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Participation in education, training and employment: 2023

National participation figures for 16- to 18-year-olds at the end of 2023, and updates to estimates for 2011 to 2022.

Applies to England

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Participation in education, training and employment: 2023

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This statistical release provides national participation in education, training and employment figures for 16- to 18-year-olds to the end of 2023.

It contains information from different post-16 learning options, including:

  • school
  • further education colleges
  • apprenticeships
  • higher education

Headline measures are the percentages of 16- to 18-year-olds:

  • in education and apprenticeships
  • who are not in education, employment or training

Breakdowns are set out by:

  • age
  • sex
  • mode of study
  • type of learning
  • institution type (for example, further education colleges or schools)
  • labour market status
  • highest qualification being studied

Post-16 statistics team

Sally Marshall, Data Insight and Statistics Division
Department for Education
2 St Paul’s Place
125 Norfolk Street
Sheffield
S1 2FJ

Updates to this page

Published 26 September 2024

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