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Retention in 16 to 18 study by council, England

The share of 16 to 18 students retained to the end of their main programme, retained and assessed, and returning for a second year, by type of qualification, in each of England's councils with education duties, with the regions, from the DfE.

England

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2024/25 · the DfE gives no figure for England

Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:18 UTC

Retention in 16 to 18 study by council, England

Source: Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

In order

Ranked by the hub 2024/25

Every place, the highest figure first. The number before each is the hub's own position in the list, not the publisher's: equal figures share one, marked =.

A levels: retained

No figure published for City of London, Isles of Scilly, Knowsley.

A levels: retained and assessed

No figure published for City of London, Isles of Scilly, Knowsley.

A levels: returned for a second year

No figure published for City of London, Isles of Scilly, Knowsley.

Academic qualifications: retained

No figure published for City of London, Isles of Scilly, Knowsley.

Academic qualifications: retained and assessed

No figure published for City of London, Isles of Scilly, Knowsley.

Academic qualifications: returned for a second year

No figure published for City of London, Isles of Scilly, Knowsley.

Applied general qualifications: retained

No figure published for City of London, Isles of Scilly, Rutland.

Applied general qualifications: retained and assessed

No figure published for City of London, Isles of Scilly, Rutland.

Applied general qualifications: returned for a second year

No figure published for City of London, Isles of Scilly, Rutland.

Tech levels: retained

No figure published for City of London, Isles of Scilly, Rutland, Stockport, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham.

Tech levels: retained and assessed

No figure published for City of London, Isles of Scilly, Rutland, Stockport, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham.

Tech levels: returned for a second year

No figure published for City of London, Isles of Scilly, Rutland, Stockport, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham.

Technical certificates: retained

Places with no figure published

Bexley, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Brighton and Hove, Buckinghamshire, Cheshire West and Chester, City of London, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Isles of Scilly, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Kirklees, Knowsley, Lewisham, Luton, Merton, North Lincolnshire, North Northamptonshire, North Tyneside, Northumberland, Redcar and Cleveland, Rutland, Southwark, Stockport, Stockton-on-Tees, Sutton, Telford and Wrekin, Thurrock, Waltham Forest, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham.

Technical certificates: retained and assessed

Places with no figure published

Bexley, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Brighton and Hove, Buckinghamshire, Cheshire West and Chester, City of London, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Isles of Scilly, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Kirklees, Knowsley, Lewisham, Luton, Merton, North Lincolnshire, North Northamptonshire, North Tyneside, Northumberland, Redcar and Cleveland, Rutland, Southwark, Stockport, Stockton-on-Tees, Sutton, Telford and Wrekin, Thurrock, Waltham Forest, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham.

