FE data library: other statistics and research
Source: data.gov.uk (2016-12-02)

Other statistics published alongside the statistical first release.

These are not National Statistics, but complement the information in the main release.

FE trends

FE trends provides an overview of adult (19+) government-funded further education and all age apprenticeships in England. It looks to provide trends between 2008/09 and 2013/14 and to give an overview of FE provision, characteristics of learners and outcomes over time.

International Comparisons Supplementary Tables

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) produces an annual publication, Education at a Glance, providing a variety of comparisons between OECD countries. The table provided here contains a summary of the relative ranking in education attainment of the 25-64 year old population in OECD countries in 2012.
The OECD statistics use the International Standard Classification of Education. Within this, “at least upper secondary education” is equivalent to holding qualifications at Level 2 or above in the UK, and “tertiary education” is equivalent to holding qualifications at Level 4 or above in the UK.

STEM

This research is the result of a Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) funded, sector led project to gather and analyse data to inform the contribution that further education makes to STEM in England.
This project was led by The Royal Academy of Engineering, and governance of the project was specifically designed to ensure that those with an interest in STEM were actively engaged and involved in directing and prioritising outputs.
The November 2012 report builds on the FE and Skills STEM Data report published in July 2011 (below). It provides further analysis and interpretation of the existing data in a highly graphical format. It uses the same classified list of S,T, E and M qualifications as the 2011 report compiled through an analysis of the Register of Regulated Qualifications and the Learning Aim Database, updated with the most recent completions and achievements data taken from the Individualised Learner Record and the National Pupil Database.

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Traineeships – Completions and Progressions 
Publication date: 
26th November 
2014  
 
 
Coverage: 
England 
 
Theme: Children, 
Education and 
Skills 
 
For further 
information 
contact: 
 
Service Desk 
servicedesk@sfa.
bis.gov.uk   
xx-xxxx-xxxx 
 
 
Lead 
Statistician: 
Paula Maratos 
Paula.Maratos@bis
.gsi.gov.uk 
xx-xxxx-xxxx 
 
Department for 
Business, 
Innovation and 
Skills, 
Level 2, 
1 Victoria Street, 
London, 
SW1H 0ET 
 
© Skills Funding 
Agency   2014 
1. 
This note is being published separately to the SFR entitled “Further 
Education & Skills: Learner Participation, Outcomes and Level of Highest 
Qualification Held”: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/learner-
participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held. 
2. 
Based on administrative data reported at the end of the academic year 
(ILR R14), there were 4,800 completions and 4,400 progressions from 
traineeships started in 2013/14.  
3. 
Completions counts all those where both the work placement and work 
preparation training were completed and/or the learner progressed. 
Progressions counts all those who had started the work placement element and 
progressed into a positive destination, which is defined as into a job, 
apprenticeship, or further learning for those aged 16-18 and into a job or 
apprenticeship for those aged 19 and over. 
4. 
The following impact on the quality of the completions and progressions 
data at this time:  
a. Some learners have started their traineeship in 2013/14 and have 
continued their learning into 2014/15. This means the status of their 
traineeship cannot be confirmed until the 2014/15 ILR returns. These 
figures are therefore a potential undercount for those learners who 
started the programme in 2013/14, but in the interests of transparency, 
we have released these numbers now.  
b. Other learners with an unknown completion status may actually have 
completed or withdrawn from traineeships in 2013/14, but this 
information has not been recorded on the 2013/14 ILR.  
5. 
There can always be a greater degree of quality issues associated with 
reporting for new programmes. In launching traineeships in time for the 
2013/14 academic year, training providers were asked to use existing data 
collection fields on the ILR for 2013/14, to minimise disruption to their 
businesses. This means there were some limitations on the data that could be 
collected for 2013/14. We will in due course have a fuller picture of completions 
and progressions for 2013/14 - in part, because we have put in place special 
arrangements to allow for fuller reporting on trainees continuing into 2014/15, 
and also through the evaluation mentioned below.   
6. 
ILR reporting for 2014/15 has changed to enable more complete 
reporting for traineeships, though we will continue to monitor the quality of 
returns, and where necessary the funding agencies will work with providers to 
ensure we can robustly report on outcomes for this programme. 
 

 
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7. 
The traineeships evaluation, of which phase 1 will report in early 2015, will 
detail providers, employers, and trainees’ experience of and satisfaction with 
the first year of the programme.  It will also be a further source of information 
on initial destinations for those who have completed their traineeship. 
8. 
We will issue any revisions to the above figures when we publish the next 
SFR in January 2015. These numbers should not be used to calculate 
progression or completion rates.