Academic year 2018/19

Longer term destinations

Data guidance

Published 20 May 2021

Description

This document describes the data included in the ‘Longer term destination measures: 2018/19’ Official Statistics release’s underlying data files. This data is released under the terms of the Open Government License (opens in a new tab) and is intended to meet at least 3 stars for Open Data (opens in a new tab).

The publication methodology, available on the publication report, should be referenced alongside this data. It provides information on the data sources, their coverage and quality as well as explaining methodology used in producing the data.

Coverage

This release provides information on destinations from:

• state-funded mainstream schools
• state-funded special schools (including non-maintained special schools)
• alternative provision

This information is based on data from the National Pupil Database and the Longitudinal Education Outcomes dataset.

File formats and conventions

The Code of Practice for Statistics requires us to take reasonable steps to ensure that our published or disseminated statistics protect confidentiality. Where appropriate we apply disclosure control to protect confidentiality. 

The following symbols have been used in this publication: 

( 0 ) zero 

( c ) small number suppressed to preserve confidentiality or for accountability reasons 

( z ) not applicable 

( ~ ) positive % less than 0.5 

Small cohorts 

At institutional level, where cohorts are less than 6, all data are suppressed. This is to ensure that schools are not held to account for small cohorts of pupils rather than for confidentiality reasons. 

This does not apply to levels of data other than institutional level.

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.

Headline data longer term destinations

• Filename: ltd_dm_headlines_201819_nat.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2013/14
• Content:

  National level destinations headline data for students leaving key stage 4 at 3 points in time (1, 3 and 5 years) after finishing compulsory schooling.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
overall_y1	Sustained destinations after one year
overall_y3	Sustained destinations after three years
overall_y5	Sustained destinations after five years

Local authority longer term destinations

• Filename: ltd_dm_ud_201819_la_level.csv
• Geographic levels: Local authority; Regional
• Time period: 2012/13 to 2013/14
• Content:

  Destinations data for students leaving key stage 4 by different geography levels, characteristics groups, provider types and qualification levels at 3 points in time (1, 3 and 5 years) after finishing compulsory schooling.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
all_notsust	Not recorded as a sustained destination
all_unknown	Activity not captured
all_work	Sustained employment destination
appren	Sustained apprenticeships
characteristic	Student characteristic
cohort	Number of pupils completing key stage 4
data_type	Data type
destination_year	Destination year
education	Sustained education destination
fe	Further education
he	Higher education
institution_group	Institution group
other_edu	Other education destination
overall	Sustained education, employment & apprenticeships
sfc_and_ssf	School sixth form & Sixth form college

Footnotes

1. The following symbols have been used in this publication: (0) zero ( c ) small number suppressed to preserve confidentiality or for accountability reasons ( z ) not applicable ( ~ ) positive % less than 0.5
2. Activity not captured: means the young person wasn’t found to have any participation in education or employment, had made no claim to out-of-work benefits and was not recorded NEET.
3. Numbers of pupils in the Disadvantage Status breakdown have been rounded to the nearest 5 to preserve confidentiality. Values of 1 and 2 are represented by the "~" symbol.
4. Not recorded as a sustained destination: includes pupils who did not sustain a destination from October to March but had some participation between August and July. It also includes pupils who had no participation in education or employment but had claimed out-of-work benefits or were recorded NEET by their local authority between August and July
5. Prior attainment: achievement level at key stage 4 (level 2).
6. Note that employment figures showed an increase between 2013/14 and 2014/15 destination years due to the introduction of the Longitudinal Educational Outcomes data, and so Year 1 employment figures between the 2012/13 and 2013/14 cohorts are not directly comparable.
7. Disadvantage status: Given as in year 11. Disadvantaged pupils are defined as those who were eligible for free school meals at any point in the previous six years or having been looked after by their local authority. These are the pupils who would have attracted the pupil premium when in year 11. Pupils with no key stage 4 record were not known to be disadvantaged in year 11 and are included in all other pupils.

National Longer term destinations

• Filename: ltd_dm_ud_201819_nat_r.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2012/13 to 2013/14
• Content:

  National level destinations data for students leaving key stage 4 for different characteristic groups, provider types, and qualification levels at 3 points in time (1, 3 and 5 years) after finishing compulsory schooling.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
all_notsust	Not recorded as a sustained destination
all_unknown	Activity not captured
all_work	Sustained employment
appl2	Intermediate apprenticeships (level 2)
appl3	Advanced apprenticeships (level 3)
appl4	Higher and degree apprenticeships (level 4 and above)
appren	Sustained apprenticeships
characteristic	Student characteristics
cohort	Number of pupils completing key stage 4
data_type	Data type
destination_year	Destination year
education	Sustained education
fe	Further education
he	UK higher education institution
institution_group	Institution group
other_edu	Other education
overall	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
sfc_and_ssf	Sixth form college or school sixth form

Footnotes

1. The following symbols have been used in this publication: (0) zero ( c ) small number suppressed to preserve confidentiality or for accountability reasons ( z ) not applicable ( ~ ) positive % less than 0.5
2. Activity not captured: means the young person wasn’t found to have any participation in education or employment, had made no claim to out-of-work benefits and was not recorded NEET.
3. Not recorded as a sustained destination: includes pupils who did not sustain a destination from October to March but had some participation between August and July. It also includes pupils who had no participation in education or employment but had claimed out-of-work benefits or were recorded NEET by their local authority between August and July
4. State-funded special schools: includes community special schools, foundation special schools, special sponsored academies, special converter academies, and special free schools and non-maintained special schools.
5. Prior attainment: achievement level at key stage 4 (level 2).
6. Alternative provision: includes state place funded alternative provision (Pupil Referral Units, AP academies, AP free schools, and hospital schools) and other alternative provision (education funded by the local authority outside of state place funded schools, including independent schools, non-maintained special schools, and providers who do not meet the criteria for registration as a school)
7. State-funded mainstream schools: include community schools, voluntary aided schools, voluntary controlled schools, foundation schools, academies, free schools, city technology colleges and further education colleges with provision for 14- to 16-year-olds.
8. Note that employment figures showed an increase between 2013/14 and 2014/15 destination years due to the introduction of the Longitudinal Educational Outcomes data, and so Year 1 employment figures between the 2012/13 and 2013/14 cohorts are not directly comparable.
9. Disadvantage status: Given as in year 11. Disadvantaged pupils are defined as those who were eligible for free school meals at any point in the previous six years or having been looked after by their local authority. These are the pupils who would have attracted the pupil premium when in year 11. Pupils with no key stage 4 record were not known to be disadvantaged in year 11 and are included in all other pupils.