Data table

162 rows

Area	A levels: retained	A levels: retained and assessed	A levels: returned for a second year	Academic qualifications: retained	Academic qualifications: retained and assessed	Academic qualifications: returned for a second year	Applied general qualifications: retained	Applied general qualifications: retained and assessed	Applied general qualifications: returned for a second year	Tech levels: retained	Tech levels: retained and assessed	Tech levels: returned for a second year	Technical certificates: retained	Technical certificates: retained and assessed
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	98.94%	98.27%	98.14%	98.94%	98.27%	98.14%	91.82%	84.55%	88.84%	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Buckinghamshire E06000060	98.25%	97.97%	97.97%	98.25%	97.97%	97.97%	88.92%	85.78%	85.21%	90.43%	72.34%	80.0%	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Havering E09000016	98.22%	98.22%	97.74%	98.22%	98.22%	97.74%	92.25%	88.37%	91.47%	100%	100%	100%	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Rutland E06000017	98.11%	98.11%	98.11%	98.11%	98.11%	98.11%	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Bexley E09000004	97.99%	97.60%	97.45%	98.03%	97.37%	97.50%	89.92%	87.66%	86.15%	86.67%	86.67%	85.33%	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Bromley E09000006	97.66%	97.42%	97.27%	97.66%	97.42%	97.27%	88.47%	84.15%	80.70%	90.48%	71.43%	87.62%	68.29%	65.85%
Wokingham E06000041	97.57%	96.41%	96.61%	97.57%	96.41%	96.61%	94.26%	93.44%	93.44%	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Southend-on-Sea E06000033	97.56%	97.14%	96.97%	97.57%	97.15%	96.73%	87.37%	77.69%	74.86%	61.02%	49.15%	49.15%	100%	63.64%
Barking and Dagenham E09000002	97.41%	96.77%	97.09%	97.42%	96.77%	96.98%	89.25%	83.06%	86.14%	96.05%	83.55%	93.33%	95.83%	91.67%
Harrow E09000015	97.19%	96.29%	95.16%	97.19%	96.29%	95.16%	88.92%	83.38%	78.86%	89.66%	89.66%	85.71%	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Kingston upon Thames E09000021	97.08%	96.82%	95.95%	97.09%	96.83%	95.54%	92.77%	84.75%	71.59%	94.83%	74.14%	88.29%	94.12%	47.06%
Sutton E09000029	96.99%	96.54%	96.49%	96.99%	96.54%	96.49%	91.7%	90.51%	88.93%	100%	100%	100%	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Hertfordshire E10000015	96.90%	96.53%	96.59%	96.91%	96.54%	96.60%	89.49%	84.22%	80.91%	91.52%	81.31%	84.35%	90.71%	66.25%
Westminster E09000033	96.78%	96.16%	96.55%	96.78%	96.18%	96.56%	90.48%	81.59%	78.44%	88.53%	83.61%	81.97%	100%	88.89%
Redbridge E09000026	96.64%	96.10%	96.09%	96.64%	96.10%	96.09%	91.69%	89.09%	89.87%	91.05%	82.09%	89.55%	96.15%	73.08%
Merton E09000024	96.55%	96.39%	96.08%	96.55%	96.39%	96.08%	92.89%	91.94%	91.47%	90.91%	90.91%	90.91%	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Southwark E09000028	96.55%	96.08%	95.99%	96.55%	96.08%	95.99%	87.31%	83.90%	84.52%	90.62%	84.38%	90.62%	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Newham E09000025	96.54%	96.05%	93.42%	96.54%	96.05%	93.42%	90.62%	81.38%	71.25%	92.73%	75.76%	91.36%	91.18%	8.82%
Walsall E08000030	96.39%	95.69%	95.48%	96.39%	95.69%	95.48%	87.64%	82.56%	81.41%	78.68%	63.97%	71.11%	88.19%	75.0%
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	96.32%	95.47%	95.35%	96.32%	95.47%	95.35%	87.40%	83.68%	65.83%	85.92%	76.06%	64.15%	79.03%	75.81%
