Destinations after key stage 4 by council, England

Official statistics

Pupils in state-funded mainstream schools completing key stage 4 and those 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

614,917

2023/24 · Pupils completing key stage 4

Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:21 UTC

Destinations after key stage 4 by council, England

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

Data table

162 rows

Area	Pupils completing key stage 4	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	Sustained education	Sustained apprenticeship	Sustained employment	Not sustained	Activity not captured
Kent E10000016	17,706	16,262	15,482	397	383	838	606
Essex E10000012	16,212	14,814	13,893	491	430	818	580
Birmingham E08000025	14,781	13,350	13,045	189	116	796	635
Hertfordshire E10000015	14,665	13,872	13,427	244	201	504	289
Hampshire E10000014	13,858	12,773	11,911	463	399	731	354
Lancashire E10000017	13,310	12,100	10,998	690	412	883	327
Surrey E10000030	11,741	11,039	10,569	267	203	407	295
Staffordshire E10000028	9,346	8,590	7,880	482	228	519	237
Leeds E08000035	9,234	8,295	7,899	250	146	555	384
Nottinghamshire E10000024	9,066	8,351	7,770	366	215	438	277
West Sussex E10000032	8,823	8,181	7,764	200	217	399	243
Norfolk E10000020	8,788	8,074	7,471	313	290	459	255
Lincolnshire E10000019	8,325	7,714	7,209	315	190	419	192
Derbyshire E10000007	8,066	7,355	6,745	403	207	471	240
Leicestershire E10000018	7,784	7,144	6,679	289	176	385	255
Suffolk E10000029	7,567	7,029	6,571	257	201	368	170
Oxfordshire E10000025	7,207	6,633	6,147	258	228	326	248
Devon E10000008	7,051	6,457	5,756	437	264	414	180
Bradford E08000032	7,046	6,277	5,999	190	88	417	352
Gloucestershire E10000013	7,027	6,501	5,999	293	209	320	206
Cambridgeshire E10000003	6,529	6,045	5,703	183	159	302	182
Warwickshire E10000031	6,499	5,918	5,540	200	178	368	213
North Yorkshire E06000065	6,474	5,970	5,410	340	220	339	165
Buckinghamshire E06000060	6,434	6,028	5,784	137	107	213	193
Manchester E08000003	6,329	5,524	5,338	103	83	446	359
Sheffield E08000019 its area before 1 April 2025	5,942	5,287	4,965	224	98	451	204
Worcestershire E10000034	5,827	5,363	5,011	229	123	282	182
Cornwall E06000052	5,611	5,143	4,668	287	188	324	144
Liverpool E08000012	5,376	4,748	4,503	144	101	384	244
Wiltshire E06000054	5,245	4,900	4,621	145	134	240	105
Somerset E06000066	5,226	4,793	4,269	340	184	292	141
County Durham E06000047	5,215	4,687	4,302	249	136	384	144
Kirklees E08000034	5,132	4,732	4,428	220	84	252	148
East Sussex E10000011	5,032	4,525	4,261	114	150	340	167
West Northamptonshire E06000062	4,866	4,487	4,268	124	95	266	113
Newham E09000025	4,648	4,269	4,231	23	15	203	176
Sandwell E08000028	4,599	4,126	3,981	91	54	311	162
Barnet E09000003	4,583	4,338	4,284	32	22	105	140
Leicester E06000016	4,334	3,842	3,770	30	42	260	232
Cheshire East E06000049	4,213	3,914	3,683	139	92	206	93
Coventry E08000026	4,199	3,751	3,546	133	72	260	188
Bristol, City of E06000023	4,093	3,663	3,446	134	83	242	188
North Northamptonshire E06000061	4,069	3,704	3,508	102	94	267	98
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	3,982	3,683	3,419	157	107	195	104
Bolton E08000001	3,962	3,577	3,355	133	89	254	131
Wakefield E08000036	3,925	3,504	3,255	134	115	305	116
Redbridge E09000026	3,900	3,691	3,656	17	18	98	111
Croydon E09000008	3,816	3,525	3,437	46	42	168	123
Enfield E09000010	3,803	3,527	3,484	21	22	149	127
Wigan E08000010	3,790	3,427	3,115	196	116	264	99
Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	3,780	3,418	3,142	135	141	233	129
Bromley E09000006	3,777	3,517	3,401	69	47	125	135
Dorset E06000059	3,724	3,436	3,148	170	118	207	81
Walsall E08000030	3,684	3,299	3,143	99	57	244	141
Wirral E08000015	3,647	3,283	3,081	119	83	245	119
Hillingdon E09000017	3,607	3,337	3,252	51	34	139	131
Milton Keynes E06000042	3,606	3,277	3,150	63	64	186	143
