National statistics

Further education and skills: October 2017

Statistics about learner participation, outcomes and highest qualification held in further education and skills, reported for October 2017.

Applies to England

Documents

Further education and skills: October 2017 main text - SFR53/2017

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Further education and skills: October 2017 main tables - SFR53/2017

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Further education and skills: October 2017 main tables - SFR53/2017

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Quality and methodology information: SFR53/2017

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Details

Post-16 learner participation and achievements in further education (FE) and skills. The data sets out statistics reported to date for the provisional, reported to date 2016 to 2017 academic year on:

  • adult (aged 19 and over) government-funded further education (FE) (excluding schools and higher education) comprising:
    • education and training, including offender learning (aged 18 and over)
    • apprenticeships
    • English and maths
    • community learning
    • advanced learner loans
    • traineeships (aged 16 to 24)
    • all age (aged 16 and over ) apprenticeships in England
    • the highest level of qualification held by adults (aged 19 to 64) in England

Final data for earlier years is also available, along with data broken down by:

  • learner characteristics including:
    • gender
    • ethnicity
    • learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities
  • different geographical areas

Additional breakdowns of this data are available in the FE data library.

Published 12 October 2017