Medway E06000035	96.28%	96.08%	95.60%	95.91%	95.64%	95.29%	87.34%	81.87%	79.77%	89.89%	83.15%	89.47%	82.0%	62.0%
Haringey E09000014	96.19%	95.70%	95.58%	96.19%	95.70%	95.58%	84.20%	83.25%	83.77%	60.87%	60.87%	60.87%	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Thurrock E06000034	95.98%	95.75%	95.26%	95.98%	95.75%	95.26%	82.79%	81.15%	81.15%	100%	100%	100%	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Hillingdon E09000017	95.94%	95.06%	91.98%	95.94%	95.06%	91.98%	91.32%	84.25%	79.21%	96.27%	92.20%	93.77%	74.67%	60.0%
Barnet E09000003	95.91%	95.47%	95.65%	95.91%	95.47%	95.65%	86.99%	81.66%	73.77%	89.50%	71.82%	88.07%	93.33%	50.0%
Kent E10000016	95.87%	95.19%	95.16%	95.81%	95.03%	94.87%	86.12%	80.71%	78.66%	88.84%	80.31%	80.38%	74.38%	51.96%
Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	95.84%	95.73%	95.61%	95.78%	95.56%	95.56%	92.28%	90.88%	91.23%	66.67%	33.33%	66.67%	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Peterborough E06000031	95.78%	94.84%	93.78%	95.78%	94.84%	93.69%	90.94%	85.25%	81.55%	94.90%	78.57%	85.96%	85.39%	68.54%
Lambeth E09000022	95.72%	94.22%	93.75%	95.72%	94.22%	93.75%	88.12%	80.49%	78.50%	94.12%	75.63%	89.08%	93.33%	60.0%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	95.68%	94.67%	94.32%	95.68%	94.67%	94.32%	86.74%	82.17%	71.89%	92.0%	88.0%	92.0%	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Brent E09000005	95.65%	95.49%	95.36%	95.65%	95.49%	95.29%	86.59%	83.72%	82.56%	89.47%	89.47%	89.47%	100%	26.67%
Hounslow E09000018	95.63%	94.01%	94.28%	95.63%	94.01%	94.28%	89.09%	84.91%	84.26%	95.0%	85.0%	90.0%	100%	100%
Enfield E09000010	95.61%	93.74%	93.30%	95.61%	93.74%	93.30%	87.97%	81.95%	84.22%	95.29%	79.58%	87.93%	82.58%	45.16%
Telford and Wrekin E06000020	95.58%	95.26%	95.09%	95.58%	95.26%	95.09%	90.82%	88.34%	70.15%	84.61%	83.33%	73.72%	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Wiltshire E06000054	95.58%	94.05%	93.72%	95.58%	94.05%	93.67%	87.14%	81.14%	73.89%	88.28%	72.80%	85.77%	88.19%	64.58%
Richmond upon Thames E09000027	95.55%	94.36%	95.12%	95.55%	94.36%	95.12%	78.26%	72.67%	46.58%	33.33%	33.33%	0.0%	88.0%	48.0%
Lincolnshire E10000019	95.44%	94.41%	93.75%	95.44%	94.41%	93.75%	84.61%	78.35%	73.75%	84.4%	70.4%	72.98%	86.23%	64.49%
Bracknell Forest E06000036	95.43%	93.15%	92.37%	95.43%	93.15%	92.37%	93.59%	91.67%	90.39%	88.23%	82.35%	88.23%	100%	18.75%
Reading E06000038	95.28%	94.45%	94.31%	95.15%	94.32%	94.17%	67.65%	52.94%	60.29%	80.95%	76.19%	80.95%	100%	0.0%
Trafford E08000009	95.24%	94.86%	94.73%	95.24%	94.86%	94.73%	88.23%	81.18%	68.33%	85.42%	70.83%	79.25%	94.74%	61.40%
Slough E06000039	95.2%	94.77%	94.76%	95.2%	94.77%	94.76%	84.58%	83.12%	82.03%	86.50%	81.86%	78.36%	80.56%	72.22%
Ealing E09000009	95.12%	94.21%	94.21%	95.12%	94.21%	94.21%	93.06%	82.18%	90.96%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	94.12%	94.12%
Surrey E10000030	94.94%	94.50%	94.39%	94.94%	94.50%	94.39%	86.65%	85.15%	82.62%	88.96%	77.93%	85.95%	83.71%	66.85%
Warwickshire E10000031	94.92%	94.18%	93.47%	94.90%	94.15%	93.37%	83.15%	77.90%	71.99%	94.30%	84.97%	83.94%	85.03%	65.78%
Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	94.89%	93.52%	93.14%	94.89%	93.52%	93.14%	85.19%	75.51%	75.37%	57.14%	39.29%	46.43%	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
