Transparency data

September guarantee: education and training for young people

Details of the September guarantee, which requires local authorities to find education and training places for 16- and 17-year-olds.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 21 March 2014
• Last updated: 29 January 2026
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  1. 29 January 2026

     Added '2025 September guarantee data'.

  2. 30 January 2025

     Added link to '2024 September guarantee data'.

  3. 21 March 2024

     Added '2023 September Guarantee data'.

  4. 6 July 2023

     Added '2022 September Guarantee data'.

  5. 8 February 2022

     Added '2021 September Guarantee data'.

  6. 11 January 2021

     Added '2020 September Guarantee data'.

  7. 16 January 2020

     Added 2019 September Guarantee data.

  8. 14 March 2019

     Removed underlying data on 2018 documents.

  9. 14 March 2019

     Added 2018 September Guarantee data.

  10. 19 July 2018

      Added 2017 September Guarantee data.

  11. 31 January 2017

      Added 2016 September Guarantee data.

  12. 21 January 2016

      Added 2015 September Guarantee data.

  13. 3 February 2015

      Added 2014 September Guarantee data.

  14. 21 March 2014

      First published.

Applies to England

Documents

2025 September guarantee data

https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/september-guarantee-offers-of-education-and-training-for-young-people-age-16-and-17/2025-26

2024 September guarantee data

https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/september-guarantee-offers-of-education-and-training-for-young-people-age-16-and-17/2024-25

2023 September guarantee data

https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/september-guarantee-offers-of-education-and-training-for-young-people-age-16-and-17/2023-24

2022 September guarantee data

https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/september-guarantee-offers-of-education-and-training-for-young-people-age-16-and-17/2022-23

2021 September guarantee data

ODS, 58.5 KB

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2021 September guarantee data

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 55 KB

2020 September guarantee data

ODS, 83.5 KB

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2020 September guarantee data

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 72.9 KB

2019 September guarantee data

ODS, 15.4 KB

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2019 September guarantee data

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 19.8 KB

2018 September guarantee data

ODS, 15.3 KB

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2018 September guarantee data

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 19.4 KB

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2017 September guarantee data

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2017 September guarantee data

118 KB

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2016 September guarantee data

ODS, 17.1 KB

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2016 September guarantee data

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 81 KB

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2015 September guarantee data

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2015 September guarantee data

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2014 September guarantee data

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2014 September guarantee data

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 69 KB

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2013 September guarantee data

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2012 September guarantee data

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2011 September guarantee data

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2010 September guarantee data

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Details

These documents provide figures for the proportion of young people receiving an offer of education or training in each local authority area from 2010 to 2025.

The September guarantee helps local authorities fulfil their duty to provide education and training to young people and find them a suitable place. It also helps them to work with their partners, particularly schools and colleges, and to agree how the process will work in their area.

The offer should be appropriate to the young person’s needs and can include:

• full-time education in school sixth-forms or colleges
• an apprenticeship or traineeship
• employment combined with part-time education or training