Students in 16 to 18 study by council, England

16 to 18 students by type of qualification, and those on a two-year programme, in each of England's councils with education duties, with the regions, from the DfE's retention measures.

England

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2024/25 · the DfE gives no figure for England

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Students in 16 to 18 study by council, England

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

Data table

162 rows

Area	A levels: students	A levels: on a two-year programme	Academic qualifications: students	Academic qualifications: on a two-year programme	Applied general qualifications: students	Applied general qualifications: on a two-year programme	Tech levels: students	Tech levels: on a two-year programme	Technical certificates: students
Hampshire E10000014	7,964	7,954	7,994	7,982	2,688	2,608	1,218	1,148	304
Hertfordshire E10000015	7,382	7,369	7,511	7,498	2,846	2,824	578	575	323
Kent E10000016	6,801	6,795	7,452	7,444	2,831	2,784	645	637	281
Essex E10000012	6,493	6,484	6,514	6,505	2,652	2,639	565	477	183
Surrey E10000030	6,406	6,396	6,406	6,396	1,865	1,858	299	299	178
Lancashire E10000017	4,655	4,651	4,660	4,655	2,177	2,153	618	607	185
Birmingham E08000025	4,055	4,040	4,056	4,041	2,835	2,783	428	428	128
Buckinghamshire E06000060	3,553	3,550	3,553	3,550	668	656	94	90	0
Oxfordshire E10000025	3,538	3,477	3,544	3,482	1,232	1,219	385	380	165
Gloucestershire E10000013	3,517	3,488	3,547	3,516	1,493	1,485	505	503	17
Manchester E08000003	3,409	3,407	3,409	3,407	1,136	1,130	124	124	51
Barnet E09000003	3,353	3,334	3,353	3,334	638	629	181	176	30
Cambridgeshire E10000003	3,281	3,279	3,364	3,361	980	977	100	100	28
Leeds E08000035	3,207	3,203	3,207	3,203	1,527	1,489	554	546	134
West Sussex E10000032	3,199	3,185	3,199	3,185	1,560	1,537	306	300	83
Nottinghamshire E10000024	3,111	3,109	3,111	3,109	817	814	233	233	179
Warwickshire E10000031	3,093	3,091	3,096	3,094	1,068	1,064	193	193	187
Norfolk E10000020	3,064	3,056	3,070	3,061	1,219	1,215	481	473	292
Devon E10000008	2,826	2,808	2,864	2,818	1,093	1,086	190	190	190
Lincolnshire E10000019	2,739	2,734	2,739	2,734	910	899	250	248	138
Leicestershire E10000018	2,474	2,375	2,474	2,375	766	737	366	365	49
Redbridge E09000026	2,411	2,407	2,411	2,407	385	385	67	67	26
Brighton and Hove E06000043	2,372	2,368	2,404	2,400	664	662	37	37	0
Kirklees E08000034	2,354	2,354	2,354	2,354	826	824	100	100	0
Suffolk E10000029	2,350	2,346	2,367	2,363	1,253	1,247	350	350	291
Staffordshire E10000028	2,341	2,338	2,341	2,338	2,217	2,209	477	474	88
Bristol, City of E06000023	2,149	2,040	2,149	2,040	590	555	165	164	93
North Yorkshire E06000065	2,116	2,010	2,117	2,011	563	551	107	106	32
Bromley E09000006	2,093	2,091	2,093	2,091	833	824	105	105	41
Newham E09000025	2,025	2,021	2,025	2,021	725	713	165	162	34
Sutton E09000029	2,024	2,021	2,024	2,021	253	253	8	8	0
Tower Hamlets E09000030	2,003	2,001	2,059	2,057	1,802	1,771	168	166	118
Leicester E06000016	1,977	1,944	1,980	1,946	1,142	1,110	106	106	146
Worcestershire E10000034	1,972	1,969	1,973	1,970	1,011	999	91	91	94
Sheffield E08000039	1,971	1,966	1,971	1,966	1,093	1,087	301	298	87
Derbyshire E10000007	1,938	1,930	1,938	1,930	582	580	83	83	41
Dudley E08000027	1,918	1,917	1,919	1,918	922	919	518	516	199
Somerset E06000066	1,904	1,900	1,916	1,912	529	527	213	212	113
Wiltshire E06000054	1,831	1,830	1,832	1,831	684	678	239	239	144
Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	1,825	1,824	1,871	1,869	285	285	9	9	0
Hillingdon E09000017	1,822	1,808	1,822	1,808	1,371	1,337	295	289	75
Nottingham E06000018	1,813	1,808	1,814	1,809	650	635	233	233	91
Camden E09000007	1,807	1,752	1,810	1,755	1,374	1,306	257	250	42
Cheshire East E06000049	1,791	1,789	1,795	1,793	537	536	590	589	192
Harrow E09000015	1,780	1,778	1,780	1,778	379	369	29	28	0
Cornwall E06000052	1,761	1,739	1,812	1,742	1,067	1,061	442	436	173
Ealing E09000009	1,761	1,761	1,761	1,761	533	531	1	1	17
Bradford E08000032	1,699	1,697	1,699	1,697	1,398	1,388	242	241	38
Slough E06000039	1,625	1,623	1,625	1,623	616	612	237	231	72
Liverpool E08000012	1,610	1,602	1,610	1,602	1,202	1,163	182	178	34