North Somerset E06000024	94.83%	93.54%	91.27%	94.83%	93.54%	91.27%	87.39%	80.63%	66.67%	85.97%	82.46%	76.79%	92.31%	84.61%
Milton Keynes E06000042	94.83%	94.75%	94.58%	94.83%	94.75%	94.58%	91.07%	86.49%	81.78%	100%	87.95%	100%	88.76%	70.79%
Central Bedfordshire E06000056	94.74%	93.87%	94.19%	94.74%	93.87%	94.19%	92.15%	89.53%	81.15%	88.33%	83.33%	75.0%	100%	100%
Cambridgeshire E10000003	94.70%	94.51%	94.42%	94.50%	94.26%	94.08%	85.92%	82.35%	79.94%	90.0%	80.0%	87.0%	75.0%	57.14%
Wolverhampton E08000031	94.69%	93.95%	94.17%	94.60%	93.86%	93.97%	87.98%	84.48%	81.94%	88.30%	72.34%	86.70%	76.67%	50.0%
West Northamptonshire E06000062	94.58%	94.11%	93.97%	94.59%	94.11%	93.90%	91.87%	89.13%	75.69%	94.69%	84.78%	75.18%	82.14%	66.96%
Gloucestershire E10000013	94.34%	93.83%	93.35%	94.39%	93.77%	92.61%	88.28%	86.94%	83.77%	89.90%	87.92%	81.51%	94.12%	88.23%
Birmingham E08000025	94.30%	93.59%	92.5%	94.31%	93.56%	92.48%	90.79%	87.44%	83.79%	86.92%	78.74%	81.08%	78.12%	39.06%
North Northamptonshire E06000061	94.22%	93.88%	93.34%	94.22%	93.88%	93.34%	83.77%	80.04%	82.46%	40.0%	40.0%	20.0%	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Lewisham E09000023	94.15%	94.02%	94.01%	94.15%	94.02%	94.01%	84.76%	84.36%	84.74%	81.08%	75.68%	80.56%	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Rochdale E08000005	94.13%	93.89%	94.01%	94.13%	93.89%	94.01%	88.33%	86.63%	87.86%	86.79%	81.13%	85.85%	90.14%	69.95%
Kirklees E08000034	94.05%	93.84%	93.97%	94.05%	93.84%	93.97%	80.63%	78.45%	76.70%	91.0%	63.0%	83.0%	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Croydon E09000008	93.98%	92.93%	86.99%	93.98%	92.93%	86.99%	90.33%	84.75%	83.47%	92.41%	83.04%	89.04%	83.33%	66.67%
Luton E06000032	93.98%	93.98%	93.56%	93.98%	93.98%	93.56%	86.87%	83.58%	86.45%	82.35%	76.47%	82.35%	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
North Yorkshire E06000065	93.95%	93.43%	92.98%	93.95%	93.43%	92.94%	87.57%	83.66%	75.14%	85.05%	73.83%	73.58%	78.12%	62.5%
Northumberland E06000057	93.64%	92.91%	92.70%	93.65%	92.92%	92.60%	76.49%	73.51%	76.25%	80.64%	74.19%	79.03%	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Leicestershire E10000018	93.61%	92.52%	92.17%	93.61%	92.52%	92.17%	90.99%	88.51%	82.90%	89.89%	84.43%	79.73%	95.92%	85.71%
Worcestershire E10000034	93.51%	92.75%	92.23%	93.51%	92.75%	92.18%	87.14%	84.57%	78.48%	76.92%	62.64%	64.83%	82.98%	73.40%
Coventry E08000026	93.48%	93.02%	92.72%	93.48%	93.02%	92.72%	89.24%	84.91%	82.63%	90.11%	81.87%	82.18%	0.0%	0.0%
Gateshead E08000037	93.44%	92.52%	89.18%	93.44%	92.52%	89.18%	85.11%	82.44%	72.60%	90.0%	71.25%	86.30%	100%	100%
Stockport E08000007	93.43%	93.43%	93.42%	93.43%	93.43%	93.42%	90.15%	90.15%	87.59%	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Bradford E08000032	93.41%	92.70%	92.81%	93.41%	92.70%	92.81%	86.27%	83.12%	81.7%	88.43%	69.42%	70.12%	92.11%	23.68%
Manchester E08000003	93.4%	93.31%	93.28%	93.4%	93.31%	93.28%	85.65%	84.59%	82.03%	83.06%	62.10%	82.26%	86.28%	66.67%
Essex E10000012	93.39%	92.79%	92.63%	93.41%	92.8%	92.64%	88.54%	82.05%	77.00%	90.09%	80.89%	81.34%	91.26%	70.49%
Liverpool E08000012	93.29%	92.36%	90.95%	93.29%	92.36%	90.95%	86.61%	80.45%	76.27%	90.11%	85.71%	84.27%	79.41%	61.77%
