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: 
25th March 2015  
 
 
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 
FE.statistics@bis.g
si.gov.uk 
xx-xxxx-xxxx 
 
Department for 
Business, 
Innovation and 
Skills, 
Level 2, 
1 Victoria Street, 
London, 
SW1H 0ET 
 
© Skills Funding 
Agency   2015 
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. 
It contains figures for completions and progressions reported in Quarter 1 
and Quarter 2 2014/15. A note regarding completions and progressions 
reported in 2013/14 is published at: 
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/3
78733/traineeships-completions-and-progressions-note-nov14.pdf. This 
showed 4,800 completions and 4,400 progressions in 2013/14 based on those 
who finished their traineeship during 2013/14. 
3. 
Based on provisional administrative data, there were 3,400 completions 
and 2,500 progressions in Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 2014/15 (August 2014 to 
January 2015). As traineeships can last up to 6 months, these figures include 
some traineeships which started in 2013/14 and continued into 2014/15: 
 Of the 3,400 completions in Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 2014/15, 1,700 
were from traineeships which started in 2013/14, and 1,800 were from 
traineeships which started in 2014/15.  
 Of the 2,500 progressions in Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 2014/15, 1,200 
were from traineeships which started in 2013/14, and 1,300 were from 
traineeships which started in 2014/15. 
4. 
Completions in 2014/15 counts all instances where: the learner moves 
into employment, an apprenticeship or further learning; all elements of the 
learner’s agreed traineeship are complete; or the learner reaches 6 months on 
the programme.  
5. 
 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. 
6. 
It is important to provide the earliest picture once it becomes available so 
that users may assess the impact of government-funded provision and hold the 
system to account. However, provisional data are taken from an operational 
information system which is designed to support the funding of providers and 
there are some important limitations users should take into consideration.  
7. 
In-year information is subject to data lag, which is when a provider 
submits information after the period it relates to. This information is 
subsequently attributed to the relevant time period. Data remain provisional 
until final returns for the academic year are made by providers, after the end of 

 
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the academic year in which the programme was completed. Therefore we will 
not know the final number of completions and progressions in 2014/15 (and 
also a final count of completions and progressions by trainees who started in 
2013/14) until we report in November 2015. Revisions are typically upward 
though it should be noted that on occasions small downward revisions are 
possible.  
8. 
We will publish completions and progressions in the SFR when we are 
satisfied with the data quality. 
9. 
The traineeships process evaluation at 
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/traineeships-evaluation also 
provides early completion and progression evidence from a sample of around 
1,600 trainees who started in 2013/14.