Department for Education
Academic year 2023/24

Longer term destinations

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment destinations 1, 3 and 5 years after GCSEs. Includes disadvantage and gender breakdowns.

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  • National longer term destinations

    National

    National level destinations data 1, 3 and 5 years after students leave key stage 4 for different characteristic groups and provider types.

    Number of rows
    128,497
    Indicators
    • Number of pupils
    • Percentage of pupils sustaining a destination
    • Number of pupils completing key stage 4
    Filters
    • Destination measure
    • Disadvantage Status
    • Establishment type
    Time period
    2012/13 to 2020/21
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  • Local authority longer term destinations

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    Local authority, Regional

    Local Authority and regional level destinations data 1, 3 and 5 years after students leave key stage 4 by different geography levels, characteristics groups and provider types.

    API data set ID
    019e3a7a-8431-7425-ada0-60f29ab17f58
    Number of rows
    3,093,884
    Indicators
    • Number of pupils completing key stage 4
    • Number of pupils
    • Percentage of pupils sustaining a destination
    Filters
    • Destination measure
    • Disadvantage Status
    • Establishment type group
    Time period
    2012/13 to 2020/21
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  • Institution longer term destinations

    School

    Institution level Destinations data 1, 3 and 5 years after students leave key stage 4 by different characteristics groups.

    Number of rows
    11,375,338
    Indicators
    • Number of pupils completing key stage 4
    • Number of pupils
    • Percentage of pupils sustaining a destination
    Filters
    • Destination measure
    • Destination year
    • Disadvantage Status
    Time period
    2016/17 to 2020/21
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Data guidance

Description of the data sets included in this release, including information on data sources, coverage, quality and any data conventions used.

Description

This document describes the data included in the ‘Longer term destination measures: 2023/24’ Official Statistics release’s underlying data files. This data is released under the terms of the Open Government License (opens in a new tab) (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) and is intended to meet at least 3 stars for Open Data (opens in a new tab) (opens in new tab) (opens in 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 

(x) not available

( low ) 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.

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If you have a specific enquiry about Longer term destinations statistics and data:

Destination measures

Email: Destination.MEASURES@education.gov.uk
Contact name: Robert Stevenson

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