Young people qualified to level 3 by age 19, England
The share of young people in England qualified to level 3, to level 2 and to level 2 in English and maths by age 19, for each cohort since 2007/08, from the Department for Education.
Qualified to level 3 by age 19
60.71%
2024/25 · level 2 83.8%; level 2 in English and maths 73.2% (state-funded sector)
Verified against source, 9 November 2026, 14:53 UTC- Level 3 by age 19
- Level 2 by age 19
- Level 2 in English and maths by age 19 (state-funded sector only)
Source: Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
18 periods, newest first
| Period | Level 3 by age 19 | Level 2 by age 19 | Level 2 in English and maths by age 19 (state-funded sector only) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 60.71% | 83.76% | 73.15% |
| 2023/24 | 60.74% | 85.21% | 76.08% |
| 2022/23 | 61.73% | 85.68% | 78.02% |
| 2021/22 | 62.38% | 83.13% | 74.95% |
| 2020/21 | 61.95% | 83.00% | 73.05% |
| 2019/20 | 60.21% | 82.97% | 70.90% |
| 2018/19 | 60.11% | 83.36% | 71.40% |
| 2017/18 | 60.61% | 83.81% | 71.05% |
| 2016/17 | 60.76% | 85.29% | 71.57% |
| 2015/16 | 60.30% | 86.96% | 71.44% |
| 2014/15 | 60.54% | 87.66% | 70.14% |
| 2013/14 | 60.10% | 87.2% | 67.78% |
| 2012/13 | 59.15% | 86.29% | 65.73% |
| 2011/12 | 57.98% | 85.18% | 63.30% |
| 2010/11 | 56.53% | 83.35% | 61.44% |
| 2009/10 | 53.85% | 80.75% | 58.21% |
| 2008/09 | 51.38% | 78.45% | 54.91% |
| 2007/08 | 49.53% | 76.03% | 51.96% |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Department for Education
- Check it yourself
- https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/level-2-and-3-attainment-by-young-people-aged-19
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 9 November 2026, 14:49 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://content.explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/api/data-set-files?publicationId=2e95f880-629c-417b-981f-0901e97776ff&latestOnly=true&pageSize=40&page=1SHA-256 04e9488c1650bf59fab8feaf58cc0212731d32b61e5102fa68f3f63e6ef96ae7 · 13,987 bytes
- https://content.explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/api/releases/b9ef4329-4089-41bd-b562-08de4c5bcb90/files?fileIds=35c86ee7-ec6f-4ec1-48f6-08de96df25e1SHA-256 09dcf9bcaafd842dd24e151de869e85fb35d5b734418d8d1f760a3da36ef2d9b · 7,093 bytes
- https://content.explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/api/releases/b9ef4329-4089-41bd-b562-08de4c5bcb90/files?fileIds=5182fde9-65d0-481c-f879-08de8b21be68SHA-256 3902718187b44081d88c1c9d26c38bf8a5fcf917c112574d1efb64440045feb4 · 17,572 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 9 November 2026, 14:53 UTC Run at 9 November 2026, 14:53 UTC; 54 of 54 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Department for Education; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-09T14:49:42Z; 3 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 3 of 3 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 54 of 54 figures and the headline reproduced; the meta's accreditation and numbers match |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 54 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 54 of 54 figures match exactly after downloading 3 source file(s) again (1 byte-identical); the headline matches; the meta's accreditation and numbers match |
| Pass | EES file is current | the latest period, 2024/25, ended on 2025-07-31, 466 days before retrieval (limit 680), from Academic year 2024/25 |
| Pass | The ages 16 to 19 file gives the headlines' levels | 36 of 36 figures for levels 2 and 3 match the ages 16 to 19 file's rows for all institutions and qualification types by age 19 |
| Pass | The release's key statistics agree | 3 of 3 cases of the release page's key statistics (https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/level-2-and-3-attainment-by-young-people-aged-19/2024-25) for 2024/25 are the headlines' figures rounded half up to one place |
| Pass | The release is accredited official statistics | the release page gives its type as 'AccreditedOfficialStatistics' |
| Pass | Each share is its number over the cohort | 36 of 36 cases of the headlines' level 2 and 3 shares are their numbers qualified over the cohort the ages file gives, within the 0.0005 points of a share given to three places within 0.0006 (0 exactly) |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/level-2-and-3-attainment-by-young-people-aged-19 – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- The share of the young people who were 19 in each school year (the cohort aged 15 at its start four years before) who held a full level 3 qualification (two A levels or the equivalent) or a full level 2 qualification (five GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 or the equivalent) by then, wherever they studied, as the DfE counts them. Level 2 in English and maths, a GCSE at 9 to 4 or an equivalent in both, is the DfE's figure for the state-funded sector only, so its line counts a narrower cohort. The DfE's guidance says grades awarded by centre and teacher assessment in 2020 and 2021, and the adapted exams of 2022, bear on the cohorts who took them. The numbers qualified are in the record's JSON.