Academic year 2018/19

Further education outcomes

Data guidance

Published 9 December 2021

Description

The FE outcome-based success measures present statistics on the employment, earnings and learning outcomes of FE learners. This publication covers learners that achieved apprenticeships, adult (19+) FE and Skills learners and completers of traineeships in 2018/19, and tracks their outcomes in the following academic year, 2019/20.

The data uses the longitudinal education outcomes (LEO) study, which looks at how learners move through education and into the labour market by bringing together:

schools, further and higher education information from the Department for Education (DfE)
employment information from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
benefit histories from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP)

Coverage

This publication reports on the employment and learning destinations of ESFA funded further education learners from 2013/14 to 2018/19. Included in this cohort are:

All apprenticeship learners
All traineeship learners
Adult (aged 19+) further education and skills learners
Community learners (reported on separately)

File formats and conventions

The underlying data files are provided in comma separated value (csv) format.

Whole numbers are rounded to the nearest 10, percentages are provided to the nearest whole number. Figures have been suppressed with the value ‘c’ for numbers lower than 6, and percentages where the numerator is less than 3 or the denominator is less than 6.

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.

a. Destinations by demographics and provision (NAT01)

Filename: nat01.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2013/14 to 2018/19
Content: Reports on the employment and learning destinations of adult FE & Skills learners, all age apprentices that achieved their learning aim, and Traineeship learners that completed their aim. Destination rates are calculated as a proportion of learners for whom a match was found in the LEO data.
Includes earnings data one year after learning for learners achieving at Full level 2, Full level 3 and Level 4+.
Broken down by provision, learner demographics and level of learning.
Please note that the number of rows in this file exceeds the number which can be opened within Microsoft Excel. We therefore recommend using this data within the table builder tool, rather than downloading it directly.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
25thPercentile	Lower quartile annualised earnings
75thPercentile	Upper quartile annualised earnings
AgeBand	Age Band - Filter by age band
AnyLearnPercent	Any learning rate
AppAdvancedPlusPercent	Advanced apprenticeship (Level 3 or above)
AppIntermediatePercent	Intermediate apprenticeship (Level 2)
AppPercent	Sustained apprenticeship rate
AppType	Apprenticeship type - Filter by apprenticeship type
BAME	BAME - Filter by BAME
BelowL2Percent	Below Level 2 (excluding English & Maths)
BenefitLearner	Benefit learner - Filter by benefit learner status
BenefitPercent	In receipt of benefits only
EmpAndLearnPercent	Sustained employment and learning
EmpOnlyPercent	Sustained employment only rate
EmpPercent	Sustained employment rate
EngMathPercent	English & Maths
Ethnicity	Ethnicity group - Filter by ethnicity group
EthnicityDetailed	Ethnicity - Filter by ethnicity
FEPercent	Sustained further education rate
FullLevel2Percent	Full Level 2
FullLevel3Percent	Full Level 3
Gender	Gender - Filter by gender
HEPercent	Sustained higher education rate (Level 6+)
LearnersWithEarnings	Learners with earnings one year after study
LearningDifficulties	Learning difficulties - Filter by learning difficulties
LearnOnlyPercent	Sustained learning only rate
LearnPercent	Sustained learning rate
Level2Percent	Level 2
Level3Percent	Level 3
Level4PlusPercent	Level 4/5
LevelOfLearning	Level of learning - Filter by level of learning
LevelOfLearningGroup	Grouped level of learning - Filter by level of learning group
Median	Median annualised earnings
NoDestPercent	No activity captured in data
NotAssignedPercent	Level not assigned
NotSustainedBenefitPercent	Destination not sustained and in receipt of benefits
NotSustainedNBPercent	Destination not sustained and not on benefits
NotSustainedPercent	Destination not sustained
NumberOfLearners	Learners
NumberOfMatchedLearners	Number of learners matched to LEO data
ProgressionSustainedPriorPercent	Sustained progression from achieved aim
Provision	Provision - Filter by provision type
SelfEmpPercent	Self-employed rate
SPDPercent	Sustained positive destination rate

Footnotes

Sustained employment rate may be a slight undercount and should be treated as provisional - see methodology for details.

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b. Destinations of community learners by demographics (NAT02)

Filename: nat02.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2013/14 to 2018/19
Content: Reports on the employment and learning destinations of community learners that achieved their aim. Destination rates are calculated as a proportion of community learners for whom a match was found in the LEO data.
Broken down by learner demographics and provision of community learning.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
AgeBand	Age Band - Filter by age band
AnyLearnPercent	Any learning rate
AppAdvancedPlusPercent	Advanced apprenticeship (Level 3 or above)
AppIntermediatePercent	Intermediate apprenticeship (Level 2)
AppPercent	Sustained apprenticeship rate
BAME	BAME - Filter by BAME
BelowL2Percent	Below Level 2 (excluding English & Maths)
BenefitLearner	Benefit learner - Filter by benefit learner status
BenefitPercent	In receipt of benefits only
EmpAndLearnPercent	Sustained employment and learning
EmpOnlyPercent	Sustained employment only rate
EmpPercent	Sustained employment rate
EngMathPercent	English & Maths
Ethnicity	Ethnicity group - Filter by ethnicity group
EthnicityDetailed	Ethnicity - Filter by ethnicity
FEPercent	Sustained further education rate
FullLevel2Percent	Full Level 2
FullLevel3Percent	Full Level 3
Gender	Gender - Filter by gender
HEPercent	Sustained higher education rate (Level 6+)
LearningDifficulties	Learning difficulties - Filter by learning difficulties
LearnOnlyPercent	Sustained learning only rate
LearnPercent	Sustained learning rate
Level2Percent	Level 2
Level3Percent	Level 3
Level4PlusPercent	Level 4/5
NoDestPercent	No activity captured in data
NotAssignedPercent	Level not assigned
NotSustainedBenefitPercent	Destination not sustained and in receipt of benefits
NotSustainedNBPercent	Destination not sustained and not on benefits
NotSustainedPercent	Destination not sustained
NumberOfLearners	Learners
NumberOfMatchedLearners	Number of learners matched to LEO data
Provision	Provision - Filter by provision type
SelfEmpPercent	Self-employed rate
SPDPercent	Sustained positive destination rate

