.

School numbers

• Filename: uk_schools.csv
• Geographic levels: National; Regional
• Time period: 2015/16 to 2020/21
• Content:

  The number of schools in the United Kingdom by phase.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
phase	School type
t_schools	Number of schools

Footnotes

1. Primary and secondary figures include middle schools as deemed. Secondary schools include all-through schools.
2. Figures for independent schools in Scotland are unavailable
3. Figures for independent schools in Wales are unavailable for 2018/19
4. In Scotland, figures include all providers of funded Early Learning and childcare, not only nurseries.
5. In Northern Ireland, total figures include hospital schools.
6. In England, special schools include pupil referral units.

Teacher numbers

• Filename: uk_teachers.csv
• Geographic levels: National; Regional
• Time period: 2015/16 to 2020/21
• Content:

  Full-time equivalent teachers in the United Kingdom by phase and gender.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
gender	Gender
phase	School type
t_fte_teachers	Full-time equivalent number of teachers

Footnotes

1. Primary and secondary figures include middle schools as deemed. Secondary schools include all-through schools.
2. Figures for independent schools in Scotland are unavailable
3. Figures for independent schools in Wales are unavailable for 2018/19
4. In England and Scotland, total teachers includes centrally employed teachers.
5. In England, special schools include pupil referral units.