Education and training statistics for the UK
Reporting year 2022

Description

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Coverage

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File formats and conventions

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Data files

School numbers

Filename: uk_schools.csv
Geographic levels: National; Regional
Time period: 2015/16 to 2021/22
Content summary: Number of schools in the United Kingdom by school phase.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name  |  Variable description
---------  |  -----------------
phase      |  School type
t_schools  |  Number of schools

Footnotes:

1. In Northern Ireland, total figures include hospital schools.
2. Primary and secondary figures include middle schools as deemed. Secondary schools include all-through schools.
3. Figures for independent schools in Scotland are unavailable.
4. In Scotland, nursery figures include all providers of funded Early Learning and Childcare, except childminders.
5. In England, special schools include pupil referral units.
6. Figures for independent schools in Wales are unavailable for 2019/20.


Pupils numbers

Filename: uk_pupils.csv
Geographic levels: National; Regional
Time period: 2015/16 to 2021/22
Content summary: Number of pupils in the United Kingdom by school phase, age and gender.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name  |  Variable description
--------  |  ----------------
age       |  Age
gender    |  Gender
phase     |  School type
t_pupils  |  Number of pupils

Footnotes:

1. Totals include students with 'other' or 'unknown' gender.
2. Primary and secondary figures include middle schools as deemed. Secondary schools include all-through schools.
3. Figures for independent schools in Scotland are unavailable.
4. In Scotland, nursery figures include all providers of funded Early Learning and Childcare, except childminders.
5. In England, special schools include pupil referral units.
6. Figures for independent schools in Wales are unavailable for 2019/20.


Teachers numbers

Filename: uk_teachers.csv
Geographic levels: National; Regional
Time period: 2015/16 to 2021/22
Content summary: Number of Full-time equivalent teachers in the United Kingdom by phase and gender.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name   |  Variable description
--------------  |  ---------------------------------------
gender          |  Gender
phase           |  School type
t_fte_teachers  |  Full-time equivalent number of teachers

Footnotes:

1. Totals include teachers with 'other' or 'unknown' gender.
2. Primary and secondary figures include middle schools as deemed. Secondary schools include all-through schools.
3. In England and Scotland, total maintained teachers include centrally employed teachers not included in the school phase breakdowns.
4. Figures for independent schools in Scotland are unavailable.
5. In England, special schools include pupil referral units.
6. Figures for independent schools in Wales are unavailable for 2019/20.


Pupil to teacher ratios (PTRs)

Filename: uk_pupil_teacher_ratios.csv
Geographic levels: National; Regional
Time period: 2015/16 to 2021/22
Content summary: Pupil to teacher ratios in state funded schools in the United Kingdom by phase.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name        |  Variable description
-------------------  |  -------------------
phase                |  School type
pupil_teacher_ratio  |  Pupil-teacher ratio

Footnotes:

1. Primary and secondary figures include middle schools as deemed. Secondary schools include all-through schools.
2. In England, special schools include pupil referral units.
3. In England, the primary pupil-teacher ratio includes local authority (LA) maintained nurseries.


Further education students

Filename: uk_post_compulsory_education_fe_students.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2015/16 to 2020/21
Content summary: Number of Further education students in the United Kingdom at further education colleges or higher education providers by age, gender and mode of study.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name  |  Variable description
-------------  |  ---------------------
age            |  Age
gender         |  Gender
mode_of_study  |  Mode of study
t_students     |  Number of FE students

Footnotes:

1. Totals include further education students at further education colleges or higher education providers
2. Totals include students with 'other' or 'unknown' gender.
3. In England, student numbers by mode of study (e.g. full-time, part-time, work-based learning) are unavailable.


Higher education students

Filename: uk_post_compulsory_education_he_students.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2016/17 to 2020/21
Content summary: Number of Higher education students in the United Kingdom at further education colleges or higher education providers by gender, level and mode of study, subject and domicile.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name  |  Variable description
-------------  |  ---------------------
domicile       |  Domicile
gender         |  Gender
level          |  Level of education
mode_of_study  |  Mode of study
subject        |  Subject group
t_students     |  Number of HE students

Footnotes:

1. Subject totals do not include HE students on courses in further education colleges in Northern Ireland or Wales.
2. Totals include students with 'other' or 'unknown' gender.
3. 2020/21 student numbers are not comparable to previous years due to a methodology change.


Further education and Higher education institutions

Filename: uk_post_compulsory_education_institutions.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2015/16 to 2020/21
Content summary: Number of Further and Higher education institutions in the United Kingdom.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name   |  Variable description
--------------  |  ----------------------
provider_type   |  Provider type
t_institutions  |  Number of institutions


Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET)

Filename: uk_neet.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2002 to 2022
Content summary: Number and percentage of young adults in the United Kingdom who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) by age group and gender.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name            |  Variable description
-----------------------  |  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
age                      |  Age
gender                   |  Gender
pt_neet                  |  People who were NEET as a percentage of people in relevant population group
quarter                  |  Quarter
t_economically_inactive  |  Total economically inactive
t_neet                   |  Total NEET
t_population             |  Total people in relevant population group
t_unemployed             |  Total unemployed


Highest qualification among 19-64 year olds

Filename: uk_highest_qualifications.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2021
Content summary: Highest qualification level of adults aged 19-64 in the United Kingdom by age group and gender.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name    |  Variable description
---------------  |  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
age              |  Age
gender           |  Gender
pt_hiqual_nqf2   |  Percentage of population with their highest qualification as NQF level 2 or above
pt_hiqual_nqf3   |  Percentage of population with their highest qualification as NQF level 3 or above
pt_hiqual_nqf4   |  Percentage of population with their highest qualification as NQF level 4 or above
pt_hiqual_scqf5  |  Percentage of population with their highest qualification as SCQF level 5 or above
pt_hiqual_scqf6  |  Percentage of population with their highest qualification as SCQF level 6 or above
pt_hiqual_scqf7  |  Percentage of population with their highest qualification as SCQF level 7 or above
t_age_1964       |  Total 19-64 year olds in the population (thousands)

Footnotes:

1. Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) levels used in Scotland are not directly comparable to NQF levels used in England/Wales/Northern Ireland. Figures relating to levels 5, 6 and 7 have been provided as the closest match to NQF levels 2, 3 and 4 respectively. Figures for the UK have been calculated using the NQF levels assigned to Scottish qualifications in the Labour Force Survey.


Education expenditure

Filename: uk_expenditure.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2015-16 to 2021-22
Content summary: Expenditure on education in the United Kingdom by education function, expenditure type and expenditure level.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name                      |  Variable description
---------------------------------  |  ------------------------------------------
education_function                 |  Education function
expenditure_level                  |  Expenditure level
expenditure_type                   |  Expenditure type
pt_expenditure_of_gdp              |  Total expenditure as a percentage of GDP
t_expenditure_millions             |  Total expenditure (millions)
t_expenditure_real_terms_millions  |  Total expenditure in real terms (millions)

Footnotes:

1. In England, secondary education includes expenditure on central government academies which will also cover some schools in primary education