Greenwich E09000011	93.17%	92.55%	93.15%	93.61%	93.03%	93.21%	87.23%	79.30%	80.93%	91.85%	74.81%	81.75%	100%	66.67%
County Durham E06000047	93.12%	91.53%	88.67%	93.12%	91.53%	88.67%	85.75%	80.51%	75.43%	86.91%	73.15%	72.54%	86.10%	72.19%
North Tyneside E08000022	93.09%	92.63%	92.78%	93.09%	92.63%	92.78%	77.44%	74.39%	74.39%	100%	94.44%	94.44%	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Calderdale E08000033	92.87%	92.72%	92.56%	92.87%	92.72%	92.56%	76.78%	75.41%	75.14%	63.46%	59.62%	57.14%	86.36%	81.82%
Brighton and Hove E06000043	92.79%	92.71%	92.53%	92.84%	92.76%	92.58%	87.5%	85.84%	75.08%	64.86%	56.76%	62.16%	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Staffordshire E10000028	92.78%	92.35%	92.17%	92.78%	92.35%	92.17%	86.38%	84.53%	75.83%	88.89%	77.99%	73.21%	82.95%	65.91%
Plymouth E06000026	92.76%	91.36%	91.47%	92.76%	91.36%	91.47%	80.26%	76.32%	73.61%	83.47%	74.38%	71.90%	100%	70.0%
Oldham E08000004	92.75%	92.66%	88.19%	92.69%	92.60%	87.79%	89.70%	87.38%	81.73%	93.91%	70.05%	83.50%	85.40%	58.39%
Derbyshire E10000007	92.72%	92.00%	90.05%	92.72%	92.00%	90.05%	83.16%	78.69%	74.14%	84.34%	78.31%	72.29%	80.49%	51.22%
Suffolk E10000029	92.72%	91.87%	91.73%	92.65%	91.80%	91.07%	86.59%	83.00%	75.78%	90.86%	78.86%	82.29%	87.97%	73.20%
South Tyneside E08000023	92.68%	92.68%	90.44%	92.68%	92.68%	90.44%	88.59%	86.41%	80.92%	82.14%	64.29%	51.85%	100%	88.89%
Islington E09000019	92.57%	91.36%	92.35%	92.98%	91.31%	85.0%	94.55%	90.91%	89.09%	100%	100%	100%	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Dorset E06000059	92.40%	91.6%	90.76%	92.40%	91.6%	90.76%	83.94%	78.20%	70.41%	93.26%	77.90%	52.15%	70.10%	59.79%
West Berkshire E06000037	92.31%	91.16%	91.23%	92.31%	91.16%	91.23%	84.69%	78.06%	79.59%	92.86%	78.57%	78.57%	33.33%	0.0%
York E06000014	92.23%	91.89%	80.50%	92.23%	91.89%	80.50%	83.01%	80.34%	66.26%	90.36%	72.08%	64.89%	82.0%	61.0%
Oxfordshire E10000025	92.14%	91.44%	90.25%	92.16%	91.39%	90.12%	84.25%	76.14%	69.89%	94.03%	83.12%	83.16%	87.27%	72.73%
South Gloucestershire E06000025	92.06%	91.69%	89.02%	92.08%	91.70%	88.90%	90.48%	85.06%	79.08%	77.78%	68.25%	65.08%	90.54%	74.32%
Nottinghamshire E10000024	92.03%	91.19%	91.16%	92.03%	91.19%	91.16%	81.03%	76.74%	74.32%	80.69%	69.53%	72.10%	91.06%	79.89%
Leeds E08000035	91.83%	91.52%	91.41%	91.83%	91.52%	91.41%	86.71%	83.50%	75.96%	89.17%	79.42%	76.74%	90.30%	79.85%
Herefordshire, County of E06000019	91.80%	91.54%	91.03%	91.57%	91.31%	90.68%	92.96%	91.55%	75.25%	98.50%	84.96%	83.33%	94.62%	80.64%
Shropshire E06000051	91.77%	91.67%	91.41%	91.77%	91.67%	91.41%	89.03%	86.83%	85.85%	28.57%	28.57%	14.29%	97.78%	88.89%
Tower Hamlets E09000030	91.76%	91.16%	90.06%	91.50%	90.92%	87.60%	91.68%	87.12%	79.05%	87.5%	79.17%	81.33%	86.44%	33.05%
Wirral E08000015	91.75%	91.25%	90.43%	91.75%	91.25%	90.43%	72.15%	69.44%	68.08%	75.0%	66.41%	69.29%	95.83%	66.67%
St. Helens E08000013	91.69%	91.45%	91.31%	91.69%	91.45%	91.31%	85.08%	79.75%	77.60%	84.5%	60.5%	61.0%	81.57%	61.96%
Wandsworth E09000032	91.62%	90.74%	90.65%	91.7%	90.82%	90.74%	87.27%	85.93%	81.51%	90.0%	84.0%	84.0%	100%	71.43%
Leicester E06000016	91.50%	91.40%	90.28%	91.52%	91.41%	90.19%	87.48%	85.46%	82.70%	89.62%	83.96%	84.91%	86.30%	69.86%
West Sussex E10000032	91.40%	91.00%	90.77%	91.40%	91.00%	90.77%	85.45%	82.89%	72.67%	91.18%	79.74%	79.33%	86.75%	66.27%
