Share progressing to higher education or training by council, England

The share of level 3 students in state-funded mainstream schools and colleges who went on to a degree, another level 4 or 5 course or a higher apprenticeship, in each of England's councils with education duties, with the regions and England, from the DfE.

England

63.4%

2022/23 · Level 4 or higher

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

Share progressing to higher education or training 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 2022/23

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 =.

Level 4 or higher

1Southwark86.7%
2Sutton86.0%
3Richmond upon Thames85.4%
4Ealing85.1%
5Redbridge84.9%
6Brent84.5%
7Merton83.7%
8Kensington and Chelsea82.2%
9Haringey81.1%
10Lewisham80.9%
11Wokingham80.8%
12Rutland80.2%
13Hackney80.1%
14Barnet79.2%
=15Harrow78.8%
=15Wandsworth78.8%
17Buckinghamshire78.1%
18Enfield78.0%
19Lambeth77.6%
20Hammersmith and Fulham77.3%
21Newham77.1%
22Barking and Dagenham76.7%
23Westminster76.6%
24Havering76.3%
25Greenwich76.0%
=26Hounslow75.9%
=26Thurrock75.9%
28Bexley75.6%
29Cheshire West and Chester74.9%
30Manchester74.6%
31Reading74.2%
32Birmingham74.0%
33Windsor and Maidenhead72.6%
34North Northamptonshire71.9%
35North Tyneside70.3%
36Luton70.2%
37Hillingdon69.8%
38Slough69.7%
39Stockport69.6%
40Brighton and Hove69.1%
41Liverpool68.6%
42Wolverhampton68.5%
43Leicester68.2%
44Oldham68.1%
=45Camden67.9%
=45Sheffield, its area before 1 April 202567.9%
47Redcar and Cleveland67.8%
48Bromley67.7%
49Islington67.6%
50Surrey67.5%
51Waltham Forest67.3%
52Croydon67.2%
53Bradford67.1%
=54Kingston upon Thames67.0%
=54Kirklees67.0%
56Hertfordshire66.9%
57Cambridgeshire66.4%
58Stoke-on-Trent66.2%
59North Yorkshire66.0%
60Trafford65.8%
61Northumberland65.7%
=62Rochdale65.5%
=62West Berkshire65.5%
64Central Bedfordshire65.4%
65Coventry65.0%
66Nottingham64.8%
67Derbyshire64.1%
68Lincolnshire64.0%
69Wirral63.8%
70Nottinghamshire63.5%
=71Bath and North East Somerset63.3%
=71Milton Keynes63.3%
=71Sandwell63.3%
74Bristol, City of62.9%
75Walsall62.7%
76Wigan62.6%
=77Kent62.5%
=77Warwickshire62.5%
79Leeds62.3%
80Lancashire62.2%
81Wiltshire62.1%
82Bury61.5%
=83Leicestershire60.9%
=83Solihull60.9%
85Telford and Wrekin60.8%
=86Bracknell Forest60.7%
=86Gloucestershire60.7%
=86Tower Hamlets60.7%
=89Hampshire60.6%
=89Kingston upon Hull, City of60.6%
=91Bolton60.3%
=91Derby60.3%
93Wakefield60.2%
94West Northamptonshire60.1%
95North Lincolnshire60.0%
96Darlington59.9%
97Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole59.7%
98Worcestershire59.6%
99Shropshire59.4%
100Cumberland59.3%
101Calderdale59.2%
102Dudley58.9%
103Stockton-on-Tees58.2%
104Oxfordshire58.1%
=105Halton57.4%
=105St. Helens57.4%
107Blackburn with Darwen57.2%
108Essex57.1%
109Westmorland and Furness57.0%
110County Durham56.3%
=111North Somerset56.0%
=111Peterborough56.0%
=113Dorset55.9%
=113Southend-on-Sea55.9%
=113Staffordshire55.9%
116Medway55.6%
117East Riding of Yorkshire55.3%
=118Gateshead55.0%
=118Newcastle upon Tyne55.0%
=118Tameside55.0%
121Doncaster54.9%
122West Sussex54.6%
123Rotherham54.5%
124South Tyneside54.0%
125Swindon53.9%
126Warrington53.7%
127Torbay53.6%
128Plymouth52.9%
129Devon52.8%
=130Bedford52.7%
=130Salford52.7%
132Norfolk52.4%
133Sefton52.3%
134Somerset51.9%
=135Suffolk51.7%
=135Sunderland51.7%
137York51.4%
=138Barnsley, its area before 1 April 202551.3%
=138Isle of Wight51.3%
140South Gloucestershire51.0%
141Herefordshire, County of50.8%
142Cheshire East50.7%
143Middlesbrough49.9%
144Cornwall49.4%
145Portsmouth48.3%
146Blackpool47.5%
147Southampton46.3%
148East Sussex45.9%
149North East Lincolnshire45.6%
150Hartlepool42.9%
151Knowsley42.0%

