16-19 destination measures
Academic year 2024/25

Description

This document describes the data included in the ‘16-18 destination measures: 2023/24’ Official Statistics release’s underlying data files. This data is released under the terms of the Open Government License (opens in new tab) (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/) and is intended to meet at least 3 stars for Open Data (opens in new tab) (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2010-to-2015-government-policy-government-transparency-and-accountability/2010-to-2015-government-policy-government-transparency-and-accountability#appendix-3-releasing-data-in-open-and-anonymised-formats).

The publication methodology, available on the publication report, should be referenced alongside this data. It provides information on the data sources, their coverage and quality as well as explaining methodology used in producing the data.

Coverage

This release provides information on destinations from:

- state-funded mainstream schools and colleges
- state-funded special schools (including non-maintained special schools)
- independent schools

This information is based on data from the National Pupil Database and the Longitudinal Education Outcomes dataset.

File formats and conventions

The Code of Practice for Statistics requires us to take reasonable steps to ensure that our published or disseminated statistics protect confidentiality. Where appropriate we apply disclosure control to protect confidentiality.

The following symbols have been used in this publication:

(0) zero

(c) small number suppressed to preserve confidentiality or for accountability reasons

(z) not applicable

(x) not available

(low) positive % less than 0.5

Small cohorts

At institutional level, where cohorts are less than 6, all data are suppressed. This is to ensure that schools are not held to account for small cohorts of pupils rather than for confidentiality reasons.

This does not apply to levels of data other than institutional level.

Data files

16-19 study leavers destinations

Filename: ees_ks5_202324.csv
Geographic levels: Local authority; Local authority district; National; Parliamentary constituency; Regional; School
Time period: 2016/17 to 2023/24
Content summary: 16 to 19 study leavers' destinations data by student characteristics (including sex, disadvantaged status and ethnicity), qualification level, education establishment and destination at all available aggregated geographic levels

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name            |  Variable description
-----------------------  |  ---------------------------------------------
breakdown                |  Student characteristics
cohort_count             |  Number of students completing 16 to 19 study
cohort_level             |  Qualification levels
destination_description  |  Destination measure
disadvantage_status      |  Disadvantage status
establishment_type       |  Establishment type
ethnicity_major          |  Ethnicity major
ethnicity_minor          |  Ethnicity minor
institution_count        |  Number of institutions
pupil_count              |  Number of pupils sustaining a destination
pupil_percent            |  Percentage of pupils sustaining a destination
sex                      |  Sex

Footnotes:

1. All schools includes all local authority maintained mainstream schools, sponsored academies, converter academies, free schools, university technical colleges (UTCs), studio schools, special schools and independent schools. Also includes city technology colleges (CTCs). Alternative provision is not included.
2. Non-selective schools in highly-selective areas includes all non-selective schools in local authorities with a high level of selection (where 25% or more of state-funded secondary places are in state-funded selective schools). These local authorities are Bexley, Buckinghamshire, Kent, Lincolnshire, Medway, Poole, Slough, Southend-on-Sea, Sutton, Torbay, Trafford and Wirral. See technical note for further details.
3. State-funded mainstream colleges includes sixth-form colleges and other further education colleges.
4. State-funded mainstream schools also includes city technology colleges (CTCs). Figures for this institution type are not shown separately in the table. Excludes pupil referral units (PRUs), alternative provision (AP), hospital schools, maintained and non-maintained special schools, independent schools, independent special schools and independent schools approved to take pupils with special educational needs (SEN).
5. Other non-selective schools includes all non-selective schools that are not in highly selective areas, including those in areas with some selection.
6. 'Not sustained destination' includes pupils who were captured in the source data and had some participation in the academic year but did not complete the required six months sustained participation.
7. Other education destinations include school sixth forms, sixth-form colleges, independent schools, specialist post-16 institutions, special schools and education combination destinations.
8. State-funded mainstream schools include local authority maintained schools, academies, free schools and city technology colleges.
9. Selective schools admit pupils wholly or mainly with reference to ability. These schools are formally designated as grammar schools. The schools status is based on admission policy in the secondary phase (i.e. age 11).
10. Special schools group include all types of special schools due to the small numbers of schools.
11. Activity not being captured means the student was not found to have any participation in education, apprenticeship or employment nor recorded as receiving out-of-work benefits at any point in the year. Possible reasons for this could be that the pupil was living, working or studying abroad or was attending a Scottish or Welsh college or school.
12. Total state-funded mainstream schools and colleges covers all state-funded mainstream schools, academies, free schools, city technology colleges (CTCs), sixth-forms and other and FE sector colleges. Excludes alternative provision, special schools, other government department funded colleges and independent schools.
13. Other FE sector colleges excludes other government department funded colleges.
14. Please note data for independent schools has much lower coverage than state-funded schools. This is likely to be due to difficulties linking their education records to employment data.
15. Total for all schools and colleges includes all mainstream and special schools and colleges
16. Local authority maintained includes community, voluntary aided, voluntary controlled and foundation schools.
17. State-funded mainstream colleges excludes other government department funded colleges.
18. Reforms to technical and applied qualifications mean that the makeup of level 3 and level 2 approved qualification groups differ significantly between destination years 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20. Comparisons across years and approved/other qualification groups should therefore be made with particular caution.
19. 'Other qualifications' are qualifications that are not included elsewhere in the 16-19 attainment performance measures


16-19 study leavers institution level destinations

Filename: ees_ks5_inst_202324.csv
Geographic levels: School
Time period: 2021/22 to 2023/24
Content summary: 16 to 19 study leavers' institution level destinations data by location, student characteristics and provider type and qualification level

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name       |  Variable description
------------------  |  -------------------------------------------------
all_notsust         |  Not recorded as a sustained destination
all_unknown         |  Activity not captured
all_work            |  Sustained employment destination
appren              |  Sustained apprenticeships
breakdown           |  Student characteristics
cohort_count        |  Number of students completing 16 to 19 study
cohort_level_group  |  Qualification level group
data_type           |  Data type
education           |  Sustained education destination
establishment_type  |  Establishment type
fe                  |  Further education
he                  |  UK higher education institution
other_edu           |  Other education destination
overall             |  Sustained education, employment & apprenticeships

Footnotes:

1. State-funded mainstream colleges includes sixth-form colleges and other further education colleges.
2. 'Not sustained destination' includes pupils who were captured in the source data and had some participation in the academic year but did not complete the required six months sustained participation.
3. Other education destinations include school sixth forms, sixth-form colleges, independent schools, specialist post-16 institutions, special schools and education combination destinations.
4. Special schools group include all types of special schools due to the small numbers of schools.
5. Activity not being captured means the student was not found to have any participation in education, apprenticeship or employment nor recorded as receiving out-of-work benefits at any point in the year. Possible reasons for this could be that the pupil was living, working or studying abroad or was attending a Scottish or Welsh college or school.
6. Please note data for independent schools has much lower coverage than state-funded schools. This is likely to be due to difficulties linking their education records to employment data.
7. Reforms to technical and applied qualifications mean that the makeup of level 3 and level 2 approved qualification groups differ significantly between destination years 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20. Comparisons across years and approved/other qualification groups should therefore be made with particular caution.
8. 'Other qualifications' are qualifications that are not included elsewhere in the 16-19 attainment performance measures
