This statistical data set includes information on education and training participation and achievements broken down into a number of reports including sector subject areas, participation by gender, age, ethnicity, disability participation.

It also includes data on offender learning.

Academic year 2019 to 2020 (reported to date)

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‘DfE external data shares’ includes:

• classification of data – understanding the data we share
• DfE external third-party data shares (approved by the Data Sharing Approvals Panel from May 2018 to 31 March 2025)
• regular DfE external third-party data shares supported by appropriate data sharing agreements as of March 2025
• third-party requests for data from the national pupil database (approved prior to April 2018 where data is still held by the requestor as at 31 March 2025)
• data shares with Home Office
• data shares with police and criminal investigation authorities
• data shares through court orders

DfE also provides external access to data under https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/30/section/64/enacted" class="govuk-link">Section 64, Chapter 5, of the Digital Economy Act 2017. Details of these data shares can be found in the https://uksa.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/digitaleconomyact-research-statistics/better-useofdata-for-research-information-for-researchers/list-of-accredited-researchers-and-research-projects-under-the-research-strand-of-the-digital-economy-act/" class="govuk-link">UK Statistics Authority list of accredited projects.

Archive

Previous external data shares can be viewed in the https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/timeline1/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfe-external-data-shares" class="govuk-link">National Archives.

The data in the archived documents may not match DfE’s internal data request records due to definitions or business rules changing following process improvements.

The Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset is a data product created by the Department for Education (DfE).

This guide to the LEO dataset includes:

• the data it includes
• availability of the data
• how the data is used
• how to apply for the data
• high level structure
• data coverage

The ‘Longitudinal education outcomes study’ compares students’ level of education to their level of employment and earnings in later life.

Read more information about how we share student and workforce data.

To ensure this privacy notice is up to date, we will review this information annually.

An ad hoc publication showing the number and proportion of pupils in academies and free schools using data from the October 2018 school census.

The schools that take part in the census include:

• all local authority maintained schools
• academies
• free schools
• studio schools
• university technical colleges
• non-maintained special schools

An in-depth look into the number of pupils in schools will be published in June 2019.

Details of the types of information the DfE holds about you and how you can request the information.

See the DfE Personal information charter for more on the standards you can expect when we collect, hold or use your personal information.

See also our privacy notices for:

• Children and young people under 18
• Learners: early years foundation stage to key stage 3
• Learners: key stage 4 and 5 and adult education

These documents show:

• the total number of open academies, free schools, studio schools and UTCs in England
• details of schools that are in the process of getting academy status
• progress schools are making towards converting to academy status
• sponsored academy projects in development and the agreed sponsor

We update this data monthly as more academies, free schools, studio schools and UTCs open. Older versions of this publication can be found by visiting the https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/*/https:/www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development" class="govuk-link">National Archives.

Details of successful free school and UTC applications are available.

This document sets out the details of all schools in the pre-opening stage of the free school programme, including:

• type of school
• age group served
• local authority
• geographical region

There are many different types of free school, including:

• primary
• secondary
• all-through
• for 16- to 19-year-olds
• special
• alternative provision

There are also a small number of maths schools. These are specialist free schools for the most mathematically able 16- to 19-year-olds.

Alongside free schools, there are university technical colleges (UTCs) and studio schools. These are mainly for 14- to 19-year-olds.

Section 6A of the http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/21/contents/enacted" class="govuk-link">Education Act 2011, which changed the arrangements for establishing new schools, is called the academy or free school presumption.

Details of all https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/" class="govuk-link">open free schools, UTCs and studio schools and open academies and academy projects in development are available.

Please note: data on providers is only published annually.

Provider data for later academic years is also available in the data tools and tables statistical data sets within the FE data library.

Local authority tables

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This release is an update to the apprenticeship and traineeships: August 2020 statistics publication and is a repurposed transitionary approach during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. See apprenticeships and traineeships: main text - August 2020 update, for more information.

We have updated official statistics within the publication to provide:

• the latest monthly apprenticeship starts covering the provisional, full 2019 to 2020 academic year.
• the latest number of apprenticeship service commitments.

For commentary and statistics relating specifically to the latest full academic year (2018 to 2019), see further education and skills: November 2019.

We may amend the content and timing of these statistics depending on user feedback and data reporting.