No figure published for Barnsley, City of London (no state-funded mainstream school or college with level 3 students), Isles of Scilly (no state-funded mainstream school or college with level 3 students), Sheffield.

Data table

161 rows

Area	Level 4 or higher	A degree	A level 4 or 5 course	A higher apprenticeship	A top third university
Southwark E09000028	86.7%	82.3%	1.1%	3.3%	31.7%
Sutton E09000029	86.0%	81.9%	2.0%	2.1%	40.7%
Richmond upon Thames E09000027	85.4%	83.8%	0.7%	0.9%	42.7%
Ealing E09000009	85.1%	81.4%	1.8%	1.8%	26.6%
Redbridge E09000026	84.9%	79.2%	1.8%	3.9%	21.4%
Brent E09000005	84.5%	80.7%	1.0%	2.8%	28.6%
Merton E09000024	83.7%	80.6%	0.3%	2.8%	19.8%
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	82.2%	80.3%	1.0%	0.9%	30.2%
Haringey E09000014	81.1%	78.6%	1.1%	1.4%	27.7%
Lewisham E09000023	80.9%	77.5%	1.6%	1.8%	13.0%
Wokingham E06000041	80.8%	75.8%	0.8%	4.3%	26.2%
Rutland E06000017	80.2%	77.2%	0.0%	3.0%	38.9%
Hackney E09000012	80.1%	76.4%	1.9%	1.8%	24.3%
Barnet E09000003	79.2%	76.5%	1.2%	1.4%	33.3%
Harrow E09000015	78.8%	75.1%	1.5%	2.3%	22.8%
Wandsworth E09000032	78.8%	76.3%	1.4%	1.1%	17.0%
Buckinghamshire E06000060	78.1%	73.0%	2.0%	3.2%	37.9%
Enfield E09000010	78.0%	74.9%	1.8%	1.4%	20.9%
Lambeth E09000022	77.6%	73.9%	1.9%	1.8%	20.7%
Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	77.3%	74.2%	1.4%	1.7%	25.9%
Newham E09000025	77.1%	72.9%	1.5%	2.8%	28.9%
Barking and Dagenham E09000002	76.7%	71.7%	1.2%	3.8%	17.2%
Westminster E09000033	76.6%	73.0%	1.9%	1.7%	27.2%
Havering E09000016	76.3%	67.2%	0.4%	8.7%	21.7%
Greenwich E09000011	76.0%	72.1%	1.3%	2.6%	15.3%
Thurrock E06000034	75.9%	71.8%	0.8%	3.3%	20.1%
Hounslow E09000018	75.9%	72.6%	1.8%	1.5%	19.3%
Bexley E09000004	75.6%	70.3%	1.5%	3.9%	27.2%
Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	74.9%	70.5%	0.8%	3.6%	28.9%
Manchester E08000003	74.6%	71.2%	1.5%	1.9%	17.9%
Reading E06000038	74.2%	70.7%	0.7%	2.9%	34.0%
Birmingham E08000025	74.0%	69.5%	2.1%	2.4%	17.9%
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	72.6%	68.7%	1.0%	2.9%	22.6%
North Northamptonshire E06000061	71.9%	68.6%	1.6%	1.7%	18.9%
North Tyneside E08000022	70.3%	66.7%	1.1%	2.5%	23.3%
Luton E06000032	70.2%	66.2%	1.3%	2.7%	10.0%
Hillingdon E09000017	69.8%	64.2%	3.5%	2.0%	11.6%
Slough E06000039	69.7%	65.6%	1.6%	2.4%	18.6%
Stockport E08000007	69.6%	65.8%	1.1%	2.7%	22.5%
