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Cohort-based higher education participation (CHEP) rates at ages 20, 25 and 30 by school cohort
Tracking English school cohorts to monitor if and when they progress into higher education by ages 20, 25 and 30.
Academic year 2022/23
Participation measures in higher education
Higher Education initial entrants and estimated percentages of participation. Annual statistics that include student characteristics and provider type.
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- Department for Education
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CHEP Overall
National
HE participation by ages 25, 20 and 30 (CHEP-25, CHEP-20, CHEP-30)
- Number of rows
- 36
- Indicators
- Entrants
- Entry percentage
- Filters
- Age entered HE
- Time period
- 2001/02 to 2017/18
CHEP Gender
National
HE participation (CHEP-25, CHEP-20, CHEP-30) by gender
- Number of rows
- 108
- Indicators
- Entrants
- Entry percentage
- Filters
- Age entered HE
- Gender
- Time period
- 2001/02 to 2017/18
CHEP Qualification Aim
National
HE participation (CHEP-25, CHEP-20, CHEP-30) by qualification aim
- Number of rows
- 216
- Indicators
- Entrants
- Entry percentage
- Filters
- Age entered HE
- Level of Study
- Time period
- 2001/02 to 2017/18
CHEP Mode
National
HE participation (CHEP-25, CHEP-20, CHEP-30) by mode of study
- Number of rows
- 72
- Indicators
- Entrants
- Entry percentage
- Filters
- Age entered HE
- Mode of Study
- Time period
- 2001/02 to 2017/18
CHEP Region
National, Regional
HE participation (CHEP-25, CHEP-20, CHEP-30) by region
- Number of rows
- 360
- Indicators
- Entrants
- Entry percentage
- Filters
- Age entered HE
- Time period
- 2001/02 to 2017/18
CHEP Projected
National
A comparison of a HEIP-like projection using the new cohort-based figures against the old HEIP projection measure
- Number of rows
- 29
- Indicators
- Entrants
- Entry percentage
- Filters
- Methodology
- Time period
- 2006/07 to 2022/23
CHEP Age
National
HE participation by specific age, including a cumulative rate
- Number of rows
- 210
- Indicators
- Entrants
- Entry percentage
- Cumulative entry percentage
- Filters
- Age entered HE
- Time period
- 2001/02 to 2020/21
CHEP Overall - All L4+
National
HE participation by ages 25, 20 and 30 (CHEP-25, CHEP-20, CHEP-30) including all level 4+ learning
- Number of rows
- 36
- Indicators
- Entry percentage
- Number of entrants
- Number of people in cohort of 15-year-olds
- Filters
- Age entered L4+
- Time period
- 2001/02 to 2017/18
CHEP Level - All L4+
National
HE participation by ages 25, 20 and 30 (CHEP-25, CHEP-20, CHEP-30) by level of study including all level 4+ learning
- Number of rows
- 60
- Indicators
- Entry percentage
- Number of entrants
- Filters
- Age entered L4+
- Detailed level
- Time period
- 2005/06 to 2017/18
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 guidance describes the data included in the Participation Measures in Higher Education: 2022/23 Official Statistics release’s underlying data files. This data is released under the terms of the Open Government License (opens in new tab) and is intended to meet at least 3 stars for Open Data. (opens in new tab)
The methodology page attached to this release 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
The release covers the latest Cohort-based Higher Education Participation (CHEP) measure.
For each cohort of pupils registered at English schools at age 15, we track their participation rates in HE by age 25 (CHEP-25).
Also included are underlying tables containing data on participation by age 20 and by age 30 (CHEP-20, CHEP-30).
Work-based learning (including most apprenticeships) is not included in most data files. However, all learning at levels 4 and above, including work-based learning, is included in the two data files ‘CHEP Overall - All L4+’ and ‘CHEP Level - All L4+’.
Rounding and suppression
Headcounts have not been rounded in order to maximise the utility of the statistics while minimising the risk of disclosure. Percentages are rounded to one decimal place.
More information about the Departmental policy on confidentiality can be found here:
Contact us
If you have a specific enquiry about Participation measures in higher education statistics and data:
HE Participation and Provider Statistics Team
Email: he.statistics@education.gov.ukContact name: Louis Erritt
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