Wirral E08000015	1,599	1,598	1,599	1,598	517	517	128	127	24
Solihull E08000029	1,582	1,580	1,582	1,580	1,090	1,082	265	264	154
Trafford E08000009	1,576	1,574	1,576	1,574	510	502	192	188	57
Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	1,532	1,527	1,532	1,527	1,428	1,361	311	304	86
Wigan E08000010	1,513	1,512	1,515	1,514	901	896	184	183	363
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	1,482	1,480	1,482	1,480	460	459	25	25	0
East Sussex E10000011	1,482	1,452	1,482	1,452	492	482	343	338	183
West Northamptonshire E06000062	1,477	1,475	1,478	1,476	1,168	1,156	565	556	112
Wandsworth E09000032	1,468	1,465	1,482	1,479	597	595	50	50	14
Wakefield E08000036	1,461	1,460	1,461	1,460	740	736	326	324	79
County Durham E06000047	1,453	1,448	1,453	1,448	821	818	298	295	187
Hounslow E09000018	1,418	1,416	1,418	1,416	550	540	20	20	3
Dorset E06000059	1,369	1,363	1,369	1,363	523	507	267	186	97
Waltham Forest E09000031	1,324	1,321	1,326	1,323	1,168	1,157	58	53	0
Coventry E08000026	1,304	1,292	1,304	1,292	762	737	182	174	16
Westminster E09000033	1,303	1,303	1,336	1,336	641	640	61	61	9
Bexley E09000004	1,293	1,293	1,521	1,521	397	397	75	75	0
Southwark E09000028	1,276	1,271	1,276	1,271	323	323	32	32	0
Brent E09000005	1,264	1,251	1,265	1,252	522	516	19	19	15
Milton Keynes E06000042	1,238	1,237	1,238	1,237	829	829	83	83	89
Haringey E09000014	1,232	1,222	1,232	1,222	424	419	23	23	0
Enfield E09000010	1,230	1,223	1,230	1,223	565	564	191	174	155
Sandwell E08000028	1,212	1,173	1,213	1,174	1,446	1,418	67	66	21
Southend-on-Sea E06000033	1,190	1,189	1,193	1,192	372	362	59	59	11
Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	1,186	1,184	1,187	1,185	837	835	287	286	40
York E06000014	1,172	1,169	1,172	1,169	412	412	394	393	100
Stockport E08000007	1,172	1,171	1,172	1,171	274	274	0	0	0
Kingston upon Thames E09000021	1,163	1,162	1,168	1,167	774	725	116	111	17
North Northamptonshire E06000061	1,160	1,157	1,160	1,157	456	456	5	5	0
Oldham E08000004	1,103	1,101	1,108	1,106	602	602	197	194	137
Luton E06000032	1,080	1,072	1,080	1,072	670	664	17	17	0
Peterborough E06000031	1,066	1,061	1,067	1,062	651	645	294	292	89
Medway E06000035	1,047	1,045	1,148	1,146	877	875	178	171	100
Croydon E09000008	1,047	1,045	1,047	1,045	951	938	224	219	6
West Berkshire E06000037	1,041	1,038	1,041	1,038	196	196	14	14	3
Doncaster E08000017	1,037	1,036	1,037	1,036	590	588	357	352	129
Tameside E08000008	1,029	1,028	1,029	1,028	368	362	184	181	125
Hackney E09000012	1,021	988	1,021	988	254	253	3	3	0
Walsall E08000030	997	996	997	996	866	866	136	135	144
Darlington E06000005	996	996	996	996	176	174	37	37	21
Shropshire E06000051	984	978	984	978	319	318	7	7	45
Greenwich E09000011	966	964	1,033	1,031	517	514	135	126	3
Northumberland E06000057	959	959	960	960	302	299	62	62	0
Derby E06000015	955	952	956	953	570	568	259	255	128
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	950	881	950	881	484	480	71	53	62
Wokingham E06000041	946	944	946	944	122	122	0	0	0
Wolverhampton E08000031	942	926	944	928	799	792	188	188	30
Lambeth E09000022	934	928	934	928	446	428	119	119	15
Barking and Dagenham E09000002	928	927	929	928	307	303	152	150	24
Bury E08000002	922	908	923	909	729	729	71	69	59
Richmond upon Thames E09000027	922	922	922	922	161	161	6	6	25
Central Bedfordshire E06000056	913	913	913	913	382	382	60	60	10
Warrington E06000007	902	901	904	903	390	390	59	59	28
Bedford E06000055	886	870	886	870	934	933	356	354	176
Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	880	874	880	874	486	475	28	28	0
North Somerset E06000024	851	848	851	848	222	222	57	56	26
Westmorland and Furness E06000064	850	849	852	851	239	236	85	85	52
Rotherham E08000018	848	847	848	847	696	689	167	167	126
Havering E09000016	843	841	843	841	129	129	4	4	0
St. Helens E08000013	842	840	842	840	563	558	200	200	255
Rochdale E08000005	835	835	835	835	591	585	106	106	223
Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	830	829	830	829	125	124	1	1	0
South Gloucestershire E06000025	794	792	795	793	609	588	126	126	222
Plymouth E06000026	787	785	787	785	532	523	121	121	10
Lewisham E09000023	786	785	786	785	761	760	37	36	0
Herefordshire, County of E06000019	780	780	783	783	710	707	133	132	93
Bolton E08000001	775	773	776	774	731	685	88	86	45
