Academic year 2022/23

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

Data guidance

Published

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 16-17 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.

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.

NEET by characteristics

Filename
ud_neet_characteristics.csv
Geographic levels
Local authority; National; Regional
Time period
2019 to 2023
Content

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

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable nameVariable description
Ageage - filter by age
annual_change_NEETNKAnnual change in NEET/not known rate
avgcohortCohort number
avgNEETNumber NEET
avgNEETNKNumber NEET/activity not known
avgNKNumber activity not known
CharacteristicCharacteristic - filter by characteristic
NEETNKpropNEET/not known proportion
NEETpropNEET proportion
NotknownpropActivity not known proportion
Footnotes
  1. Due to a change in software supplier in 2022, Surrey's data has been affected by some quality issues. Please use Surrey's data with caution.

Participation by characteristics

Filename
ud_participation_characteristics.csv
Geographic levels
Local authority; National; Regional
Time period
2019 to 2023
Content

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

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable nameVariable description
Ageage - filter by age
annual_changeannual change in proportion in education and training
CharacteristicCharacteristic - filter by characteristic
cohortCohort number
Proportion_in_education_and_trainingProportion in education and training
Total_in_education_and_trainingNumber in education and training
Footnotes
  1. Due to technical software issues with the March 2023 gender field, Surrey has no gender information.

Participation by type

Filename
ud_participation_by_type.csv
Geographic levels
Local authority; National; Regional
Time period
2019 to 2023
Content

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

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable nameVariable description
annual_changeAnnual change in percent participating
numberNumber
Participation_typeParticipation type
percentPercent
Footnotes
  1. Due to known coding issues with Surrey's apprenticeships data, please use Surrey's figures with caution.

NEET and participation LA scorecard

Filename
ud_neetnk_la_dashboard_2023_final.csv
Geographic levels
Local authority; National; Regional
Time period
2023
Content

National, regional and local authority NEET and participation in education and training estimates. 

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable nameVariable description
AgeAge
Age1617_ONS_populationAge 16-17 population ONS estimate
annual_change_apprenticeshipAnnual change in the percentage of the cohort on an apprenticeship
annual_change_FTEAnnual change in the percentage of the cohort in full-time education
annual_change_other_education_trainingAnnual change in the percentage of the cohort in other education and training
annual_change_Participation_in_education_trainingAnnual change in the percentage of the cohort participation in education and training
annual_change_ppts_NEET_not_knownAnnual change in the percentage of the cohort who are NEET or not known
annualchange_NEETAnnual change in the percentage of the cohort who are NEET
annualchange_notknownAnnual change in the percentage of the cohort with activity not known
Apprenticeship_percentPercentage of the cohort on an apprenticeship
avg_att8Average attainment 8 score per pupil
Cohort_DJFavgTotal cohort (average of Dec/Jan/Feb)
cohort_EHCP_percentPercentage of the cohort with an EHCP
cohort_MarchTotal cohort (March)
cohort_noSEN_percentPercentage of the cohort with no SEN
cohort_SENDsupport_percentPercentage of the cohort who have SEND support
Full_time_education_percentPercentage of the cohort in full-time education
L2_em_GCSE_othL2Percentage 19 year olds achieving GCSE 9-4 standard pass in English and maths (or equivalent) between ages 16 and 19 for those who had not achieved this level by 16
Level_3Percentage 19 year olds achieving a level 3
NEET_NK_EHCP_percentPercentage with an EHCP who are NEET or activity not known
NEET_NK_noSEN_percentPercentage with no SEN who are NEET or activity not known
NEET_NK_quintileNEET and activity not known quintile
NEET_NK_SENDsupport_percentPercentage SEND support who are NEET or activity not known
NEET_not_known_percentPercentage of the cohort who are NEET or not known
NEET_percentPercentage of the cohort who are NEET
NEET_quintileNEET quintile
Notknown_percentPercentage of the cohort with activity not known
Notknown_quintileActivity not known quintile
Other_education_and_training_percentPercentage of the cohort in other education and training
Participation_ET_quintileParticipation in education and training quintile
pt_l2basics_949-4 standard pass in English and maths GCSEs
Sep_guarantee_quintileSeptember Guarantee quintile
September_guarantee_annual_change_pptsAnnual change in the percentage of September Guarantee offers made
September_guarantee_Offer_made_percentPercentage of September Guarantee offers made
sess_overall_percentOverall absence (% of sessions)
sess_overall_percent_pa_10_exactPersistent absentees (% of pupils)
TOTAL_participating_in_education_and_training_percentPercentage of the cohort participating in education and training
VG_cohort_DJF_avgCohort of vulnerable group (average of Dec/Jan/Feb)
VG_cohort_percentagePercentage of the total cohort who are in a vulnerable group
VG_NEET_NK_percentagePercentage of the vulnerable group who are NEET or activity not known