Hampshire E10000014	91.29%	90.95%	90.72%	91.24%	90.91%	90.40%	88.80%	86.50%	77.15%	89.00%	80.46%	78.31%	89.14%	72.04%
Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	91.14%	91.14%	88.29%	91.14%	91.14%	88.29%	92.45%	91.04%	71.77%	92.31%	82.05%	84.21%	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Warrington E06000007	91.13%	91.02%	74.69%	91.15%	91.04%	74.53%	85.64%	84.61%	67.95%	77.97%	72.88%	67.80%	71.43%	53.57%
Isle of Wight E06000046	91.01%	86.92%	86.89%	91.01%	86.92%	86.89%	86.24%	78.90%	80.73%	62.5%	37.5%	62.5%	100%	60.0%
Bolton E08000001	90.97%	90.32%	90.17%	90.85%	90.21%	90.05%	85.50%	82.76%	80.58%	76.14%	68.18%	66.28%	75.56%	68.89%
Westmorland and Furness E06000064	90.94%	89.06%	89.28%	90.84%	88.97%	89.07%	84.1%	79.92%	62.71%	87.06%	81.18%	67.06%	71.15%	55.77%
Lancashire E10000017	90.91%	90.57%	89.44%	90.90%	90.56%	89.37%	84.98%	82.64%	78.40%	88.67%	76.86%	76.44%	83.24%	71.89%
Hackney E09000012	90.89%	88.74%	86.94%	90.89%	88.74%	86.94%	81.50%	78.35%	76.28%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Doncaster E08000017	90.84%	90.36%	90.54%	90.84%	90.36%	90.54%	82.37%	79.32%	74.32%	86.83%	75.91%	72.44%	80.62%	43.41%
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	90.76%	90.34%	90.20%	90.76%	90.34%	90.20%	81.86%	80.24%	81.86%	80.0%	80.0%	80.0%	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Bristol, City of E06000023	90.65%	89.95%	89.71%	90.65%	89.95%	89.71%	83.56%	79.83%	77.66%	92.12%	86.06%	79.27%	70.97%	50.54%
Derby E06000015	90.58%	90.37%	90.23%	90.59%	90.38%	90.14%	86.14%	81.75%	68.31%	93.82%	78.76%	74.90%	82.81%	69.53%
Camden E09000007	90.54%	89.32%	89.73%	90.55%	89.28%	89.57%	93.96%	86.17%	76.80%	97.67%	87.16%	94.0%	92.86%	59.52%
Solihull E08000029	90.45%	90.33%	90.44%	90.45%	90.33%	90.44%	89.91%	83.21%	79.39%	91.70%	81.13%	81.44%	83.12%	51.95%
Cumberland E06000063	90.44%	90.04%	89.76%	90.44%	90.04%	89.76%	82.89%	81.75%	80.61%	87.5%	83.75%	82.5%	100%	100%
Devon E10000008	90.41%	89.81%	84.97%	90.29%	89.63%	84.70%	85.91%	82.8%	73.94%	94.21%	81.05%	94.21%	84.21%	70.0%
Wigan E08000010	90.22%	90.22%	89.88%	90.23%	90.23%	89.76%	87.35%	85.79%	80.47%	92.39%	78.80%	84.15%	85.12%	71.35%
Waltham Forest E09000031	90.18%	89.65%	89.78%	90.20%	89.67%	89.64%	89.98%	87.16%	82.63%	84.48%	75.86%	84.91%	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Rotherham E08000018	89.98%	89.62%	89.49%	89.98%	89.62%	89.49%	84.91%	83.76%	80.99%	85.63%	74.25%	73.05%	88.09%	46.83%
Sandwell E08000028	89.93%	89.69%	82.10%	89.86%	89.61%	82.03%	89.07%	86.24%	69.11%	89.55%	77.61%	81.82%	100%	90.48%
Nottingham E06000018	89.85%	89.41%	89.38%	89.86%	89.42%	89.33%	88.31%	80.15%	78.11%	81.55%	68.67%	70.39%	80.22%	56.04%
Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	89.80%	89.80%	89.50%	89.62%	89.62%	84.85%	81.99%	79.09%	73.57%	42.86%	28.57%	38.09%	60.0%	60.0%
Swindon E06000030	89.78%	89.48%	88.89%	89.78%	89.48%	88.89%	83.98%	77.34%	61.72%	88.23%	79.83%	81.51%	92.31%	87.18%
Norfolk E10000020	89.75%	89.07%	86.81%	89.74%	89.06%	86.67%	84.58%	78.92%	67.82%	90.44%	76.72%	75.26%	83.90%	63.36%
Torbay E06000027	89.70%	88.53%	84.20%	90.51%	89.24%	85.35%	87.16%	82.57%	71.30%	90.14%	74.65%	63.77%	88.64%	79.55%
Halton E06000006	89.62%	89.41%	89.62%	89.62%	89.41%	89.62%	82.87%	82.32%	82.87%	94.44%	92.42%	94.44%	73.53%	67.65%
Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	89.38%	86.61%	85.21%	89.38%	86.61%	85.21%	94.72%	92.22%	82.63%	95.71%	92.14%	90.51%	94.12%	94.12%
Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	89.21%	88.95%	88.85%	89.22%	88.96%	88.78%	80.17%	78.14%	77.36%	82.58%	79.79%	79.02%	67.5%	30.0%
Dudley E08000027	88.95%	88.89%	88.05%	88.9%	88.85%	88.01%	89.15%	83.73%	63.66%	87.45%	77.61%	74.81%	89.95%	69.35%
Cornwall E06000052	88.7%	87.85%	87.23%	88.85%	88.02%	87.08%	86.78%	78.91%	69.46%	94.57%	84.61%	80.28%	87.28%	76.30%
Bury E08000002	88.61%	88.50%	88.00%	88.62%	88.52%	87.90%	88.48%	87.24%	84.77%	83.10%	74.65%	79.71%	79.66%	76.27%
Hartlepool E06000001	88.57%	88.57%	88.57%	88.57%	88.57%	88.57%	85.51%	65.22%	34.78%	93.55%	80.64%	67.74%	83.33%	66.67%
East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	88.33%	87.59%	85.23%	88.33%	87.59%	85.23%	88.99%	83.77%	75.71%	85.81%	77.74%	69.81%	86.92%	71.96%
Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	88.19%	87.95%	87.09%	88.19%	87.95%	87.09%	89.6%	88.8%	71.77%	100%	100%	100%	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Sefton E08000014	87.98%	87.84%	87.66%	87.98%	87.84%	87.66%	84.02%	80.72%	72.85%	88.65%	80.54%	82.70%	75.41%	68.85%
Blackpool E06000009	87.84%	87.69%	87.08%	87.84%	87.69%	87.08%	83.76%	80.20%	73.14%	85.37%	81.71%	81.71%	82.11%	52.03%
Wakefield E08000036	87.75%	87.47%	87.53%	87.75%	87.47%	87.53%	81.89%	79.59%	76.77%	86.50%	78.22%	78.39%	86.08%	65.82%
Somerset E06000066	87.24%	86.66%	86.42%	87.21%	86.64%	85.98%	82.42%	78.83%	69.45%	82.63%	71.83%	75.47%	88.50%	81.42%
North Lincolnshire E06000013	87.23%	87.23%	85.94%	87.23%	87.23%	85.94%	85.13%	84.10%	75.26%	87.5%	59.38%	81.25%	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
East Sussex E10000011	86.98%	85.69%	84.71%	86.98%	85.69%	84.71%	78.66%	74.39%	70.12%	88.63%	76.68%	76.92%	84.70%	68.31%
Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	86.81%	86.42%	86.84%	86.81%	86.42%	86.84%	86.34%	78.64%	67.23%	88.10%	76.85%	72.70%	84.88%	77.91%
North East Lincolnshire E06000012	86.74%	86.52%	86.46%	86.74%	86.52%	86.46%	84.70%	83.15%	73.87%	85.52%	74.66%	79.72%	82.39%	72.53%
Tameside E08000008	86.59%	86.59%	86.48%	86.59%	86.59%	86.48%	79.62%	77.99%	72.10%	91.30%	86.41%	77.90%	90.4%	84.0%
Southampton E06000045	86.49%	85.34%	83.43%	86.49%	85.34%	83.43%	85.74%	80.92%	62.66%	74.19%	74.19%	63.33%	87.88%	33.33%
Darlington E06000005	86.34%	85.74%	85.44%	86.34%	85.74%	85.44%	87.5%	80.11%	62.07%	78.38%	37.84%	56.76%	85.71%	57.14%
Barnsley E08000038	86.15%	85.97%	85.97%	86.17%	85.99%	85.82%	89.80%	88.09%	73.81%	96.52%	70.44%	86.09%	100%	90.0%
Portsmouth E06000044	86.11%	85.68%	86.11%	86.19%	85.36%	84.33%	93.41%	91.08%	65.76%	80.0%	56.36%	69.81%	76.67%	46.67%
Sheffield E08000039	85.89%	84.22%	84.03%	85.89%	84.22%	84.03%	88.02%	83.62%	77.28%	88.37%	64.12%	68.79%	89.66%	87.36%
Salford E08000006	85.76%	83.39%	84.86%	85.79%	83.42%	84.72%	86.52%	82.35%	68.07%	92.61%	82.95%	80.81%	95.60%	82.42%
Cheshire East E06000049	85.37%	85.04%	85.24%	85.29%	84.96%	85.05%	84.73%	79.89%	73.69%	81.53%	69.15%	75.04%	85.42%	65.62%
Sunderland E08000024	85.14%	84.52%	84.63%	85.14%	84.52%	84.63%	81.12%	78.99%	74.93%	84.75%	73.73%	72.88%	82.12%	64.90%
Middlesbrough E06000002	84.31%	83.78%	81.23%	84.31%	83.78%	81.23%	82.65%	78.32%	62.63%	77.91%	64.53%	59.30%	81.48%	66.67%