Footnotes

Sustained employment rate may be a slight undercount and should be treated as provisional - see methodology for details.

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c. Progression of young learners by demographics (NAT03)

Filename: nat03.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2013/14 to 2018/19
Content: Reports on the learning destinations and progression of young learners that achieved their FE & Skills, and apprenticeship aims, and Traineeship learners that completed their aim.
Broken down by provision, learner demographics and level of learning.
This file contains only data for learners whose full academic record is recorded in the NPD and ILR datasets, and who were born in or after 1988, meaning the department holds the full educational history. Destination rates are calculated as a proportion of learners who meet these criteria.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
AgeBand	Age Band - Filter by age band
AppAdvancedPercentPA	Advanced apprenticeship (Level 3)
AppHigherPercentPA	Higher apprenticeship (Level 4/5)
AppIntermediatePercentPA	Intermediate apprenticeship (Level 2)
BAME	BAME - Filter by BAME
BelowL2PercentPA	Below Level 2 (excluding English & Maths)
BenefitLearner	Benefit learner - Filter by benefit learner status
EngMathPercentPA	English & Maths
Ethnicity	Ethnicity group - Filter by ethnicity group
EthnicityDetailed	Ethnicity - Filter by ethnicity
FEPercentPA	Sustained further education rate
FirstTimeAtLevelPercent	Percent of matched learners achieving at this level for the first time
FSM	Free school meals - Filter by free school meals status
FullLevel2PercentPA	Full Level 2
FullLevel3PercentPA	Full Level 3
Gender	Gender - Filter by gender
HEPercentPA	Sustained higher education rate (Level 6+)
LearningDestination	Number of matched learners with any learning destination
LearningDifficulties	Learning difficulties - Filter by learning difficulties
LearnPercentPA	Sustained learning rate
Level2PercentPA	Level 2
Level3PercentPA	Level 3
Level4PlusPercentPA	Level 4/5
LevelOfLearning	Level of learning - Filter by level of learning
LevelOfLearningGroup	Grouped level of learning - Filter by level of learning group
NotAssignedPercentPA	Level not assigned
NumberOfLearners	Learners
ProgressionSustainedOverallPercent	Progression for learner overall
ProgressionSustainedPriorPercentPA	Sustained progression from achieved aim
Provision	Provision - Filter by provision type

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d. Destinations by provider, provider type and benefit status (PRV01)

Filename: prv01.csv
Geographic levels: National; Regional
Time period: 2013/14 to 2018/19
Content: Reports on the employment, and learning destinations of adult FE & Skills learners, all age apprentices that achieved their learning aim, and Traineeship learners that completed their aim. Destination rates are calculated as a proportion of learners for whom a match was found in the LEO data.
Broken down by provider, provider type, provision and benefit status.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
AnyLearnPercent	Any learning rate
AppAdvancedPlusPercent	Advanced apprenticeship (Level 3 or above)
AppIntermediatePercent	Intermediate apprenticeship (Level 2)
AppPercent	Sustained apprenticeship rate
BelowL2Percent	Below Level 2 (excluding English & Maths)
BenefitLearner	Benefit learner - Filter by benefit learner status
BenefitPercent	In receipt of benefits only
EmpAndLearnPercent	Sustained employment and learning
EmpOnlyPercent	Sustained employment only rate
EmpPercent	Sustained employment rate
EngMathPercent	English & Maths
FEPercent	Sustained further education rate
FullLevel2Percent	Full Level 2
FullLevel3Percent	Full Level 3
HEPercent	Sustained higher education rate (Level 6+)
LearnOnlyPercent	Sustained learning only rate
LearnPercent	Sustained learning rate
Level2Percent	Level 2
Level3Percent	Level 3
Level4PlusPercent	Level 4/5
NoDestPercent	No activity captured in data
NotAssignedPercent	Level not assigned
NotSustainedBenefitPercent	Destination not sustained and in receipt of benefits
NotSustainedNBPercent	Destination not sustained and not on benefits
NotSustainedPercent	Destination not sustained
NumberOfLearners	Learners
NumberOfMatchedLearners	Number of learners matched to LEO data
ProgressionSustainedPriorPercent	Sustained progression from achieved aim
ProviderType	Provider Type - Filter by provider type
Provision	Provision - Filter by provision type
SelfEmpPercent	Self-employed rate
SPDPercent	Sustained positive destination rate

Footnotes

Sustained employment rate may be a slight undercount and should be treated as provisional - see methodology for details.