Dudley E08000027	3,485	3,118	2,960	107	51	222	145
Ealing E09000009	3,460	3,244	3,211	15	18	116	100
Wolverhampton E08000031	3,455	3,114	3,027	53	34	216	125
Medway E06000035	3,449	3,131	2,993	66	72	148	170
Rotherham E08000018	3,416	3,072	2,815	165	92	241	103
East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	3,401	3,148	2,827	216	105	175	78
Oldham E08000004	3,381	3,072	2,929	91	52	195	114
Doncaster E08000017	3,381	3,048	2,820	121	107	229	104
Hounslow E09000018	3,356	3,123	3,082	24	17	129	104
Trafford E08000009	3,302	3,132	3,045	48	39	89	81
Derby E06000015	3,293	2,883	2,674	143	66	246	164
Sutton E09000029	3,253	3,122	3,041	57	24	71	60
Bexley E09000004	3,245	3,022	2,884	94	44	109	114
Northumberland E06000057	3,216	2,934	2,678	157	99	181	101
Nottingham E06000018	3,206	2,826	2,725	56	45	250	130
Brent E09000005	3,178	2,999	2,967	18	14	89	90
Southwark E09000028	3,164	2,975	2,930	23	22	99	90
Tower Hamlets E09000030	3,150	2,951	2,918	17	16	121	78
Solihull E08000029	3,141	2,831	2,661	118	52	206	104
Luton E06000032	3,096	2,872	2,821	33	18	126	98
Stockport E08000007	3,093	2,817	2,628	109	80	183	93
Barking and Dagenham E09000002	3,080	2,855	2,814	20	21	131	94
Central Bedfordshire E06000056	3,062	2,832	2,651	107	74	135	95
Shropshire E06000051	3,058	2,740	2,483	135	122	201	117
Sunderland E08000024	3,043	2,661	2,421	166	74	268	114
Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	3,016	2,590	2,347	169	74	300	126
Havering E09000016	3,000	2,769	2,650	78	41	125	106
Greenwich E09000011	2,987	2,739	2,678	37	24	139	109
Sefton E08000014	2,977	2,654	2,498	94	62	225	98
Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	2,950	2,519	2,332	101	86	299	132
Peterborough E06000031	2,944	2,690	2,603	45	42	152	102
Cumberland E06000063	2,916	2,680	2,204	328	148	147	89
Waltham Forest E09000031	2,893	2,684	2,649	16	19	108	101
South Gloucestershire E06000025	2,890	2,608	2,331	189	88	165	117
Calderdale E08000033	2,863	2,615	2,425	128	62	166	82
Tameside E08000008	2,841	2,500	2,360	73	67	232	109
Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	2,823	2,480	2,339	91	50	208	135
Plymouth E06000026	2,796	2,568	2,293	206	69	144	84
Rochdale E08000005	2,757	2,473	2,339	87	47	196	88
Harrow E09000015	2,691	2,535	2,513	12	10	88	68
Haringey E09000014	2,660	2,435	2,413	8	14	111	114
Warrington E06000007	2,644	2,420	2,260	87	73	150	74
Southampton E06000045	2,539	2,243	2,129	56	58	198	98
Barnsley E08000016 its area before 1 April 2025	2,536	2,284	2,081	111	92	175	77
Swindon E06000030	2,522	2,287	2,162	59	66	146	89
Slough E06000039	2,475	2,290	2,254	14	22	80	105
Salford E08000006	2,466	2,133	1,985	74	74	228	105
Hackney E09000012	2,423	2,252	2,223	9	20	97	74
North Somerset E06000024	2,417	2,276	2,111	106	59	93	48
Westmorland and Furness E06000064	2,409	2,270	1,924	253	93	93	46
Brighton and Hove E06000043	2,369	2,156	2,090	33	33	147	66
Telford and Wrekin E06000020	2,325	2,077	1,957	73	47	161	87
Southend-on-Sea E06000033	2,323	2,145	2,085	33	27	110	68
Bedford E06000055	2,315	2,145	2,030	59	56	114	56
Lambeth E09000022	2,310	2,101	2,080	9	12	108	101
Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	2,287	2,049	1,934	54	61	157	81
Lewisham E09000023	2,252	2,067	2,032	18	17	87	98
Thurrock E06000034	2,231	2,050	1,933	70	47	104	77
Bury E08000002	2,223	2,025	1,930	55	40	129	69
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	2,199	2,041	1,884	101	56	103	55
North Tyneside E08000022	2,159	1,974	1,830	103	41	131	54
Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	2,151	1,903	1,805	58	40	177	71
Wokingham E06000041	2,097	1,984	1,900	53	31	49	64
Portsmouth E06000044	2,084	1,845	1,731	58	56	159	80
St. Helens E08000013	2,072	1,837	1,730	58	49	153	82
Gateshead E08000037	2,018	1,811	1,665	97	49	139	68
West Berkshire E06000037	2,013	1,870	1,732	94	44	78	65
Wandsworth E09000032	1,977	1,850	1,824	12	14	71	56
