16 to 19 subcontracting
Information about 16 to 19 subcontracting data for further education institutions funded by the Education and Skills Funding Agency.
Applies to England
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Details
The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) started collecting information on 16 to 19 subcontracting from the 2014 to 2015 academic year for further education (FE) institutions.
From the 2015 to 2016 academic year onwards, we also included 16 to 19 data for schools and academies. We publish this information annually.
Scope of data
We base the published data on the R14 individualised learner record return produced by FE institutions, and the autumn census return for schools and academies.
The data contains details on 16 to 19 students, their characteristics and their learning aims for FE institutions.
We list student numbers by funded institution and subcontractor. We split them into students who are fully subcontracted and those who are subcontracted for part of their study programme.
Some students have parts of their study programmes partially subcontracted to more than one subcontractor, each instance of which is recorded as one subcontracted student.
We do not show instances of total subcontracted student numbers that are fewer than 5.
Further information
We publish our 16 to 19 subcontracting controls guidance each year. This guidance sets out compliance and control requirements and advice for all directly funded institutions that use third parties to deliver 16 to 19 provision.
If you have questions after reading our guidance, or if there’s anything else you need help with, you can find more support in our customer help centre.
Updates to this page
Last updated 19 April 2023 + show all updates
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We have added the subcontracting data for the 2021 to 2022 academic year.
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We have added the subcontracting data for the 2020 to 2021 academic year.
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The subcontracting data for the 2019 to 2020 academic year has been added.
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We have uploaded the subcontracting report for academic year 2018 to 2019
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The spreadsheet for 16 to 19 subcontracting data for the 2017 to 2018 academic year has now been added.
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First published.