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e. Destinations by provider, provision, level of learning and demographics (PRV02)

Filename: prv02.csv
Geographic levels: National; Regional
Time period: 2013/14 to 2018/19
Content: Reports on the employment and learning destinations of adult FE & Skills learners, all age apprentices that achieved their learning aim, and Traineeship learners that completed their aim. Destination rates are calculated as a proportion of learners for whom a match was found in the LEO data.
Broken down by provider, provider type, provision, level of learning and learner demographics.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
AgeBand	Age Band - Filter by age band
AnyLearnPercent	Any learning rate
AppAdvancedPlusPercent	Advanced apprenticeship (Level 3 or above)
AppIntermediatePercent	Intermediate apprenticeship (Level 2)
AppPercent	Sustained apprenticeship rate
BelowL2Percent	Below Level 2 (excluding English & Maths)
BenefitPercent	In receipt of benefits only
EmpAndLearnPercent	Sustained employment and learning
EmpOnlyPercent	Sustained employment only rate
EmpPercent	Sustained employment rate
EngMathPercent	English & Maths
FEPercent	Sustained further education rate
FullLevel2Percent	Full Level 2
FullLevel3Percent	Full Level 3
Gender	Gender - Filter by gender
HEPercent	Sustained higher education rate (Level 6+)
LearningDifficulties	Learning difficulties - Filter by learning difficulties
LearnOnlyPercent	Sustained learning only rate
LearnPercent	Sustained learning rate
Level2Percent	Level 2
Level3Percent	Level 3
Level4PlusPercent	Level 4/5
LevelOfLearning	Level of learning - Filter by level of learning
LevelOfLearningGroup	Grouped level of learning - Filter by level of learning group
NoDestPercent	No activity captured in data
NotAssignedPercent	Level not assigned
NotSustainedBenefitPercent	Destination not sustained and in receipt of benefits
NotSustainedNBPercent	Destination not sustained and not on benefits
NotSustainedPercent	Destination not sustained
NumberOfLearners	Learners
NumberOfMatchedLearners	Number of learners matched to LEO data
ProgressionSustainedPriorPercent	Sustained progression from achieved aim
ProviderType	Provider Type - Filter by provider type
Provision	Provision - Filter by provision type
SelfEmpPercent	Self-employed rate
SPDPercent	Sustained positive destination rate

Footnotes

Sustained employment rate may be a slight undercount and should be treated as provisional - see methodology for details.

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f. Destinations of community learners by provider, provision and benefit status (PRV03)

Filename: prv03.csv
Geographic levels: National; Regional
Time period: 2013/14 to 2018/19
Content: Reports on the employment and learning destinations of community learners that achieved their learning aim. Destination rates are calculated as a proportion of community learners for whom a match was found in the LEO data.
Broken down by provider, learner age, benefit status and provision of community learning.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
AgeBand	Age Band - Filter by age band
AnyLearnPercent	Any learning rate
AppAdvancedPlusPercent	Advanced apprenticeship (Level 3 or above)
AppIntermediatePercent	Intermediate apprenticeship (Level 2)
AppPercent	Sustained apprenticeship rate
BelowL2Percent	Below Level 2 (excluding English & Maths)
BenefitLearner	Benefit learner - Filter by benefit learner status
BenefitPercent	In receipt of benefits only
EmpAndLearnPercent	Sustained employment and learning
EmpOnlyPercent	Sustained employment only rate
EmpPercent	Sustained employment rate
EngMathPercent	English & Maths
FEPercent	Sustained further education rate
FullLevel2Percent	Full Level 2
FullLevel3Percent	Full Level 3
HEPercent	Sustained higher education rate (Level 6+)
LearnOnlyPercent	Sustained learning only rate
LearnPercent	Sustained learning rate
Level2Percent	Level 2
Level3Percent	Level 3
Level4PlusPercent	Level 4/5
NoDestPercent	No activity captured in data
NotAssignedPercent	Level not assigned
NotSustainedBenefitPercent	Destination not sustained and in receipt of benefits
NotSustainedNBPercent	Destination not sustained and not on benefits
NotSustainedPercent	Destination not sustained
NumberOfLearners	Learners
NumberOfMatchedLearners	Number of learners matched to LEO data
Provision	Provision - Filter by provision type
SelfEmpPercent	Self-employed rate
SPDPercent	Sustained positive destination rate

Footnotes

Sustained employment rate may be a slight undercount and should be treated as provisional - see methodology for details.

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g. Destinations by provider, provision, level of learning and sector subject area (PRV04)

Filename: prv04.csv
Geographic levels: National; Regional
Time period: 2013/14 to 2018/19
Content: Reports on the employment, and learning destinations of adult FE & Skills learners, all age apprentices that achieved their learning aim, and Traineeship learners that completed their aim. Destination rates are calculated as a proportion of learners for whom a match was found in the LEO data.

Broken down by provider, provision, provider type, level of learning and sector subject area (tiers 1 & 2).

