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Participation in education, training and employment: 2024
National participation figures for 16 to 18 year olds at end 2024, and updates to estimates for end 2019-2023.
Applies to England
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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 2024.
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鈥檚 Place
125 Norfolk Street
Sheffield
S1 2FJ
Updates to this page
Published 26 June 2025