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Sustained destinations after key stage 4 by council, England

Official statistics

The share of pupils in state-funded mainstream schools completing key stage 4 who were in sustained education, an apprenticeship or employment the year after, in each of England's councils with education duties, with the regions and England, from the DfE.

England

91.3%

2023/24 · Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment

Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:20 UTC

Sustained destinations after key stage 4 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 2023/24

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 =.

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment

No figure published for Barnsley, City of London (no state-funded mainstream school), Sheffield.

Sustained education

No figure published for Barnsley, City of London (no state-funded mainstream school), Sheffield.

Sustained apprenticeship

No figure published for Barnsley, City of London (no state-funded mainstream school), Sheffield.

Sustained employment

No figure published for Barnsley, City of London (no state-funded mainstream school), Sheffield.

Not sustained

No figure published for Barnsley, City of London (no state-funded mainstream school), Sheffield.

Activity not captured

No figure published for Barnsley, City of London (no state-funded mainstream school), Sheffield.

Data table

162 rows

Area	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	Sustained education	Sustained apprenticeship	Sustained employment	Not sustained	Activity not captured
Sutton E09000029	96.0%	93.5%	1.8%	0.7%	2.2%	1.8%
Kingston upon Thames E09000021	95.5%	93.8%	1.1%	0.6%	2.0%	2.5%
Trafford E08000009	94.9%	92.2%	1.5%	1.2%	2.7%	2.5%
Barnet E09000003	94.7%	93.5%	0.7%	0.5%	2.3%	3.1%
Wokingham E06000041	94.6%	90.6%	2.5%	1.5%	2.3%	3.1%
Redbridge E09000026	94.6%	93.7%	0.4%	0.5%	2.5%	2.8%
Hertfordshire E10000015	94.6%	91.6%	1.7%	1.4%	3.4%	2.0%
Brent E09000005	94.4%	93.4%	0.6%	0.4%	2.8%	2.8%
North Somerset E06000024	94.2%	87.3%	4.4%	2.4%	3.8%	2.0%
Westmorland and Furness E06000064	94.2%	79.9%	10.5%	3.9%	3.9%	1.9%
Harrow E09000015	94.2%	93.4%	0.4%	0.4%	3.3%	2.5%
Merton E09000024	94.1%	92.5%	1.0%	0.6%	3.5%	2.4%
Southwark E09000028	94.0%	92.6%	0.7%	0.7%	3.1%	2.8%
Surrey E10000030	94.0%	90.0%	2.3%	1.7%	3.5%	2.5%
Ealing E09000009	93.8%	92.8%	0.4%	0.5%	3.4%	2.9%
Richmond upon Thames E09000027	93.8%	92.1%	1.1%	0.6%	3.0%	3.2%
Buckinghamshire E06000060	93.7%	89.9%	2.1%	1.7%	3.3%	3.0%
Tower Hamlets E09000030	93.7%	92.6%	0.5%	0.5%	3.8%	2.5%
Wandsworth E09000032	93.6%	92.3%	0.6%	0.7%	3.6%	2.8%
Wiltshire E06000054	93.4%	88.1%	2.8%	2.6%	4.6%	2.0%
Torbay E06000027	93.3%	88.4%	2.7%	2.2%	4.6%	2.1%
Bexley E09000004	93.1%	88.9%	2.9%	1.4%	3.4%	3.5%
Bromley E09000006	93.1%	90.0%	1.8%	1.2%	3.3%	3.6%
Hounslow E09000018	93.1%	91.8%	0.7%	0.5%	3.8%	3.1%
Rutland E06000017	92.9%	85.4%	4.5%	3.0%	3.8%	3.3%
West Berkshire E06000037	92.9%	86.0%	4.7%	2.2%	3.9%	3.2%
Cheshire East E06000049	92.9%	87.4%	3.3%	2.2%	4.9%	2.2%
Hackney E09000012	92.9%	91.7%	0.4%	0.8%	4.0%	3.1%
Suffolk E10000029	92.9%	86.8%	3.4%	2.7%	4.9%	2.2%