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
AnyLearnPercent	Any learning rate
AppAdvancedPlusPercent	Advanced apprenticeship (Level 3 or above)
AppIntermediatePercent	Intermediate apprenticeship (Level 2)
AppPercent	Sustained apprenticeship rate
BelowL2Percent	Below Level 2 (excluding English & Maths)
BenefitPercent	In receipt of benefits only
EmpAndLearnPercent	Sustained employment and learning
EmpOnlyPercent	Sustained employment only rate
EmpPercent	Sustained employment rate
EngMathPercent	English & Maths
FEPercent	Sustained further education rate
FullLevel2Percent	Full Level 2
FullLevel3Percent	Full Level 3
HEPercent	Sustained higher education rate (Level 6+)
LearnOnlyPercent	Sustained learning only rate
LearnPercent	Sustained learning rate
Level2Percent	Level 2
Level3Percent	Level 3
Level4PlusPercent	Level 4/5
LevelOfLearning	Level of learning - Filter by level of learning
NoDestPercent	No activity captured in data
NotAssignedPercent	Level not assigned
NotSustainedBenefitPercent	Destination not sustained and in receipt of benefits
NotSustainedNBPercent	Destination not sustained and not on benefits
NotSustainedPercent	Destination not sustained
NumberOfLearners	Learners
NumberOfMatchedLearners	Number of learners matched to LEO data
ProgressionSustainedPriorPercent	Sustained Progression from achieved aim
ProviderType	Provider Type - Filter by provider type
Provision	Provision - Filter by provision type
SelfEmpPercent	Self-employed rate
SPDPercent	Sustained positive destination rate
SSATier1	Sector subject area tier 1 - Filter by sector subject area tier 1
SSATier2	Sector subject area tier 2 - Filter by sector subject area tier 2

Footnotes

Sustained employment rate may be a slight undercount and should be treated as provisional - see methodology for details.

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h. Destinations by qualification title, provision and sector subject area (QUA01)

Filename: qua01.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2013/14 to 2018/19
Content: Reports on the employment, and learning destinations of adult FE & Skills learners, all age apprentices that achieved their learning aim, and Traineeship learners that completed their aim. Destination rates are calculated as a proportion of learners for whom a match was found in the LEO data.
Includes earnings data one year after learning for learners achieving at Full level 2, Full level 3 and Level 4+.
Broken down by qualification title, learner age, level of learning, apprenticeship type, access to higher education and sector subject area (tiers 1 & 2).
Please note that the number of rows in this file exceeds the number which can be opened within Microsoft Excel. We therefore recommend accessing the formatted version of this data instead (available under ‘Explore all data and files’ then ‘Other files’).

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
25thPercentile	Lower quartile annualised earnings
75thPercentile	Upper quartile annualised earnings
AccessToHE	Access to Higher Education - Filter by Access to Higher Education
AgeBand	Age Band - Filter by age band
AnyLearnPercent	Any learning rate
AppAdvancedPlusPercent	Advanced apprenticeship (Level 3 or above)
AppIntermediatePercent	Intermediate apprenticeship (Level 2)
AppPercent	Sustained apprenticeship rate
AppType	Apprenticeship type - Filter by apprenticeship type
BelowL2Percent	Below Level 2 (excluding English & Maths)
BenefitPercent	In receipt of benefits only
EmpAndLearnPercent	Sustained employment and learning
EmpOnlyPercent	Sustained employment only rate
EmpPercent	Sustained employment rate
EngMathPercent	English & Maths
FEPercent	Sustained further education rate
FullLevel2Percent	Full Level 2
FullLevel3Percent	Full Level 3
HEPercent	Sustained higher education rate (Level 6+)
LearnersWithEarnings	Learners with earnings one year after study
LearnOnlyPercent	Sustained learning only rate
LearnPercent	Sustained learning rate
Level2Percent	Level 2
Level3Percent	Level 3
Level4PlusPercent	Level 4/5
LevelOfLearning	Level of learning - Filter by level of learning
LevelOfLearningGroup	Grouped level of learning - Filter by level of learning group
Median	Median annualised earnings
NoDestPercent	No activity captured in data
NotAssignedPercent	Level not assigned
NotSustainedBenefitPercent	Destination not sustained and in receipt of benefits
NotSustainedNBPercent	Destination not sustained and not on benefits
NotSustainedPercent	Destination not sustained
NumberOfLearners	Learners
NumberOfMatchedLearners	Number of learners matched to LEO data
ProgressionSustainedPriorPercent	Sustained progression from achieved aim
Provision	Provision - Filter by provision type
QualificationTitle	Qualification title - Filter by qualification title
SelfEmpPercent	Self-employed rate
SPDPercent	Sustained positive destination rate
SSATier1	Sector subject area tier 1 - Filter by sector subject area tier 1
SSATier2	Sector subject area tier 2 - Filter by sector subject area tier 2

Footnotes

Sustained employment rate may be a slight undercount and should be treated as provisional - see methodology for details.

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i. Progression of young learners by qualification title (QUA02)

