Longer term destinations
Academic year 2020/21

Description

This document describes the data included in the ‘Longer term destination measures: 2020/21’ Official Statistics release’s underlying data files. This data is released under the terms of the  Open Government License (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/) and is intended to meet at least 3 stars for  Open Data (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
- state-funded special schools (including non-maintained special schools)
- alternative provision

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

National Longer term destinations

Filename: ltd_dm_ud_201516_nat.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2012/13 to 2015/16
Content summary: National level destinations data 1, 3 and 5 years after students leave key stage 4 (2015/16 cohort) for different characteristic groups and provider provider types.

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
appl2              |  Intermediate apprenticeships (level 2)
appl3              |  Advanced apprenticeships (level 3)
appl4              |  Higher and degree apprenticeships (level 4 and above)
appren             |  Sustained apprenticeships
breakdown          |  Student characteristics
cohort             |  Number of pupils completing key stage 4
data_type          |  Data type
destination_year   |  Destination year
education          |  Sustained education
fe                 |  Further education
fel10no            |  Entry level or level 1 (e.g. Entry Level Certificate, Entry Level Diploma, Level 1 Certificate, Level 1 Diploma)
fel2               |  Level 2 (e.g. GCSE 9 - 4/ A* - C, Level 2 National Certificate, Level 2 National Diploma)
fel3               |  Level 3 (e.g. A level, Level 3 National Certificate, Level 3 National Diploma)
he                 |  UK higher education institution
hel4               |  Level 4 (e.g. Higher National Certificates)
hel5               |  Level 5 (e.g. Foundation degree and Higher National Diploma)
hel6               |  Level 6 (e.g. Degree with/without honours)
institution_group  |  Institution group
other_edu          |  Other education
overall            |  Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
sfc_and_ssf        |  Sixth form college or school sixth form

Footnotes:

1. Activity not captured: means the young person wasn’t found to have any participation in education or employment, had made no claim to out-of-work benefits and was not recorded NEET.
2. Alternative provision: includes state place funded alternative provision (Pupil Referral Units, AP academies, AP free schools, and hospital schools) and other alternative provision (education funded by the local authority outside of state place funded schools, including independent schools, non-maintained special schools, and providers who do not meet the criteria for registration as a school)
3. State-funded special schools: includes community special schools, foundation special schools, special sponsored academies, special converter academies, and special free schools and non-maintained special schools.
4. Prior attainment: achievement level at key stage 4 (level 2).
5. 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
6. Not recorded as a sustained destination: includes pupils who did not sustain a destination from October to March but had some participation between August and July. It also includes pupils who had no participation in education or employment but had claimed out-of-work benefits or were recorded NEET by their local authority between August and July
7. Disadvantage status: Given as in year 11. Disadvantaged pupils are defined as those who were eligible for free school meals at any point in the previous six years or having been looked after by their local authority. These are the pupils who would have attracted the pupil premium when in year 11. Pupils with no key stage 4 record were not known to be disadvantaged in year 11 and are included in all other pupils.
8. Note that employment figures showed an increase between 2013/14 and 2014/15 destination years due to the introduction of the Longitudinal Educational Outcomes data, and so Year 1 employment figures between the 2012/13 and 2013/14 cohorts are not directly comparable.
9. State-funded mainstream schools: include community schools, voluntary aided schools, voluntary controlled schools, foundation schools, academies, free schools, city technology colleges and further education colleges with provision for 14- to 16-year-olds.


Local authority level Longer term destinations

Filename: ltd_dm_ud_201516_la_v1.csv
Geographic levels: Local authority; Regional
Time period: 2012/13 to 2015/16
Content summary: Local Authority and regional level destinations data 1, 3 and 5 years after students leave key stage 4 (2015/16 cohort) by different geography levels, characteristics groups and provider types provider types.

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
appl2              |  Intermediate apprenticeships (level 2)
appl3              |  Advanced apprenticeships (level 3)
appl4              |  Higher and degree apprenticeships (level 4 and above)
appren             |  Sustained apprenticeships
breakdown          |  Student characteristic
cohort             |  Number of pupils completing key stage 4
data_type          |  Data type
destination_year   |  Destination year
education          |  Sustained education destination
fe                 |  Further education
fel10no            |  Entry level or level 1 (e.g. Entry Level Certificate, Entry Level Diploma, Level 1 Certificate, Level 1 Diploma)
fel2               |  Level 2 (e.g. GCSE 9 - 4/ A* - C, Level 2 National Certificate, Level 2 National Diploma)
fel3               |  Level 3 (e.g. A level, Level 3 National Certificate, Level 3 National Diploma)
he                 |  Higher education
hel4               |  Level 4 (e.g. Higher National Certificates)
hel5               |  Level 5 (e.g. Foundation degree and Higher National Diploma)
hel6               |  Level 6 (e.g. Degree with/without honours)
institution_group  |  Institution group
other_edu          |  Other education destination
overall            |  Sustained education, employment & apprenticeships
sfc_and_ssf        |  School sixth form & Sixth form college

