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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 name
Variable description
Age
age - filter by age
annual_change_NEETNK
Annual change in NEET/not known rate
avgcohort
Cohort number
avgNEET
Number NEET
avgNEETNK
Number NEET/activity not known
avgNK
Number activity not known
Characteristic
Characteristic - filter by characteristic
NEETNKprop
NEET/not known proportion
NEETprop
NEET proportion
Notknownprop
Activity not known proportion
Footnotes
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.
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 name
Variable description
Age
age - filter by age
annual_change
annual change in proportion in education and training
Characteristic
Characteristic - filter by characteristic
cohort
Cohort number
Proportion_in_education_and_training
Proportion in education and training
Total_in_education_and_training
Number in education and training
Footnotes
Due to technical software issues with the March 2023 gender field, Surrey has no gender information.
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 name
Variable description
Age
Age
Age1617_ONS_population
Age 16-17 population ONS estimate
annual_change_apprenticeship
Annual change in the percentage of the cohort on an apprenticeship
annual_change_FTE
Annual change in the percentage of the cohort in full-time education
annual_change_other_education_training
Annual change in the percentage of the cohort in other education and training
annual_change_Participation_in_education_training
Annual change in the percentage of the cohort participation in education and training
annual_change_ppts_NEET_not_known
Annual change in the percentage of the cohort who are NEET or not known
annualchange_NEET
Annual change in the percentage of the cohort who are NEET
annualchange_notknown
Annual change in the percentage of the cohort with activity not known
Apprenticeship_percent
Percentage of the cohort on an apprenticeship
avg_att8
Average attainment 8 score per pupil
Cohort_DJFavg
Total cohort (average of Dec/Jan/Feb)
cohort_EHCP_percent
Percentage of the cohort with an EHCP
cohort_March
Total cohort (March)
cohort_noSEN_percent
Percentage of the cohort with no SEN
cohort_SENDsupport_percent
Percentage of the cohort who have SEND support
Full_time_education_percent
Percentage of the cohort in full-time education
L2_em_GCSE_othL2
Percentage 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_3
Percentage 19 year olds achieving a level 3
NEET_NK_EHCP_percent
Percentage with an EHCP who are NEET or activity not known
NEET_NK_noSEN_percent
Percentage with no SEN who are NEET or activity not known
NEET_NK_quintile
NEET and activity not known quintile
NEET_NK_SENDsupport_percent
Percentage SEND support who are NEET or activity not known
NEET_not_known_percent
Percentage of the cohort who are NEET or not known
NEET_percent
Percentage of the cohort who are NEET
NEET_quintile
NEET quintile
Notknown_percent
Percentage of the cohort with activity not known
Notknown_quintile
Activity not known quintile
Other_education_and_training_percent
Percentage of the cohort in other education and training
Participation_ET_quintile
Participation in education and training quintile
pt_l2basics_94
9-4 standard pass in English and maths GCSEs
Sep_guarantee_quintile
September Guarantee quintile
September_guarantee_annual_change_ppts
Annual change in the percentage of September Guarantee offers made