Brighton and Hove E06000043	69.1%	66.8%	1.0%	1.3%	28.0%
Liverpool E08000012	68.6%	63.9%	3.3%	1.3%	11.9%
Wolverhampton E08000031	68.5%	63.7%	1.8%	2.9%	10.5%
Leicester E06000016	68.2%	63.6%	2.6%	2.0%	9.8%
Oldham E08000004	68.1%	63.2%	2.6%	2.3%	11.0%
Sheffield E08000019 its area before 1 April 2025	67.9%	61.9%	4.4%	1.6%	17.8%
Camden E09000007	67.9%	64.8%	2.1%	0.9%	11.9%
Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	67.8%	62.2%	2.5%	3.1%	14.8%
Bromley E09000006	67.7%	62.8%	1.9%	3.0%	20.7%
Islington E09000019	67.6%	65.0%	1.9%	0.8%	20.1%
Surrey E10000030	67.5%	63.7%	1.8%	2.0%	23.4%
Waltham Forest E09000031	67.3%	64.4%	1.3%	1.7%	7.9%
Croydon E09000008	67.2%	63.9%	1.7%	1.6%	10.0%
Bradford E08000032	67.1%	64.4%	1.2%	1.5%	11.4%
Kirklees E08000034	67.0%	62.4%	1.8%	2.8%	17.6%
Kingston upon Thames E09000021	67.0%	63.2%	3.0%	0.9%	23.3%
Hertfordshire E10000015	66.9%	62.1%	1.8%	3.1%	21.9%
Cambridgeshire E10000003	66.4%	61.3%	2.9%	2.2%	23.7%
Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	66.2%	62.1%	1.3%	2.8%	9.8%
North Yorkshire E06000065	66.0%	61.9%	1.7%	2.4%	23.3%
Trafford E08000009	65.8%	62.0%	1.5%	2.4%	25.5%
Northumberland E06000057	65.7%	62.2%	1.4%	2.1%	21.1%
West Berkshire E06000037	65.5%	60.6%	2.5%	2.4%	22.0%
Rochdale E08000005	65.5%	58.5%	4.1%	2.9%	13.6%
Central Bedfordshire E06000056	65.4%	60.0%	1.3%	4.1%	16.1%
Coventry E08000026	65.0%	59.4%	2.3%	3.3%	11.1%
Nottingham E06000018	64.8%	58.9%	4.2%	1.7%	12.2%
Derbyshire E10000007	64.1%	57.3%	3.3%	3.5%	17.5%
Lincolnshire E10000019	64.0%	58.1%	3.4%	2.5%	18.3%
Wirral E08000015	63.8%	60.3%	1.6%	2.0%	14.5%
Nottinghamshire E10000024	63.5%	58.5%	2.4%	2.6%	19.3%
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	63.3%	60.0%	1.4%	1.9%	20.4%
Milton Keynes E06000042	63.3%	57.4%	2.9%	3.0%	11.2%
Sandwell E08000028	63.3%	59.0%	2.4%	1.8%	6.3%
Bristol, City of E06000023	62.9%	58.5%	2.0%	2.4%	19.6%
Walsall E08000030	62.7%	56.6%	2.7%	3.4%	11.5%
Wigan E08000010	62.6%	56.6%	2.6%	3.4%	15.4%
Kent E10000016	62.5%	57.9%	1.9%	2.7%	18.4%
Warwickshire E10000031	62.5%	57.3%	2.4%	2.8%	18.7%
Leeds E08000035	62.3%	56.9%	3.2%	2.2%	15.2%
Lancashire E10000017	62.2%	55.8%	2.2%	4.2%	15.4%
Wiltshire E06000054	62.1%	58.3%	1.8%	2.0%	21.2%
Bury E08000002	61.5%	56.6%	3.0%	1.9%	10.2%
Solihull E08000029	60.9%	54.8%	3.1%	3.0%	11.1%
Leicestershire E10000018	60.9%	56.0%	2.3%	2.7%	13.1%
Telford and Wrekin E06000020	60.8%	54.3%	2.1%	4.5%	17.3%
