Participation of 16 to 30 year olds in education by mode, age and year

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Next update expected:November 2026

Updates

26th November 2025
24th November 2025
Dataset first published.

Main information

Designation
Accredited official statistics
Data provider 1
Welsh Government
Data source 1
Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC)
Data provider 2
Higher Education Statistics Agency
Data source 2
Student record
Data provider 3
Welsh Government
Data source 3
Lifelong Learning Wales Record (LLWR)
Data provider 4
Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Data source 4
Mid-year population estimates

Overview

Summary of dataset and variables

These data provide information on participation of 16 to 30 year olds in education and training by selected age groups. The single year of age data are also presented.

Data collection or calculation

These statistics are derived from a number of administrative and survey based data sources, further information on each of the sources and the methodology for producing the estimates is available in the Participation of young people in education and the labour market: methodology note.

Each annual release provides final data for previous years and provisional estimates for the latest year. Provisional estimates use the best data currently available for each aspect of participation. These include some final data, some provisional data and some modelling depending on the different sources of data. Estimates for previous years take into account final data not available at the time when they were originally published.

Statistical quality

From 2004 onwards, the end of year populations have been derived from the mid-year estimates and population projections provided by the ONS then adjusted to age as at 31 August. For example age as at 31 August 2018 is used in the provisional figures for year end 2018.

The economic status proportions are estimated from the Annual Population Survey. Therefore, these estimates will be subject to variation due to sampling error and also non-sampling error and should be treated with caution.

The methodology used to produce the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) data has been updated from the 2022/23 academic year, impacting NEET estimates from 2022 onwards. The impacts of this methodology change on the estimates are small, with the difference in the higher education student population between the old and new methodology being less than 1 percentage point. Given this, no break in the time series is necessary, and comparisons before and after 2022 can still be made.

Rounding applied

Most data are rounded to the nearest ten, apart from population estimates which are rounded to the nearest one hundred. Due to rounding the sums of rows or columns may not add to the total figure given.

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Organisation
Welsh Government
Contact email
labourmarket.stats@gov.wales