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	92.8%	85.7%	4.6%	2.5%	4.7%	2.5%
Luton E06000032	92.8%	91.1%	1.1%	0.6%	4.1%	3.2%
Waltham Forest E09000031	92.8%	91.6%	0.6%	0.7%	3.7%	3.5%
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	92.7%	89.8%	1.5%	1.5%	4.0%	3.3%
Bedford E06000055	92.7%	87.7%	2.5%	2.4%	4.9%	2.4%
Barking and Dagenham E09000002	92.7%	91.4%	0.6%	0.7%	4.3%	3.1%
Enfield E09000010	92.7%	91.6%	0.6%	0.6%	3.9%	3.3%
Westminster E09000033	92.7%	91.9%	0.3%	0.5%	4.0%	3.4%
Lincolnshire E10000019	92.7%	86.6%	3.8%	2.3%	5.0%	2.3%
West Sussex E10000032	92.7%	88.0%	2.3%	2.5%	4.5%	2.8%
East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	92.6%	83.1%	6.4%	3.1%	5.1%	2.3%
Cambridgeshire E10000003	92.6%	87.3%	2.8%	2.4%	4.6%	2.8%
Slough E06000039	92.5%	91.1%	0.6%	0.9%	3.2%	4.2%
Central Bedfordshire E06000056	92.5%	86.6%	3.5%	2.4%	4.4%	3.1%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	92.5%	85.9%	3.9%	2.7%	4.9%	2.6%
Hillingdon E09000017	92.5%	90.2%	1.4%	0.9%	3.9%	3.6%
Gloucestershire E10000013	92.5%	85.4%	4.2%	3.0%	4.6%	2.9%
York E06000014	92.4%	84.8%	4.1%	3.4%	5.1%	2.5%
Croydon E09000008	92.4%	90.1%	1.2%	1.1%	4.4%	3.2%
Southend-on-Sea E06000033	92.3%	89.8%	1.4%	1.2%	4.7%	2.9%
Dorset E06000059	92.3%	84.5%	4.6%	3.2%	5.6%	2.2%
Camden E09000007	92.3%	91.2%	0.6%	0.4%	4.2%	3.5%
Havering E09000016	92.3%	88.3%	2.6%	1.4%	4.2%	3.5%
West Northamptonshire E06000062	92.2%	87.7%	2.5%	2.0%	5.5%	2.3%
North Yorkshire E06000065	92.2%	83.6%	5.3%	3.4%	5.2%	2.5%
Kirklees E08000034	92.2%	86.3%	4.3%	1.6%	4.9%	2.9%
Hampshire E10000014	92.2%	86.0%	3.3%	2.9%	5.3%	2.6%
Nottinghamshire E10000024	92.1%	85.7%	4.0%	2.4%	4.8%	3.1%
Oxfordshire E10000025	92.0%	85.3%	3.6%	3.2%	4.5%	3.4%
Worcestershire E10000034	92.0%	86.0%	3.9%	2.1%	4.8%	3.1%
Thurrock E06000034	91.9%	86.6%	3.1%	2.1%	4.7%	3.5%
Cumberland E06000063	91.9%	75.6%	11.2%	5.1%	5.0%	3.1%
Norfolk E10000020	91.9%	85.0%	3.6%	3.3%	5.2%	2.9%
Staffordshire E10000028	91.9%	84.3%	5.2%	2.4%	5.6%	2.5%
Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	91.8%	86.5%	3.2%	2.2%	5.5%	2.7%
Plymouth E06000026	91.8%	82.0%	7.4%	2.5%	5.2%	3.0%
Lewisham E09000023	91.8%	90.2%	0.8%	0.8%	3.9%	4.4%
Newham E09000025	91.8%	91.0%	0.5%	0.3%	4.4%	3.8%
Kent E10000016	91.8%	87.4%	2.2%	2.2%	4.7%	3.4%
Leicestershire E10000018	91.8%	85.8%	3.7%	2.3%	4.9%	3.3%
Bracknell Forest E06000036	91.7%	87.1%	2.2%	2.3%	4.7%	3.7%
Cornwall E06000052	91.7%	83.2%	5.1%	3.4%	5.8%	2.6%
Somerset E06000066	91.7%	81.7%	6.5%	3.5%	5.6%	2.7%
Greenwich E09000011	91.7%	89.7%	1.2%	0.8%	4.7%	3.6%
Devon E10000008	91.6%	81.6%	6.2%	3.7%	5.9%	2.6%
Warrington E06000007	91.5%	85.5%	3.3%	2.8%	5.7%	2.8%
Haringey E09000014	91.5%	90.7%	0.3%	0.5%	4.2%	4.3%
Peterborough E06000031	91.4%	88.4%	1.5%	1.4%	5.2%	3.5%
North Tyneside E08000022	91.4%	84.8%	4.8%	1.9%	6.1%	2.5%
Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	91.4%	89.9%	0.9%	0.6%	3.3%	5.3%
Essex E10000012	91.4%	85.7%	3.0%	2.7%	5.0%	3.6%
Calderdale E08000033	91.3%	84.7%	4.5%	2.2%	5.8%	2.9%
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	91.3%	90.6%	0.4%	0.3%	3.7%	5.0%
Halton E06000006	91.2%	85.6%	2.9%	2.7%	6.7%	2.1%
Northumberland E06000057	91.2%	83.3%	4.9%	3.1%	5.6%	3.1%
Derbyshire E10000007	91.2%	83.6%	5.0%	2.6%	5.8%	3.0%
Bury E08000002	91.1%	86.8%	2.5%	1.8%	5.8%	3.1%