Bracknell Forest E06000036	60.7%	57.7%	0.5%	2.5%	16.9%
Tower Hamlets E09000030	60.7%	57.1%	1.5%	2.1%	10.1%
Gloucestershire E10000013	60.7%	55.5%	2.3%	3.0%	19.7%
Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	60.6%	54.8%	3.1%	2.7%	11.0%
Hampshire E10000014	60.6%	55.8%	2.3%	2.6%	17.4%
Derby E06000015	60.3%	53.5%	3.0%	3.8%	11.3%
Bolton E08000001	60.3%	54.9%	1.9%	3.5%	7.7%
Wakefield E08000036	60.2%	52.7%	5.1%	2.4%	13.2%
West Northamptonshire E06000062	60.1%	55.7%	2.2%	2.2%	12.6%
North Lincolnshire E06000013	60.0%	56.8%	1.4%	1.8%	9.7%
Darlington E06000005	59.9%	55.8%	1.4%	2.8%	14.2%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	59.7%	54.9%	1.6%	3.2%	19.1%
Worcestershire E10000034	59.6%	53.9%	2.3%	3.3%	13.5%
Shropshire E06000051	59.4%	55.0%	2.0%	2.4%	12.9%
Cumberland E06000063	59.3%	49.4%	1.3%	8.6%	14.3%
Calderdale E08000033	59.2%	54.1%	2.5%	2.6%	10.4%
Dudley E08000027	58.9%	52.4%	3.8%	2.7%	9.7%
Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	58.2%	52.9%	3.9%	1.4%	10.4%
Oxfordshire E10000025	58.1%	54.2%	1.4%	2.5%	16.1%
Halton E06000006	57.4%	51.7%	3.4%	2.3%	8.0%
St. Helens E08000013	57.4%	52.0%	3.4%	2.0%	10.2%
Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	57.2%	51.7%	3.4%	2.1%	6.5%
Essex E10000012	57.1%	51.9%	1.5%	3.6%	14.0%
Westmorland and Furness E06000064	57.0%	48.2%	2.8%	6.0%	15.2%
County Durham E06000047	56.3%	48.7%	5.0%	2.6%	15.1%
North Somerset E06000024	56.0%	50.9%	1.3%	3.8%	15.6%
Peterborough E06000031	56.0%	49.8%	3.9%	2.3%	11.1%
Southend-on-Sea E06000033	55.9%	49.9%	3.7%	2.3%	16.8%
Dorset E06000059	55.9%	50.5%	2.5%	2.9%	16.0%
Staffordshire E10000028	55.9%	49.1%	3.3%	3.5%	8.8%
Medway E06000035	55.6%	50.6%	1.7%	3.3%	10.7%
East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	55.3%	49.4%	3.9%	2.1%	10.9%
Tameside E08000008	55.0%	51.1%	2.0%	1.9%	9.5%
Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	55.0%	45.0%	8.6%	1.5%	10.4%
Gateshead E08000037	55.0%	49.3%	2.8%	2.9%	12.7%
Doncaster E08000017	54.9%	50.1%	2.7%	2.1%	12.0%
West Sussex E10000032	54.6%	50.5%	2.2%	1.9%	12.6%
Rotherham E08000018	54.5%	50.7%	2.1%	1.8%	9.2%
South Tyneside E08000023	54.0%	47.3%	5.4%	1.2%	13.4%
Swindon E06000030	53.9%	47.6%	4.8%	1.5%	7.7%
Warrington E06000007	53.7%	48.6%	2.3%	2.8%	10.4%
Torbay E06000027	53.6%	46.3%	5.2%	2.1%	19.8%
Plymouth E06000026	52.9%	48.6%	1.8%	2.5%	12.1%
Devon E10000008	52.8%	48.3%	2.1%	2.4%	17.8%