For further information about this publication or to provide feedback, please contact:

This release provides information on:

• confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases for students and staff known to providers
• estimates for number of self-isolating students
• estimated cases per 100,000 for students and staff (autumn term only)
• numbers of providers by their higher education tiers of restriction (autumn term only)

The release was updated on 26 April with data up to 7 April.

The performance profiles data includes important information on teachers’ subjects, routes into teaching and ITT providers in the academic year 2015 to 2016.

The data includes information about the number of first year trainees and their:

• gender
• age
• declared ethnicity
• declared disability
• qualifications on entry to their ITT course

It also contains information about the number of final year trainees and the percentage that:

• gained qualified teacher status (QTS)
• were employed in a teaching role within 6 months of completing their training

All education settings were closed except for vulnerable children and the children of key workers due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak from Friday 20 March 2020.

From 1 June, the government asked schools to welcome back children in nursery, reception and years 1 and 6, alongside children of critical workers and vulnerable children. From 15 June, secondary schools, sixth form and further education colleges were asked to begin providing face-to-face support to students in year 10 and 12 to supplement their learning from home, alongside full time provision for students from priority groups.

The spreadsheet shows the numbers of teachers and children of critical workers in education since Monday 23 March and in early years settings since Thursday 16 April.

The summaries explain the responses for set time frames since 23 March 2020.

The data is collected from a daily education settings survey and a twice-weekly local authority early years survey.

The ITT performance profiles data includes national and provider-level information about the number of final year trainees in England and the proportion that gained qualified teacher status (QTS) in the academic year 2017 to 2018.

The publication also includes experimental statistics on early years ITT outcomes and assessment-only candidates.

Information about the number of final year trainees is also provided. This includes:

• subjects
• routes into teaching
• gender
• age
• declared ethnicity
• declared disability
• previous qualifications

This page outlines payments made to institutions for claims they have made to ESFA for various grants. These include, but are not exclusively, COVID-19 support grants. Information on funding for grants based on allocations will be on the specific page for the grant.

Claim-based grants included

Senior mental health lead training

Financial assistance towards the cost of training a senior member of school or college staff in mental health and wellbeing in the 2021 to 2022, 2022 to 2023, 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025 financial years. The information provided is for payments up to the end of March 2025.

COVID-19 16 to 19 tuition fund 2020 to 2021 and 2021 to 2022

Funding for eligible 16 to 19 institutions to deliver small group and/or one-to-one tuition for disadvantaged students and those with low prior attainment to help support education recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Due to continued pandemic disruption during academic year 2020 to 2021 some institutions carried over funding from academic year 2020 to 2021 to 2021 to 2022.

Therefore, any considerations of spend or spend against funding allocations should be considered across both years.

School funding: exceptional costs associated with coronavirus (COVID-19)

Financial assistance available to schools to cover increased premises, free school meals and additional cleaning-related costs associated with keeping schools open over the Easter and summer holidays in 2020, during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) free school meals: additional costs

Financial assistance available to meet the additional cost of the provision of free school meals to pupils and students where they were at home during term time, for the period January 2021 to March 2021.

Alternative provision: year 11 transition funding

Financial assistance for alternative provision settings to provide additional transition support into post-16 destinations for year 11 pupils from June 2020 until the end of the autumn term (December 2020). This has now been updated to include funding for support provided by alternative provision settings from May 2021 to the end of February 2022.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) 2021 qualifications fund for schools and colleges

Financial assistance for schools, colleges and other exam centres to run exams and assessments during the period October 2020 to March 2021 (or for functional skills qualifications, October 2020 to December 2020). Now updated to include claims for eligible costs under the 2021 qualifications fund for the period October 2021 to March 2022.

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Data on the provision of education for children under 5 years of age, including:

• the number of children benefitting from funded early years education
• providers of funded early years education

This statistical first release includes information on recruitment to initial teacher training (ITT) programmes.

There is also a forecast of the number of trainees expected to start training later in the academic year.

We use the information to:

• determine funding to ITT providers
• monitor the recruitment of under-represented groups in ITT
• monitor the recruitment of new entrants against teacher supply model (TSM) targets.

This section holds other statistics published alongside the further education and skills statistics publications. These are not national statistics, but complement the information in the main release.

24+ Advanced Learning Loans

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Apprenticeships

For recent data on apprenticeship starts by employer size, sector and region please see the https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-in-england-by-industry-characteristics" class="govuk-link">Apprenticeships in England by industry characteristics statistics publication.