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Further education and skills: March 2017

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

Applies to England

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Further education and skills: March 2017 main text - SFR13/2017

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Further education and skills: March 2017 main tables - SFR13/2017

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Quality and methodology information: SFR13/2017

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Details

This release provides information on post-16 learner participation and achievements in further education (FE) and skills. It presents statistics reported to date for the first two quarters (August 2016 to January 2017) of the academic year 2016 to 2017 on:

adult (aged 19+) government-funded FE (excluding schools and higher education) comprising:

  • education and training, including offender learning (aged 18+)

  • apprenticeships

  • English and maths

  • community learning

  • advanced learner loans

  • traineeships (aged 16 to 24)

  • all age (aged 16+) 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.

Updates to this page

Published 23 March 2017
Last updated 15 June 2017 + show all updates
  1. Revision to headline qualification achievement rates for 2015 to 2016

  2. First published.

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