Filename: qua02.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2013/14 to 2018/19
Content: Reports on the learning destinations and progression of young learners that achieved their FE & Skills, and apprenticeship aims, and Traineeship learners that completed their aim.
Broken down by qualification title, learner type, level of learning and sector subject area (tiers 1 & 2).
This file contains only data for learners whose full academic record is recorded in the NPD and ILR datasets, and who were born in or after 1988, meaning the department holds the full educational history. Destination rates are calculated as a proportion of learners who meet these criteria.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
AgeBand	Age Band - Filter by age band
AppAdvancedPercentPA	Advanced apprenticeship (Level 3)
AppHigherPercentPA	Higher apprenticeship (Level 4/5)
AppIntermediatePercentPA	Intermediate apprenticeship (Level 2)
BelowL2PercentPA	Below Level 2 (excluding English & Maths)
EngMathPercentPA	English & Maths
FEPercentPA	Sustained further education rate
FirstTimeAtLevelPercent	Percent of matched learners achieving at this level for the first time
FSM	Free school meals - Filter by free school meals status
FullLevel2PercentPA	Full Level 2
FullLevel3PercentPA	Full Level 3
HEPercentPA	Sustained higher education rate (Level 6+)
LearningDestination	Number of matched learners with any learning destination
LearnPercentPA	Sustained learning rate
Level2PercentPA	Level 2
Level3PercentPA	Level 3
Level4PlusPercentPA	Level 4/5
LevelOfLearning	Level of learning - Filter by level of learning
LevelOfLearningGroup	Grouped level of learning - Filter by level of learning group
NotAssignedPercentPA	Level not assigned
NumberOfLearners	Learners
ProgressionSustainedOverallPercent	Progression for learner overall
ProgressionSustainedPriorPercentPA	Sustained progression from achieved aim
Provision	Provision - Filter by provision type
QualificationTitle	Qualification title - Filter by qualification title
SSATier1	Sector subject area tier 1 - Filter by sector subject area tier 1
SSATier2	Sector subject area tier 2 - Filter by sector subject area tier 2

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j. Destinations by local authority district, provision, level of learning and demographics (LAD01)

Filename: lad01.csv
Geographic levels: Local authority district; National; Regional
Time period: 2013/14 to 2018/19
Content: Reports on the employment and learning destinations of adult FE & Skills learners, all age apprentices that achieved their learning aim, and Traineeship learners that completed their aim. Destination rates are calculated as a proportion of learners for whom a match was found in the LEO data.
Includes earnings data one year after learning for learners achieving at Full level 2, Full level 3 and Level 4+.
Broken down by local authority district, provision, level of learning and learner demographics.
Please note that the number of rows in this file exceeds the number which can be opened within Microsoft Excel. We therefore recommend using this data within the table builder tool, rather than downloading it directly.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
25thPercentile	Lower quartile annualised earnings
75thPercentile	Upper quartile annualised earnings
AgeBand	Age Band - Filter by age band
AnyLearnPercent	Any learning rate
AppAdvancedPlusPercent	Advanced apprenticeship (Level 3 or above)
AppIntermediatePercent	Intermediate apprenticeship (Level 2)
AppPercent	Sustained apprenticeship rate
BelowL2Percent	Below Level 2 (excluding English & Maths)
BenefitPercent	In receipt of benefits only
EmpAndLearnPercent	Sustained employment and learning
EmpOnlyPercent	Sustained employment only rate
EmpPercent	Sustained employment rate
EngMathPercent	English & Maths
FEPercent	Sustained further education rate
FullLevel2Percent	Full Level 2
FullLevel3Percent	Full Level 3
Gender	Gender - Filter by gender
HEPercent	Sustained higher education rate (Level 6+)
LearnersWithEarnings	Learners with earnings one year after study
LearningDifficulties	Learning difficulties - Filter by learning difficulties
LearnOnlyPercent	Sustained learning only rate
LearnPercent	Sustained learning rate
Level2Percent	Level 2
Level3Percent	Level 3
Level4PlusPercent	Level 4/5
LevelOfLearning	Level of learning - Filter by level of learning
LevelOfLearningGroup	Grouped level of learning - Filter by level of learning group
Median	Median annualised earnings
NoDestPercent	No activity captured in data
NotAssignedPercent	Level not assigned
NotSustainedBenefitPercent	Destination not sustained and in receipt of benefits
NotSustainedNBPercent	Destination not sustained and not on benefits
NotSustainedPercent	Destination not sustained
NumberOfLearners	Learners
NumberOfMatchedLearners	Number of learners matched to LEO data
ProgressionSustainedPriorPercent	Sustained progression from achieved aim
Provision	Provision - Filter by provision type
SelfEmpPercent	Self-employed rate
SPDPercent	Sustained positive destination rate

Footnotes

Sustained employment rate may be a slight undercount and should be treated as provisional - see methodology for details.

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k. Destinations by local authority district, provision, level of learning and sector subject area (LAD02)

Filename: lad02.csv
Geographic levels: Local authority district; National; Regional
Time period: 2013/14 to 2018/19
Content: Reports on the employment and learning destinations of adult FE & Skills learners, all age apprentices that achieved their learning aim, and Traineeship learners that completed their aim. Destination rates are calculated as a proportion of learners for whom a match was found in the LEO data.
Includes earnings data one year after learning for learners achieving at Full level 2, Full level 3 and Level 4+.
Broken down by local authority district, provision, level of learning and learner demographics and sector subject area (tiers 1 & 2).

