Department for Education
Academic year 2025/26

Participation in education, training and NEET age 16 to 17 by local authority

LA management information on participation and not in education or training (NEET) age 16 to 17. Includes ethnicity, SEND figures and comparative NEET scorecard

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  • NEET by characteristics

    Local authority, National, Regional

    National, regional and local authority NEET estimates by (academic) age, gender, ethnic group and special educational needs and disability (SEND).

    Number of rows
    28,390
    Indicators
    • Cohort number
    • Number NEET
    • Number activity not known
    Filters
    • Characteristic
    • age
    Time period
    2019 to 2026
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  • Participation by characteristics

    Local authority, National, Regional

    National, regional and local authority participation in education and training estimates by (academic) age, gender, ethnic group and special educational needs and disability (SEND).

    Number of rows
    28,392
    Indicators
    • Cohort number
    • Number in education and training
    • Proportion in education and training
    Filters
    • Characteristic
    • age
    Time period
    2019 to 2026
    Data set information page for Participation by characteristics
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  • Participation by type

    Local authority, National, Regional

    National, regional and local authority participation in education and training estimates by type of participation and duty to participate.

    Number of rows
    22,049
    Indicators
    • Number
    • Percent
    • Annual change in percent participating (percentage point change)
    Filters
    • Participation type
    Time period
    2019 to 2026
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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 ‘Participation in education, training and NEET age 16 and 17 by local authority’ management information release’s underlying data. This data is released under the terms of the Open Government License and is intended to meet at least three stars for Open Data.

The underlying data files include national, regional and local authority participation and NEET estimates for 16 to 17 year olds in England and are broken down by (academic) age, gender, ethnic group and special educational needs and disability (SEND).

The methodology accompanying the release should be referenced alongside this data. It provides information on the data source, coverage and quality.

File formats and conventions

The files are in comma separated values format (.csv) with UTF-8 encoding.

Rounding and suppression has been applied as described in the confidentiality section of the accompanying methodology to avoid disclosure. 

Symbols used in the underlying data are as follows:

Symbol  |  Meaning
z       |  When an observation is not applicable 

c       |  When an observation has been suppressed to avoid disclosure.

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If you have a specific enquiry about Participation in education, training and NEET age 16 to 17 by local authority statistics and data:

Post 16 Participation, NEET and Attainment Statistics

Email: post16.statistics@education.gov.uk
Contact name: Post 16 statistics team

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