North Lincolnshire E06000013	1,976	1,799	1,666	90	43	130	47
Richmond upon Thames E09000027	1,972	1,849	1,817	21	11	60	63
York E06000014	1,966	1,816	1,668	81	67	101	49
Kingston upon Thames E09000021	1,936	1,848	1,816	21	11	39	49
North East Lincolnshire E06000012	1,858	1,667	1,511	107	49	146	45
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	1,791	1,661	1,608	26	27	71	59
Herefordshire, County of E06000019	1,783	1,605	1,472	78	55	107	71
Westminster E09000033	1,756	1,627	1,613	6	8	70	59
Merton E09000024	1,736	1,634	1,605	18	11	60	42
Reading E06000038	1,673	1,510	1,461	28	21	80	83
South Tyneside E08000023	1,656	1,474	1,311	113	50	140	42
Middlesbrough E06000002	1,625	1,411	1,333	38	40	142	72
Torbay E06000027	1,590	1,483	1,405	43	35	73	34
Camden E09000007	1,580	1,458	1,441	10	7	67	55
Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	1,565	1,437	1,353	50	34	86	42
Halton E06000006	1,539	1,404	1,318	45	41	103	32
Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	1,462	1,336	1,314	13	9	48	78
Islington E09000019	1,399	1,260	1,231	13	16	78	61
Bracknell Forest E06000036	1,369	1,255	1,193	30	32	64	50
Blackpool E06000009	1,287	1,082	987	49	46	147	58
Darlington E06000005	1,182	1,072	987	58	27	83	27
Isle of Wight E06000046	1,179	1,067	1,004	37	26	70	42
Hartlepool E06000001	1,126	1,003	953	37	13	83	40
Knowsley E08000011	1,117	934	858	42	34	123	60
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	987	901	894	4	3	37	49
Rutland E06000017	574	533	490	26	17	22	19
Isles of Scilly E06000053	17	13	11	0	2	2	2
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	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	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	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019
North East	27,915	24,993	23,106	1,213	674	2,002	920
North West	83,582	75,327	70,015	3,210	2,102	5,485	2,770
Yorkshire and The Humber	62,166	56,104	52,116	2,546	1,442	3,982	2,080
East Midlands	53,583	48,839	45,838	1,854	1,147	3,024	1,720
West Midlands	69,132	62,401	59,038	2,088	1,275	4,192	2,539
East of England	69,732	64,568	61,188	1,835	1,545	3,192	1,972
London	90,041	83,840	82,385	832	623	3,245	2,956
South East	97,445	89,730	85,163	2,394	2,173	4,584	3,131
South West	56,390	51,852	47,523	2,667	1,662	2,960	1,578
England	614,917	561,649	530,324	18,642	12,683	33,027	20,241

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Pupils completing key stage 4 · 129 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in

17 to 1,976
1,976 to 2,644
2,644 to 3,164
3,164 to 3,816
3,816 to 15k

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Pass	Provenance recorded	Department for Education; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-01T12:16:51Z; 2 raw file(s)
Pass	Raw files match recorded SHA-256	2 of 2 files intact
Pass	Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures	1134 of 1134 figures and the headline reproduced
Pass	Figures are finite numbers	1134 figures, 0 invalid
Pass	Live source matches every figure	1134 of 1134 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (1 byte-identical); the headline matches
Pass	EES data set is current	latest period 2023/24 ended 792 days before retrieval (limit 1250)
Pass	The data set's CSV agrees	2952 of 2952 cells of the stored query, figures and marks, equal version 2.0's CSV (https://api.education.gov.uk/statistics/v1/data-sets/019d4f41-22d1-71b2-a1a7-f3b91026815b/csv?dataSetVersion=2.0, 984 rows read)
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
Pass	Each share and average is its count over its whole	984 of 984 shares and averages by area and combination are their counts' ratio, within the rounding the DfE states
Pass	Source page answers	https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-destination-measures – HTTP 200

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).