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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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
In the 28 November update of this release (Further Education and Skills: November 2024), beside Department for Education (DfE) professional and production staff, the following post holders are given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release:
- Secretary of State for Education
- Minister for Skills
- Minister for Children and Families
- Special Advisers (4 recipients)
- Permanent Secretary
- Director General, Skills
- Deputy Directors, Post-16 Access Participation and Applications
- Director, Strategic Analysis, Research, Data, Intelligence & Science
- Deputy Director, News and Social Media
- Director of Apprenticeships and Skills Bootcamps
- Deputy Director, Data Insight and Statistics
- Deputy Head of Profession for Statistics
- Deputy Director, Skills Policy Analysis
- Director, Further Education Oversight
- Programme Deputy Director, Apprenticeships
- Student Funding Policy Deputy Director
- Senior Designer – Social Media
- Senior Press Officer
- Media Officer
- Head of Apprenticeships Parliamentary Team
- Apprenticeship Parliamentary Team Officer
- Apprenticeships Funding Analyst
- Funding Policy Manager
- FE Funding – Free courses for jobs
- Team leader, Community learning
- Post-16 essential digital skills
- Adult essential skills - English, maths and ESOL
- Essential Skills and Multiply
- Apprenticeship Quality Policy
- Student Funding Policy – Advanced learner loans
In the 18 July update of this release (Further Education and Skills: July 2024), beside Department for Education (DfE) professional and production staff, the following post holders are given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release:
- Secretary of State for Education
- Minister for Skills
- Minister for Children and Families
- Special Advisers (4 recipients)
- Permanent Secretary
- Director General, Skills
- Deputy Directors, Post-16 Access Participation and Applications
- Director, Strategic Analysis, Research, Data, Intelligence & Science
- Deputy Director, News and Social Media
- Director of Apprenticeships and Skills Bootcamps
- Deputy Director, Data Insight and Statistics
- Deputy Head of Profession for Statistics
- Deputy Director, Skills Policy Analysis
- Programme Deputy Director, Apprenticeships
- Senior Designer - Social Media
- Senior Videographer
- Chief Media Officer
- Senior Press Officer
- Media Officer
- Apprenticeship Parliamentary Team Officer (2 recipients)
- Apprenticeships Funding Analyst
- Apprenticeship Quality Policy
- Funding Policy Manager
- FE Funding - Free courses for jobs
- FE Funding - AEB
- Team leader, Community learning
- Post-16 essential digital skills
- Adult essential skills - English, maths and ESOL
- Essential Skills and Multiply
In the March update to this release, 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, Apprenticeships and Higher Education
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for the School System and Student Finance)
- Special Advisers (4 recipients)
- Permanent Secretary
- Director General, Skills
- Director, Professional and Technical Education
- Deputy Directors, Post-16 Access Participation and Applications
- Director, Strategic Analysis, Research, Data, Intelligence & Science
- Deputy Director, News and Social Media
- Director of Apprenticeships and Skills Bootcamps
- Deputy Director, Data Insight and Statistics
- Deputy Head of Profession for Statistics
- Deputy Director, Skills Policy Analysis
- Programme Deputy Director, Apprenticeships
- Deputy Head of Digital Engagement and Creative Content
- Social Media Officer (Senior Content Producer)
- Chief Media Officer
- Media Officer
- Head of Apprenticeships Parliamentary Team
- Apprenticeship Parliamentary Team Officer
- Apprenticeships Funding Analyst
- Apprenticeship Quality Policy
- Funding Policy Manager
- FE Funding - Free courses for jobs
- FE Funding - AEB
- Team leader, Community learning
- Post-16 essential digital skills
- Essential Skills and Multiply
- Senior Manager Apprentice Assessment
- Deputy Director, Apprenticeship Quality
- Head Of Apprenticeships Content
- Senior Policy Advisor
- Head Of FE System Performance
In the original version of this release (Further Education and skills: January 2023) published on 25 January 2023, beside Department for Education (DfE) professional and production staff, the following post holders are given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release.
- Secretary of State for Education
- Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for the School System and Student Finance)
- Special Advisers (4 recipients)
- Permanent Secretary
- Director General, Skills
- Director, Professional and Technical Education
- Deputy Directors, Post-16 Access Participation and Applications
- Director, Strategic Analysis, Research, Data, Intelligence & Science
- Director of Apprenticeships and Skills Bootcamps
- Deputy Director, Data Insight and Statistics
- Deputy Head of Profession for Statistics
- Deputy Director, Skills Policy Analysis
- Programme Deputy Director, Apprenticeships
- Deputy Head of Digital Engagement and Creative Content
- Social Media Officer (Senior Content Producer)
- Chief Media Officer
- Media Officer
- Head of Apprenticeships Parliamentary Team
- Apprenticeship Parliamentary Team Officer
- Apprenticeships Funding Analyst
- Funding Policy Manager
- FE Funding - Free courses for jobs
- FE Funding - AEB
- Team leader, Community learning
- Post-16 essential digital skills
- Adult essential skills - English, maths and ESOL
- Essential Skills and Multiply