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
25thPercentile	Lower quartile annualised earnings
75thPercentile	Upper quartile annualised earnings
AnyLearnPercent	Any learning rate
AppAdvancedPlusPercent	Advanced apprenticeship (Level 3 or above)
AppIntermediatePercent	Intermediate apprenticeship (Level 2)
AppPercent	Sustained apprenticeship rate
BelowL2Percent	Below Level 2 (excluding English & Maths)
BenefitPercent	In receipt of benefits only
EmpAndLearnPercent	Sustained employment and learning
EmpOnlyPercent	Sustained employment only rate
EmpPercent	Sustained employment rate
EngMathPercent	English & Maths
FEPercent	Sustained further education rate
FullLevel2Percent	Full Level 2
FullLevel3Percent	Full Level 3
HEPercent	Sustained higher education rate (Level 6+)
LearnersWithEarnings	Learners with earnings one year after study
LearnOnlyPercent	Sustained learning only rate
LearnPercent	Sustained learning rate
Level2Percent	Level 2
Level3Percent	Level 3
Level4PlusPercent	Level 4/5
LevelOfLearning	Level of learning - Filter by level of learning
LevelOfLearningGroup	Grouped level of learning - Filter by level of learning group
Median	Median annualised earnings
NoDestPercent	No activity captured in data
NotAssignedPercent	Level not assigned
NotSustainedBenefitPercent	Destination not sustained and in receipt of benefits
NotSustainedNBPercent	Destination not sustained and not on benefits
NotSustainedPercent	Destination not sustained
NumberOfLearners	Learners
NumberOfMatchedLearners	Number of learners matched to LEO data
ProgressionSustainedPriorPercent	Sustained progression from achieved aim
Provision	Provision - Filter by provision type
SelfEmpPercent	Self-employed rate
SPDPercent	Sustained positive destination rate
SSATier1	Sector subject area tier 1 - Filter by sector subject area tier 1
SSATier2	Sector subject area tier 2 - Filter by sector subject area tier 2

Footnotes

Sustained employment rate may be a slight undercount and should be treated as provisional - see methodology for details.

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l. Destinations by local education authority, provision, level of learning and demographics (LEA01)

Filename: lea01.csv
Geographic levels: Local authority; National; Regional
Time period: 2013/14 to 2018/19
Content: Reports on the employment and learning destinations of adult FE & Skills learners, all age apprentices that achieved their learning aim, and Traineeship learners that completed their aim. Destination rates are calculated as a proportion of learners for whom a match was found in the LEO data.
Includes earnings data one year after learning for learners achieving at Full level 2, Full level 3 and Level 4+.
Broken down by local education authority, provision, level of learning and learner demographics.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
25thPercentile	Lower quartile annualised earnings
75thPercentile	Upper quartile annualised earnings
AgeBand	Age Band - Filter by age band
AnyLearnPercent	Any learning rate
AppAdvancedPlusPercent	Advanced apprenticeship (Level 3 or above)
AppIntermediatePercent	Intermediate apprenticeship (Level 2)
AppPercent	Sustained apprenticeship rate
BelowL2Percent	Below Level 2 (excluding English & Maths)
BenefitPercent	In receipt of benefits only
EmpAndLearnPercent	Sustained employment and learning
EmpOnlyPercent	Sustained employment only rate
EmpPercent	Sustained employment rate
EngMathPercent	English & Maths
FEPercent	Sustained further education rate
FullLevel2Percent	Full Level 2
FullLevel3Percent	Full Level 3
Gender	Gender - Filter by gender
HEPercent	Sustained higher education rate (Level 6+)
LearnersWithEarnings	Learners with earnings one year after study
LearningDifficulties	Learning difficulties - Filter by learning difficulties
LearnOnlyPercent	Sustained learning only rate
LearnPercent	Sustained learning rate
Level2Percent	Level 2
Level3Percent	Level 3
Level4PlusPercent	Level 4/5
LevelOfLearning	Level of learning - Filter by level of learning
LevelOfLearningGroup	Grouped level of learning - Filter by level of learning group
Median	Median annualised earnings
NoDestPercent	No activity captured in data
NotAssignedPercent	Level not assigned
NotSustainedBenefitPercent	Destination not sustained and in receipt of benefits
NotSustainedNBPercent	Destination not sustained and not on benefits
NotSustainedPercent	Destination not sustained
NumberOfLearners	Learners
NumberOfMatchedLearners	Number of learners matched to LEO data
ProgressionSustainedPriorPercent	Sustained progression from achieved aim
Provision	Provision - Filter by provision type
SelfEmpPercent	Self-employed rate
SPDPercent	Sustained positive destination rate

Footnotes

Sustained employment rate may be a slight undercount and should be treated as provisional - see methodology for details.

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m. Destinations by local education authority, provision, level of learning and sector subject area (LEA02)

Filename: lea02.csv
Geographic levels: Local authority; National; Regional
Time period: 2013/14 to 2018/19
Content: Reports on the employment and learning destinations of adult FE & Skills learners, all age apprentices that achieved their learning aim, and Traineeship learners that completed their aim. Destination rates are calculated as a proportion of learners for whom a match was found in the LEO data.
Includes earnings data one year after learning for learners achieving at Full level 2, Full level 3 and Level 4+.
Broken down by local education authority, provision, level of learning and sector subject area (tiers 1 & 2).