Bedford E06000055	76.75%	76.30%	75.75%	76.75%	76.30%	75.75%	83.08%	78.48%	71.17%	84.83%	74.72%	72.88%	82.39%	64.77%
Isles of Scilly E06000053	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
Knowsley E08000011	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	73.91%	73.91%	73.91%	100%	100%	100%	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
City of London E09000001	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’	not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’
North East	89.82%	89.16%	88.07%	89.82%	89.16%	88.06%	84.93%	79.85%	70.45%	85.97%	72.59%	71.42%	84.56%	70.08%
North West	91.30%	90.92%	89.92%	91.29%	90.90%	89.86%	85.73%	82.91%	77.97%	87.17%	76.22%	78.58%	84.82%	68.02%
Yorkshire and The Humber	90.84%	90.35%	89.50%	90.84%	90.36%	89.49%	84.73%	81.89%	76.70%	87.27%	74.01%	73.84%	85.23%	63.26%
East Midlands	92.9%	92.24%	91.69%	92.90%	92.24%	91.66%	86.84%	82.78%	77.10%	88.71%	78.38%	75.05%	85.86%	69.23%
West Midlands	92.96%	92.48%	91.60%	92.93%	92.45%	91.41%	88.38%	84.84%	77.05%	87.88%	77.64%	77.54%	84.97%	64.62%
East of England	93.86%	93.36%	93.00%	93.85%	93.34%	92.90%	87.58%	82.44%	77.53%	89.7%	78.39%	79.86%	87.24%	67.64%
London	95.21%	94.48%	93.97%	95.22%	94.48%	93.76%	89.49%	84.17%	80.44%	91.78%	80.51%	87.86%	86.25%	50.97%
South East	93.75%	93.20%	92.96%	93.76%	93.18%	92.85%	86.86%	83.02%	77.45%	89.20%	79.58%	80.32%	83.72%	63.95%
South West	92.15%	91.35%	90.12%	92.16%	91.33%	89.91%	86.14%	81.75%	73.99%	89.62%	80.28%	77.67%	85.12%	71.55%

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A levels: retained · 132 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in

76.75% to 89.62%
89.62% to 91.76%
91.76% to 93.98%
93.98% to 95.78%
95.78% to 98.94%

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Notes

Students at the end of 16 to 18 study in the council's schools and colleges by the qualifications of their main programme, as the DfE's 16 to 18 performance tables count them: the DfE's methodology says its retention measure “shows the proportion of students who are retained to the end of their main programme of study”, beside the share retained and assessed and the share of those on a two-year programme who returned and were retained for a second year. A levels are part of academic qualifications; technical certificates are level 2 and one year.
The DfE gives no figure for England in this data set, and none of the students retained beside these rates, so the hub cannot recompute them: they are checked by the DfE's CSV of the same version giving every figure exactly as its API does (decision 48.6), and the students by each region's councils adding up to it.
Pupils and students are counted in the council area their school or college is in, not where they live: the DfE's methodology says “At local authority level, schools or colleges are recorded in their administrative local authority that may not reflect their postcode location.”
The DfE gives these figures for England's 153 councils with education and children's services duties (its unitary, metropolitan and London councils and its 21 counties), not for districts.
The DfE's figures for districts mix the districts abolished in 2023 with the councils that replaced them, so the hub reads its councils alone.