Bedford E06000055	52.7%	44.1%	5.3%	3.3%	6.5%
Salford E08000006	52.7%	46.0%	4.4%	2.3%	4.3%
Norfolk E10000020	52.4%	48.0%	2.3%	2.1%	11.3%
Sefton E08000014	52.3%	49.1%	1.8%	1.4%	5.7%
Somerset E06000066	51.9%	45.8%	2.6%	3.5%	14.0%
Sunderland E08000024	51.7%	42.6%	7.2%	1.9%	10.4%
Suffolk E10000029	51.7%	46.9%	1.8%	3.0%	10.3%
York E06000014	51.4%	46.4%	2.8%	2.3%	16.8%
Isle of Wight E06000046	51.3%	48.0%	1.9%	1.4%	9.2%
Barnsley E08000016 its area before 1 April 2025	51.3%	44.5%	4.8%	2.0%	7.6%
South Gloucestershire E06000025	51.0%	44.9%	3.2%	2.9%	8.8%
Herefordshire, County of E06000019	50.8%	48.4%	1.1%	1.3%	16.1%
Cheshire East E06000049	50.7%	45.1%	2.5%	3.1%	11.3%
Middlesbrough E06000002	49.9%	40.4%	7.3%	2.2%	5.1%
Cornwall E06000052	49.4%	45.0%	3.4%	1.1%	13.1%
Portsmouth E06000044	48.3%	41.9%	2.6%	3.8%	6.9%
Blackpool E06000009	47.5%	39.2%	5.5%	2.8%	7.7%
Southampton E06000045	46.3%	44.6%	0.5%	1.2%	8.0%
East Sussex E10000011	45.9%	41.2%	2.6%	2.1%	8.3%
North East Lincolnshire E06000012	45.6%	38.7%	5.3%	1.6%	4.4%
Hartlepool E06000001	42.9%	32.9%	8.2%	1.7%	5.3%
Knowsley E08000011	42.0%	38.0%	0.0%	4.0%	4.0%
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
City of London E09000001	no state-funded mainstream school or college with level 3 students	no state-funded mainstream school or college with level 3 students	no state-funded mainstream school or college with level 3 students	no state-funded mainstream school or college with level 3 students	no state-funded mainstream school or college with level 3 students
Isles of Scilly E06000053	no state-funded mainstream school or college with level 3 students	no state-funded mainstream school or college with level 3 students	no state-funded mainstream school or college with level 3 students	no state-funded mainstream school or college with level 3 students	no state-funded mainstream school or college with level 3 students
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
North East	56.5%	49.1%	5.3%	2.1%	12.6%
North West	61.9%	56.6%	2.4%	2.9%	13.9%
Yorkshire and The Humber	60.7%	55.5%	3.0%	2.1%	14.0%
East Midlands	63.9%	58.6%	2.8%	2.5%	15.0%
West Midlands	62.9%	57.6%	2.5%	2.8%	12.9%
East of England	59.8%	54.6%	2.2%	2.9%	15.8%
London	75.3%	71.5%	1.7%	2.1%	21.4%
South East	62.5%	58.1%	1.9%	2.5%	18.9%
South West	56.2%	51.3%	2.5%	2.5%	16.5%
England	63.4%	58.4%	2.4%	2.5%	16.4%

