Further education and skills
Apprenticeship and adult 19+ Further Education and skills learning, including community learning, education and training, and basic skills (English and maths).
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- Department for Education
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Get help by contacting us
If you have a specific enquiry about Further education and skills statistics and data:
FE Statistics Production and Dissemination Team
Email: FE.OFFICIALSTATISTICS@education.gov.ukContact name: FE Statistics Production and Dissemination Team
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
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the school system
- Minister of State for Universities
- Minister of State for School Standards
- Special Adviser (3 recipients)
- Permanent Secretary
- Deputy Permanent Secretary
- Director General, Higher and Further Education
- Chief Operating Officer, Director Operations Group
- Director of Apprenticeships
- Director, Professional and Technical Education
- Deputy Director, Skills Policy Analysis
- Deputy Director, Data Insight and Statistics Division
- Deputy Director, Traineeships and NEETs
- Programme Director, Apprenticeships
- Principal Analyst, Prime Minister's Implementation Unit - Cabinet Office
- Social Media Officer (2 recipients)
- Chief Media Officer
- Press Officers (2 recipients)
- Education and Skills Funding Agency Press Officer
- Briefing Support/Officials – Traineeships
- Head of Apprenticeships Parliamentary Team
- Lead drafter: Apprenticeships Parliamentary Team
- Communications Manager, Apprenticeship Communications Team
- ESOL Team Leader
- Policy Adviser, FE Funding, Careers and Further Education
- Senior Policy Officer, Apprenticeships Directorate
- Student Funding Policy Lead - Advanced Learner Loans
- Apprenticeships Funding Analyst