Stockport E08000007	91.1%	85.0%	3.5%	2.6%	5.9%	3.0%
Warwickshire E10000031	91.1%	85.2%	3.1%	2.7%	5.7%	3.3%
North Lincolnshire E06000013	91.0%	84.3%	4.6%	2.2%	6.6%	2.4%
Brighton and Hove E06000043	91.0%	88.2%	1.4%	1.4%	6.2%	2.8%
North Northamptonshire E06000061	91.0%	86.2%	2.5%	2.3%	6.6%	2.4%
Lambeth E09000022	91.0%	90.0%	0.4%	0.5%	4.7%	4.4%
Milton Keynes E06000042	90.9%	87.4%	1.7%	1.8%	5.2%	4.0%
Oldham E08000004	90.9%	86.6%	2.7%	1.5%	5.8%	3.4%
Lancashire E10000017	90.9%	82.6%	5.2%	3.1%	6.6%	2.5%
Medway E06000035	90.8%	86.8%	1.9%	2.1%	4.3%	4.9%
Darlington E06000005	90.7%	83.5%	4.9%	2.3%	7.0%	2.3%
Swindon E06000030	90.7%	85.7%	2.3%	2.6%	5.8%	3.5%
Isle of Wight E06000046	90.5%	85.2%	3.1%	2.2%	5.9%	3.6%
Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	90.4%	83.1%	3.6%	3.7%	6.2%	3.4%
Wigan E08000010	90.4%	82.2%	5.2%	3.1%	7.0%	2.6%
Reading E06000038	90.3%	87.3%	1.7%	1.3%	4.8%	5.0%
Bolton E08000001	90.3%	84.7%	3.4%	2.2%	6.4%	3.3%
Birmingham E08000025	90.3%	88.3%	1.3%	0.8%	5.4%	4.3%
South Gloucestershire E06000025	90.2%	80.7%	6.5%	3.0%	5.7%	4.0%
Doncaster E08000017	90.2%	83.4%	3.6%	3.2%	6.8%	3.1%
Barnsley E08000016 its area before 1 April 2025	90.1%	82.1%	4.4%	3.6%	6.9%	3.0%
Solihull E08000029	90.1%	84.7%	3.8%	1.7%	6.6%	3.3%
Wolverhampton E08000031	90.1%	87.6%	1.5%	1.0%	6.3%	3.6%
Islington E09000019	90.1%	88.0%	0.9%	1.1%	5.6%	4.4%
Herefordshire, County of E06000019	90.0%	82.6%	4.4%	3.1%	6.0%	4.0%
Wirral E08000015	90.0%	84.5%	3.3%	2.3%	6.7%	3.3%
County Durham E06000047	89.9%	82.5%	4.8%	2.6%	7.4%	2.8%
Rotherham E08000018	89.9%	82.4%	4.8%	2.7%	7.1%	3.0%
East Sussex E10000011	89.9%	84.7%	2.3%	3.0%	6.8%	3.3%
Leeds E08000035	89.8%	85.5%	2.7%	1.6%	6.0%	4.2%
North East Lincolnshire E06000012	89.7%	81.3%	5.8%	2.6%	7.9%	2.4%
Rochdale E08000005	89.7%	84.8%	3.2%	1.7%	7.1%	3.2%
Sandwell E08000028	89.7%	86.6%	2.0%	1.2%	6.8%	3.5%
Gateshead E08000037	89.7%	82.5%	4.8%	2.4%	6.9%	3.4%
Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	89.6%	84.6%	2.4%	2.7%	6.9%	3.5%
Shropshire E06000051	89.6%	81.2%	4.4%	4.0%	6.6%	3.8%
Bristol, City of E06000023	89.5%	84.2%	3.3%	2.0%	5.9%	4.6%
Dudley E08000027	89.5%	84.9%	3.1%	1.5%	6.4%	4.2%
Walsall E08000030	89.5%	85.3%	2.7%	1.5%	6.6%	3.8%
Telford and Wrekin E06000020	89.3%	84.2%	3.1%	2.0%	6.9%	3.7%
Coventry E08000026	89.3%	84.4%	3.2%	1.7%	6.2%	4.5%
Wakefield E08000036	89.3%	82.9%	3.4%	2.9%	7.8%	3.0%
Sefton E08000014	89.2%	83.9%	3.2%	2.1%	7.6%	3.3%
Hartlepool E06000001	89.1%	84.6%	3.3%	1.2%	7.4%	3.6%
Bradford E08000032	89.1%	85.1%	2.7%	1.2%	5.9%	5.0%
Sheffield E08000019 its area before 1 April 2025	89.0%	83.6%	3.8%	1.6%	7.6%	3.4%
South Tyneside E08000023	89.0%	79.2%	6.8%	3.0%	8.5%	2.5%
St. Helens E08000013	88.7%	83.5%	2.8%	2.4%	7.4%	4.0%
Leicester E06000016	88.6%	87.0%	0.7%	1.0%	6.0%	5.4%
Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	88.5%	83.9%	2.7%	1.9%	8.2%	3.3%
Portsmouth E06000044	88.5%	83.1%	2.8%	2.7%	7.6%	3.8%
Southampton E06000045	88.3%	83.9%	2.2%	2.3%	7.8%	3.9%
Liverpool E08000012	88.3%	83.8%	2.7%	1.9%	7.1%	4.5%
Nottingham E06000018	88.1%	85.0%	1.7%	1.4%	7.8%	4.1%
Tameside E08000008	88.0%	83.1%	2.6%	2.4%	8.2%	3.8%
Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	87.8%	82.9%	3.2%	1.8%	7.4%	4.8%