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Level 4 or higher · 128 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in

42.0% to 55.0%
55.0% to 60.6%
60.6% to 67.1%
67.1% to 75.9%
75.9% to 86.7%

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Raw files fetched

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https://api.education.gov.uk/statistics/v1/data-sets/019d4f39-da2c-77a6-8deb-caf00018466d/query?dataSetVersion=2.0&indicators=mUBh9,gI3fO,AOlXG&geographicLevels.in=LA,REG,NAT&timePeriods.eq=2022%2F2023%7CAY&filters.notIn=L1wNW,6GXBr,qYp5j,BSe47,ksrEh,uWsNo,X5oaf,Ty3rP,fdm3Y,jHSkA,5R26d,tXvmE,eLZqu,Ty3EP,hxNfy,mlMC9,gJdcO,AzVlG,VUWq5,Pa8Ce,1jB4i,dklO0,uWsfo,lrEPc,U8inR,o2xFm,rgf2N,GF56g,3DjU8,S4LXV,yMDua,RZ6Pk,5R2nd,431oU,mlMu9,0hcdT,WibW2,9c124,dkcR0,OvTvC,7Vo5X,p9LUS,Ipe5B,iAXC6,L1bDW,6Gf7r,0h3cT,HTUUz,CnPeI,Y04RH,qYSdj,aKwqL,zPRWF,ksNqh,uWxDo,X5mLf,QIFtw,9c1k4,26EZl,PaZ4e,wBJgb,o2Mam,Ty8NP,cNjY3,93P74,tXn9E,fd98Y,jHVhA,Ty8qP,hxDYy,mlKI9,gJ03O,Az5cG,VU2j5&pageSize=10000SHA-256 eb25c1ae2e0038f3ece6ab4f754d20a2be6ac01f65ac0ce9bf0ae0b4fa6751f5 · 288,090 bytes

Verification

Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:21 UTC Run at 1 November 2026, 12:21 UTC; 805 of 805 figures matched the live source.

Result	Check	Detail
Pass	Provenance recorded	Department for Education; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-01T12:17:03Z; 2 raw file(s)
Pass	Raw files match recorded SHA-256	2 of 2 files intact
Pass	Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures	805 of 805 figures and the headline reproduced
Pass	Figures are finite numbers	805 figures, 0 invalid
Pass	Live source matches every figure	805 of 805 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (1 byte-identical); the headline matches
Pass	EES data set is current	latest period 2022/23 ended 1158 days before retrieval (limit 1600)
Pass	The data set's CSV agrees	2445 of 2445 cells of the stored query, figures and marks, equal version 2.0's CSV (https://api.education.gov.uk/statistics/v1/data-sets/019d4f39-da2c-77a6-8deb-caf00018466d/csv?dataSetVersion=2.0, 815 rows read)
Pass	The councils add up to their region and the regions to England	100 comparisons expected, each region's councils and England's regions in every count and combination: 100 within the rounding the DfE states (100 exactly); E06000053, E09000001, which the data set gives no row for, in no sum; 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	815 of 815 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/progression-to-higher-education-or-training – HTTP 200

Notes

Students who took level 3 qualifications in state-funded mainstream schools and colleges and were at the end of 16 to 19 study in the academic year shown, and those who sustained a level 4 or higher destination in the two years after: a degree, another level 4 or 5 course or a higher apprenticeship, as the DfE's progression measure counts them, by their last six months in a row in that time. A top third university is one of those whose intake has the highest UCAS tariff scores, a third of students in all, as the DfE groups them, and is part of a degree.
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.
The Isles of Scilly and the City of London have no row: the DfE gives no row for the Isles of Scilly or the City of London.

Share progressing to higher education or training by council, England

In order

Level 4 or higher

A degree

A level 4 or 5 course

A higher apprenticeship

A top third university

Data table

Map

Source and licence

Verification

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