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
25thPercentile	Lower quartile annualised earnings
75thPercentile	Upper quartile annualised earnings
AnyLearnPercent	Any learning rate
AppAdvancedPlusPercent	Advanced apprenticeship (Level 3 or above)
AppIntermediatePercent	Intermediate apprenticeship (Level 2)
AppPercent	Sustained apprenticeship rate
BelowL2Percent	Below Level 2 (excluding English & Maths)
BenefitPercent	In receipt of benefits only
EmpAndLearnPercent	Sustained employment and learning
EmpOnlyPercent	Sustained employment only rate
EmpPercent	Sustained employment rate
EngMathPercent	English & Maths
FEPercent	Sustained further education rate
FullLevel2Percent	Full Level 2
FullLevel3Percent	Full Level 3
HEPercent	Sustained higher education rate (Level 6+)
LearnersWithEarnings	Learners with earnings one year after study
LearnOnlyPercent	Sustained learning only rate
LearnPercent	Sustained learning rate
Level2Percent	Level 2
Level3Percent	Level 3
Level4PlusPercent	Level 4/5
LevelOfLearning	Level of learning - Filter by level of learning
LevelOfLearningGroup	Grouped level of learning - Filter by level of learning group
Median	Median annualised earnings
NoDestPercent	No activity captured in data
NotAssignedPercent	Level not assigned
NotSustainedBenefitPercent	Destination not sustained and in receipt of benefits
NotSustainedNBPercent	Destination not sustained and not on benefits
NotSustainedPercent	Destination not sustained
NumberOfLearners	Learners
NumberOfMatchedLearners	Number of learners matched to LEO data
ProgressionSustainedPriorPercent	Sustained progression from achieved aim
Provision	Provision - Filter by provision type
SelfEmpPercent	Self-employed rate
SPDPercent	Sustained positive destination rate
SSATier1	Sector subject area tier 1 - Filter by sector subject area tier 1
SSATier2	Sector subject area tier 2 - Filter by sector subject area tier 2

Footnotes

Sustained employment rate may be a slight undercount and should be treated as provisional - see methodology for details.

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n. Destinations by English devolved area, provision, level of learning and demographics (EDA01)

Filename: eda01.csv
Geographic levels: English devolved area; National; Regional
Time period: 2013/14 to 2018/19
Content: Reports on the employment and learning destinations of adult FE & Skills learners, all age apprentices that achieved their learning aim, and Traineeship learners that completed their aim. Destination rates are calculated as a proportion of learners for whom a match was found in the LEO data.
Includes earnings data one year after learning for learners achieving at Full level 2, Full level 3 and Level 4+.
Broken down by English devolved area (formerly known as Mayoral Combined Authority), provision, level of learning and learner demographics.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
25thPercentile	Lower quartile annualised earnings
75thPercentile	Upper quartile annualised earnings
AgeBand	Age Band - Filter by age band
AnyLearnPercent	Any learning rate
AppAdvancedPlusPercent	Advanced apprenticeship (Level 3 or above)
AppIntermediatePercent	Intermediate apprenticeship (Level 2)
AppPercent	Sustained apprenticeship rate
BelowL2Percent	Below Level 2 (excluding English & Maths)
BenefitPercent	In receipt of benefits only
EmpAndLearnPercent	Sustained employment and learning
EmpOnlyPercent	Sustained employment only rate
EmpPercent	Sustained employment rate
EngMathPercent	English & Maths
FEPercent	Sustained further education rate
FullLevel2Percent	Full Level 2
FullLevel3Percent	Full Level 3
Gender	Gender - Filter by gender
HEPercent	Sustained higher education rate (Level 6+)
LearnersWithEarnings	Learners with earnings one year after study
LearningDifficulties	Learning difficulties - Filter by learning difficulties
LearnOnlyPercent	Sustained learning only rate
LearnPercent	Sustained learning rate
Level2Percent	Level 2
Level3Percent	Level 3
Level4PlusPercent	Level 4/5
LevelOfLearning	Level of learning - Filter by level of learning
LevelOfLearningGroup	Grouped level of learning - Filter by level of learning group
Median	Median annualised earnings
NoDestPercent	No activity captured in data
NotAssignedPercent	Level not assigned
NotSustainedBenefitPercent	Destination not sustained and in receipt of benefits
NotSustainedNBPercent	Destination not sustained and not on benefits
NotSustainedPercent	Destination not sustained
NumberOfLearners	Learners
NumberOfMatchedLearners	Number of learners matched to LEO data
ProgressionSustainedPriorPercent	Sustained progression from achieved aim
Provision	Provision - Filter by provision type
SelfEmpPercent	Self-employed rate
SPDPercent	Sustained positive destination rate

Footnotes

Sustained employment rate may be a slight undercount and should be treated as provisional - see methodology for details.

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o. Destinations by English devolved area, provision, level of learning and sector subject area (EDA02)

Filename: eda02.csv
Geographic levels: English devolved area; National; Regional
Time period: 2013/14 to 2018/19
Content: Reports on the employment and learning destinations of adult FE & Skills learners, all age apprentices that achieved their learning aim, and Traineeship learners that completed their aim. Destination rates are calculated as a proportion of learners for whom a match was found in the LEO data.
Includes earnings data one year after learning for learners achieving at Full level 2, Full level 3 and Level 4+.
Broken down by English devolved area (formerly known as Mayoral Combined Authority), provision, level of learning and sector subject area (tiers 1 & 2).

