Accredited official statistics

Vocational and other qualifications: October to December 2014

Covers all vocational and other types of qualifications (excluding GCSEs, A levels and the Diploma and its components) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

• From: Ofqual
• Published: 5 March 2015
• Last updated: 6 March 2015 — See all updates

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Vocational and other qualifications quarterly: October to December 2014

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Vocational and other qualifications quarterly - October to December 2014: Tables

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Table of revisions

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Details

The key findings for this release are:

• Just under 1.3 million certificates were issued, an increase of 0.2% on the same quarter of 2013

• Certificates awarded in Northern Ireland have increased by 36% this quarter (from 28,350 to 38,400), with an increase in the number of certificates awarded for CCEA’s occupational studies qualifications

• The number of certificates awarded for English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) qualifications this quarter increased by 49% to 62,400

• The number of available qualifications rose slightly this quarter to their highest level in 5 years

• The number of certificates awarded for qualifications in first aid at work and paediatric first aid have both increased this quarter

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Datasets

The datasets used to produce this release are available for England, Wales and Northern Ireland and for each individual country.

Published 5 March 2015
Last updated 6 March 2015 + show all updates

1. 6 March 2015

   The data in figures 11, 12 and 13 have been updated to reflect the 12 months to the end of December instead of just the data for the last quarter.

2. 5 March 2015

   First published.