Accredited official statistics
Participation in education, training and employment: 2025
National participation figures for 16 to 21 year olds at end 2025, and updates to estimates for end 2015 to 2024.
Applies to England
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This statistical release provides national participation in education and apprenticeships from Department for Education administrative data. It also includes estimates of wider training and employment from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) to give a holistic picture of activity for the 16 to 21 population.
It contains information on participation in education and apprenticeships with breakdowns by:
Different post-16 learning options, including:
- school
- further education colleges or sixth form colleges
- apprenticeships
- higher education
- mode of study
- highest qualification being studied
Characteristics including:
- academic age
- sex
- special educational needs (SEN)
- disadvantaged or free school meals eligibility
- indices of deprivation (IDACI)
- ethnicity
- prior attainment
Geographical information including:
- England
- local authority
Updates to this page
Published 25 June 2026