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	753	752	753	752	220	215	0	0	0
Cumberland E06000063	753	752	753	752	263	263	80	80	11
Reading E06000038	721	720	722	721	68	68	21	21	1
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	714	714	714	714	248	248	5	5	0
Calderdale E08000033	701	699	701	699	366	366	52	49	22
Sefton E08000014	699	697	699	697	607	604	185	185	61
Swindon E06000030	675	675	675	675	256	256	119	119	39
Blackpool E06000009	658	658	658	658	394	376	82	82	123
Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	657	657	694	693	483	473	21	21	5
Gateshead E08000037	655	647	655	647	450	438	80	73	1
North Tyneside E08000022	651	651	651	651	164	164	18	18	0
Sunderland E08000024	646	644	646	644	376	375	118	118	151
Merton E09000024	638	637	638	637	211	211	11	11	0
Telford and Wrekin E06000020	633	631	633	631	403	402	156	156	0
Salford E08000006	590	588	591	589	408	404	176	172	91
Barnsley E08000038	563	563	564	564	294	294	115	115	20
East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	540	535	540	535	536	531	310	308	107
North Lincolnshire E06000013	517	512	517	512	195	194	64	64	0
Islington E09000019	498	497	541	540	55	55	18	18	0
Portsmouth E06000044	475	475	485	485	258	257	55	53	60
Halton E06000006	472	472	472	472	362	362	198	198	34
North East Lincolnshire E06000012	460	458	460	458	451	444	221	217	142
Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	433	426	433	426	360	357	140	137	17
Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	429	427	429	427	212	209	39	38	0
Torbay E06000027	427	424	474	471	218	216	71	69	44
Thurrock E06000034	423	422	423	422	122	122	4	4	0
Bracknell Forest E06000036	394	393	394	393	156	156	17	17	16
Middlesbrough E06000002	376	373	376	373	392	388	172	172	27
South Tyneside E08000023	369	366	369	366	184	173	28	27	9
Isle of Wight E06000046	367	366	367	366	109	109	8	8	5
Southampton E06000045	348	344	348	344	477	474	31	30	33
Rutland E06000017	159	159	159	159	0	0	0	0	0
Hartlepool E06000001	70	70	70	70	69	69	62	62	36
Isles of Scilly E06000053	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Knowsley E08000011	0	0	0	0	23	23	3	3	0
City of London E09000001	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
North East	8,966	8,937	8,967	8,938	4,699	4,592	1,226	1,207	518
North West	30,013	29,956	30,082	30,023	14,169	13,992	3,881	3,842	2,167
Yorkshire and The Humber	19,832	19,693	19,835	19,696	10,524	10,428	3,597	3,566	1,056
East Midlands	17,803	17,643	17,809	17,648	7,061	6,955	2,100	2,084	884
West Midlands	22,470	22,368	22,519	22,416	14,931	14,769	2,862	2,845	1,204
East of England	28,128	28,061	28,388	28,319	12,081	12,010	2,864	2,761	1,403
London	44,227	44,023	44,680	44,476	18,780	18,469	2,663	2,595	669
South East	44,270	44,114	45,101	44,940	15,928	15,719	3,971	3,857	1,573
South West	21,323	21,053	21,503	21,155	8,760	8,643	2,611	2,499	1,230

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

0 to 655
655 to 922
922 to 1,190
1,190 to 1,761
1,761 to 4,055

Boundaries: Council boundaries, May 2026, from the geography spine. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:18 UTC Run at 1 November 2026, 12:18 UTC; 1458 of 1458 figures matched the live source.

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Pass	EES data set is current	latest period 2024/25 ended 427 days before retrieval (limit 700)
Pass	The data set's CSV agrees	4050 of 4050 cells of the stored query, figures and marks, equal version 1.0's CSV (https://api.education.gov.uk/statistics/v1/data-sets/019d9139-4416-70c8-9275-ed2def6c2eb9/csv?dataSetVersion=1.0, 810 rows read)
Pass	The councils add up to their region	90 comparisons expected, each region's councils in every count and combination: 81 within the rounding the DfE states (81 exactly); not made, 9 for a figure marked 'z' (not applicable (z): the DfE's ‘not applicable’); the data set gives no England; no sum can show one council's figure filed under another's code: only the CSV's agreement, and another publication where there is one, bear on that
Pass	Source page answers	https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/16-to-19-performance – HTTP 200

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.