Footnotes:

1. Activity not captured: means the young person wasn’t found to have any participation in education or employment, had made no claim to out-of-work benefits and was not recorded NEET.
2. Alternative provision: includes state place funded alternative provision (Pupil Referral Units, AP academies, AP free schools, and hospital schools) and other alternative provision (education funded by the local authority outside of state place funded schools, including independent schools, non-maintained special schools, and providers who do not meet the criteria for registration as a school)
3. State-funded special schools: includes community special schools, foundation special schools, special sponsored academies, special converter academies, and special free schools and non-maintained special schools.
4. Prior attainment: achievement level at key stage 4 (level 2).
5. 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
6. Not recorded as a sustained destination: includes pupils who did not sustain a destination from October to March but had some participation between August and July. It also includes pupils who had no participation in education or employment but had claimed out-of-work benefits or were recorded NEET by their local authority between August and July
7. Disadvantage status: Given as in year 11. Disadvantaged pupils are defined as those who were eligible for free school meals at any point in the previous six years or having been looked after by their local authority. These are the pupils who would have attracted the pupil premium when in year 11. Pupils with no key stage 4 record were not known to be disadvantaged in year 11 and are included in all other pupils.
8. Note that employment figures showed an increase between 2013/14 and 2014/15 destination years due to the introduction of the Longitudinal Educational Outcomes data, and so Year 1 employment figures between the 2012/13 and 2013/14 cohorts are not directly comparable.
9. State-funded mainstream schools: include community schools, voluntary aided schools, voluntary controlled schools, foundation schools, academies, free schools, city technology colleges and further education colleges with provision for 14- to 16-year-olds.
10. Numbers of pupils in the Disadvantage Status and special educational needs (SEN) breakdowns have been rounded to the nearest 5 to preserve confidentiality. Values of 1 and 2 are represented by the "low" symbol.


Institution level Longer term destinations

Filename: ltd_dm_ud_201516_inst.csv
Geographic levels: School
Time period: 2014/15 to 2015/16
Content summary: Institution level Destinations data 1, 3 and 5 years after students leave key stage 4 (2014/15 and 2015/16 cohort) by different characteristics groups.

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
appl2              |  Intermediate apprenticeships (level 2)
appl3              |  Advanced apprenticeships (level 3)
appl4              |  Higher and degree apprenticeships (level 4 and above)
appren             |  Sustained apprenticeships
breakdown          |  Student characteristic
cohort             |  Number of pupils completing key stage 4
data_type          |  Data type
destination_year   |  Destination year
education          |  Sustained education destination
fe                 |  Further education
fel10no            |  Entry level or level 1 (e.g. Entry Level Certificate, Entry Level Diploma, Level 1 Certificate, Level 1 Diploma)
fel2               |  Level 2 (e.g. GCSE 9 - 4/ A* - C, Level 2 National Certificate, Level 2 National Diploma)
fel3               |  Level 3 (e.g. A level, Level 3 National Certificate, Level 3 National Diploma)
he                 |  Higher education
hel4               |  Level 4 (e.g. Higher National Certificates)
hel5               |  Level 5 (e.g. Foundation degree and Higher National Diploma)
hel6               |  Level 6 (e.g. Degree with/without honours)
institution_group  |  Institution group
other_edu          |  Other education destination
overall            |  Sustained education, employment & apprenticeships
sfc_and_ssf        |  School sixth form & Sixth form college

Footnotes:

1. Activity not captured: means the young person wasn’t found to have any participation in education or employment, had made no claim to out-of-work benefits and was not recorded NEET.
2. Prior attainment: achievement level at key stage 4 (level 2).
3. 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
4. Not recorded as a sustained destination: includes pupils who did not sustain a destination from October to March but had some participation between August and July. It also includes pupils who had no participation in education or employment but had claimed out-of-work benefits or were recorded NEET by their local authority between August and July
5. Disadvantage status: Given as in year 11. Disadvantaged pupils are defined as those who were eligible for free school meals at any point in the previous six years or having been looked after by their local authority. These are the pupils who would have attracted the pupil premium when in year 11. Pupils with no key stage 4 record were not known to be disadvantaged in year 11 and are included in all other pupils.