Derby E06000015	87.5%	81.2%	4.3%	2.0%	7.5%	5.0%
Sunderland E08000024	87.4%	79.6%	5.5%	2.4%	8.8%	3.7%
Manchester E08000003	87.3%	84.3%	1.6%	1.3%	7.0%	5.7%
Middlesbrough E06000002	86.8%	82.0%	2.3%	2.5%	8.7%	4.4%
Salford E08000006	86.5%	80.5%	3.0%	3.0%	9.2%	4.3%
Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	85.9%	77.8%	5.6%	2.5%	9.9%	4.2%
Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	85.4%	79.1%	3.4%	2.9%	10.1%	4.5%
Blackpool E06000009	84.1%	76.7%	3.8%	3.6%	11.4%	4.5%
Knowsley E08000011	83.6%	76.8%	3.8%	3.0%	11.0%	5.4%
Isles of Scilly E06000053	76.5%	64.7%	0.0%	11.8%	11.8%	11.8%
Barnsley E08000038	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016
City of London E09000001	no state-funded mainstream school	no state-funded mainstream school	no state-funded mainstream school	no state-funded mainstream school	no state-funded mainstream school	no state-funded mainstream school
Sheffield E08000039	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019
North East	89.5%	82.8%	4.3%	2.4%	7.2%	3.3%
North West	90.1%	83.8%	3.8%	2.5%	6.6%	3.3%
Yorkshire and The Humber	90.2%	83.8%	4.1%	2.3%	6.4%	3.3%
East Midlands	91.1%	85.5%	3.5%	2.1%	5.6%	3.2%
West Midlands	90.3%	85.4%	3.0%	1.8%	6.1%	3.7%
East of England	92.6%	87.7%	2.6%	2.2%	4.6%	2.8%
London	93.1%	91.5%	0.9%	0.7%	3.6%	3.3%
South East	92.1%	87.4%	2.5%	2.2%	4.7%	3.2%
South West	92.0%	84.3%	4.7%	2.9%	5.2%	2.8%
England	91.3%	86.2%	3.0%	2.1%	5.4%	3.3%

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Pass	The councils add up to their region	108 comparisons expected, each region's councils in every count and combination: 108 within the rounding the DfE states (108 exactly); E09000001, which the data set gives no row for, in no sum; England is the DfE's own figure, not its regions' sum: the DfE's methodology says “Some pupils (for example recent arrivals from overseas) are in the national figures but do not count towards any school’s figure.”; 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
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Notes

Pupils in state-funded mainstream schools who completed key stage 4 in the academic year shown, and those in sustained education, an apprenticeship or employment for the first two terms of the year after (October to March; an apprenticeship for six months in a row), as the DfE's destination measures count them. The destinations add up to all who completed key stage 4.
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 gives Barnsley and Sheffield under the codes they had before part of Barnsley moved into Sheffield on the 1st of April 2025 (E08000016 and E08000019), and they are shown so.
England's figure is the DfE's own: its methodology says “Some pupils (for example recent arrivals from overseas) are in the national figures but do not count towards any school’s figure. This means the number of pupils included in institution and local authority tables is expected to differ slightly from the national total.” The checks hold each region's councils to it, and England to its CSV.
The City of London has no state-funded mainstream school with pupils at the end of key stage 4. The DfE's figures for its districts are held until it says how they are counted (decision 48.4).