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
25thPercentile	Lower quartile annualised earnings
75thPercentile	Upper quartile annualised earnings
AnyLearnPercent	Any learning rate
AppAdvancedPlusPercent	Advanced apprenticeship (Level 3 or above)
AppIntermediatePercent	Intermediate apprenticeship (Level 2)
AppPercent	Sustained apprenticeship rate
BelowL2Percent	Below Level 2 (excluding English & Maths)
BenefitPercent	In receipt of benefits only
EmpAndLearnPercent	Sustained employment and learning
EmpOnlyPercent	Sustained employment only rate
EmpPercent	Sustained employment rate
EngMathPercent	English & Maths
FEPercent	Sustained further education rate
FullLevel2Percent	Full Level 2
FullLevel3Percent	Full Level 3
HEPercent	Sustained higher education rate (Level 6+)
LearnersWithEarnings	Learners with earnings one year after study
LearnOnlyPercent	Sustained learning only rate
LearnPercent	Sustained learning rate
Level2Percent	Level 2
Level3Percent	Level 3
Level4PlusPercent	Level 4/5
LevelOfLearning	Level of learning - Filter by level of learning
LevelOfLearningGroup	Grouped level of learning - Filter by level of learning group
Median	Median annualised earnings
NoDestPercent	No activity captured in data
NotAssignedPercent	Level not assigned
NotSustainedBenefitPercent	Destination not sustained and in receipt of benefits
NotSustainedNBPercent	Destination not sustained and not on benefits
NotSustainedPercent	Destination not sustained
NumberOfLearners	Learners
NumberOfMatchedLearners	Number of learners matched to LEO data
ProgressionSustainedPriorPercent	Sustained progression from achieved aim
Provision	Provision - Filter by provision type
SelfEmpPercent	Self-employed rate
SPDPercent	Sustained positive destination rate
SSATier1	Sector subject area tier 1 - Filter by sector subject area tier 1
SSATier2	Sector subject area tier 2 - Filter by sector subject area tier 2

Footnotes

Sustained employment rate may be a slight undercount and should be treated as provisional - see methodology for details.

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p. Destinations by local enterprise partnership, provision, level of learning and sector subject area (LEP01)

Filename: lep01.csv
Geographic levels: Local enterprise partnership; National; Regional
Time period: 2013/14 to 2018/19
Content: Reports on the employment and learning destinations of adult FE & Skills learners, all age apprentices that achieved their learning aim, and Traineeship learners that completed their aim. Destination rates are calculated as a proportion of learners for whom a match was found in the LEO data.
Includes earnings data one year after learning for learners achieving at Full level 2, Full level 3 and Level 4+.
Broken down by Local Enterprise Partnership, provision, level of learning and sector subject area (tiers 1 & 2).

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
25thPercentile	Lower quartile annualised earnings
75thPercentile	Upper quartile annualised earnings
AnyLearnPercent	Any learning rate
AppAdvancedPlusPercent	Advanced apprenticeship (Level 3 or above)
AppIntermediatePercent	Intermediate apprenticeship (Level 2)
AppPercent	Sustained apprenticeship rate
BelowL2Percent	Below Level 2 (excluding English & Maths)
BenefitPercent	In receipt of benefits only
EmpAndLearnPercent	Sustained employment and learning
EmpOnlyPercent	Sustained employment only rate
EmpPercent	Sustained employment rate
EngMathPercent	English & Maths
FEPercent	Sustained further education rate
FullLevel2Percent	Full Level 2
FullLevel3Percent	Full Level 3
HEPercent	Sustained higher education rate (Level 6+)
LearnersWithEarnings	Learners with earnings one year after study
LearnOnlyPercent	Sustained learning only rate
LearnPercent	Sustained learning rate
Level2Percent	Level 2
Level3Percent	Level 3
Level4PlusPercent	Level 4/5
LevelOfLearning	Level of learning - Filter by level of learning
LevelOfLearningGroup	Grouped level of learning - Filter by level of learning group
Median	Median annualised earnings
NoDestPercent	No activity captured in data
NotAssignedPercent	Level not assigned
NotSustainedBenefitPercent	Destination not sustained and in receipt of benefits
NotSustainedNBPercent	Destination not sustained and not on benefits
NotSustainedPercent	Destination not sustained
NumberOfLearners	Learners
NumberOfMatchedLearners	Number of learners matched to LEO data
ProgressionSustainedPriorPercent	Sustained progression from achieved aim
Provision	Provision - Filter by provision type
SelfEmpPercent	Self-employed rate
SPDPercent	Sustained positive destination rate
SSATier1	Sector subject area tier 1 - Filter by sector subject area tier 1
SSATier2	Sector subject area tier 2 - Filter by sector subject area tier 2

Footnotes

Sustained employment rate may be a slight undercount and should be treated as provisional - see methodology for details.

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q. Earnings one to five years after learning by provision, demographics, sector subject area and qualification title (EAR01)

Filename: ear01.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2010/11 to 2018/19
Content: Reports on the earnings one to five years after learning for adult FE & Skills learners, all age apprentices, that achieved their learning aim at Full level 2, Full level 3 and level 4+.
Broken down by provision, level of learning, gender, ethnicity, sector subject areas (tier 1 & 2) and qualification title.
Please note that the number of rows in this file exceeds the number which can be opened within Microsoft Excel. We therefore recommend using this data within the table builder tool, rather than downloading it directly.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
25thPercentile	Lower quartile annualised earnings
75thPercentile	Upper quartile annualised earnings
Ethnicity	Ethnicity group - Filter by ethnicity group
Gender	Gender - Filter by gender
LevelOfLearning_Display	Level of learning - Filter by level of learning
Median	Median annualised earnings
NumLearners	Number of learners with earnings
Provision	Provision - Filter by provision type
QualificationTitle	Qualification title - Filter by qualification title
SSATier1	Sector subject area tier 1 - Filter by sector subject area tier 1
SSATier2	Sector subject area tier 2 - Filter by sector subject area tier 2
YearsAfterLearning_Display	Number of years after achievement of learning aim

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