Provider learners enrolled at further education institutions by programme

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Academic year Academic years run from 1 August of the initial year to 31 July of the following year.

Highest level qualification This dimension is calculated independently to the overall programme level.

Highest level qualification 1

Mode of study

Any learners pursuing a work-based learning designated learning programme at a further education institution have been categorised as work-based learning. Full-time and part-time learners are determined using the learning programme code, with priority being given to full-time learning programmes. Prior to 2014/15, full-time learners are defined as those with at least 450 guided contact hours across all learning programmes in the academic year.

Mode of study 1

Reference date $The data is provided on two bases. \'Full academic year\' provides the full year count, and \'Week of 1st December\' provides the numbers in-learning for that week only. The numbers in the week of 1st December act as a snapshot of provision at a given moment in time.$

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Programme level This dimension gives the level of the learning programme undertaken by the learner. In this instance, work-based learning programmes are given priority over higher education and further education programmes.

This dimension gives the level of the learning programme undertaken by the learner. In this instance, work-based learning programmes are given priority over higher education and further education programmes.

Programme level 1

Provider

This dimension gives the further education (FE) institution with whom the learner is studying. The data includes work-based learning provision at FE institutions on a consortium member basis and local authority community learning where there is a formal enrolment with an FE institution. Learners enrolled at higher education institutions and franchised into FE institutions are not included in this data.

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All levels

All levels

Further Education

Higher Education Refers only to programmes designated as higher education in their entirety.

Work-Based Learning Includes all learners pursuing the further education programme Pathways to Apprenticeships.

All providers $Learner counts are based on providers\' own learner identifiers and therefore this figure will include some multiple-counting between providers.$

1,145,555

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185,345

1,336,850

All providers $Learner counts are based on providers\' own learner identifiers and therefore this figure will include some multiple-counting between providers.$

Bridgend College

56,075

105

9,200

65,380

Coleg Sir Gar

62,840

475

11,770

75,080

Coleg Ceredigion

5,705

260

5,980

Deeside College

Coleg Gwent

143,470

4,705

148,165

Grwp Llandrillo Menai

144,545

27,505

176,535

Merthyr Tydfil College

23,005

1,805

24,795

Pembrokeshire College

42,190

16,040

58,235

Coleg Morgannwg

Coleg Powys

St David's Catholic Sixth Form College

14,310

Yale College

Ystrad Mynach College

WEA (South)

8,875

YMCA

8,995

Neath Port Talbot College

Coleg Harlech / WEA (North)

4,260

Gower College Swansea

96,930

23,170

120,530

Cardiff and Vale College

112,300

140

23,985

136,425

Coleg Cambria

135,410

37,660

173,075

Coleg Y Cymoedd

90,960

13,070

104,040

Adult Learning Wales

91,260

91,305

Grwp NPTC

91,910

280

16,135

108,325

WEA Cymru

12,530

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Title

Provider learners enrolled at Further Education Institutions in Wales

Last update

27 February 2024

Next update

February 2025

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Lifelong Learning Wales Record, Welsh Government

Contact email

post16ed.stats@gov.wales

Designation

National Statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Wales

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English only

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

General description

This table provides the number of learners enrolled at further education (FE) institutions in Wales. The data includes work-based learning provision at FE institutions on a consortium member basis and local authority community learning where there is a formal enrolment with an FE institution. Learners enrolled at higher education institutions and franchised into FE institutions are not included in this data.

Learner counts are based on providers' own learner identifiers and therefore the total learners across all providers will include some multiple-counting between providers.

All figures are rounded to the nearest multiple of 5. Any values greater than 0 and less than 5 have been suppressed and replaced with an asterisk (*)

Data collection and calculation

From 2016/17 onwards all data in the table is calculated using the month 5 freeze of the Lifelong Learning Wales Record (LLWR). This freeze is produced close to the end of the December after the academic year in question finishes. For example, the freeze containing the 2022/23 data was taken close to the end of December 2023.
Prior to 2016/17 data in the table was calculated using the month 7 freeze of the Lifelong Learning Wales Record (LLWR). This freeze was produced close to the end of the February after the academic year in question finishes. For example, the freeze containing the 2015/16 data was taken close to the end of February 2017.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

Data in the table is presented on an academic year basis, which runs from 1st August - 31st July. Data for both full-year provision and those in learning during the week of December 1st are available.

Users, uses and context

The data in this table are used both within and outside the Welsh Government to monitor educational trends and as a baseline for further analysis of the underlying data. Some of the key users are:

Ministers and the Members Research Service in the National Assembly for Wales
Officials in the Welsh Government
Other government departments
Further Education Institutions, Work-Based Learning providers and local authorities
Estyn, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education and Training in Wales
Students, researchers, and academics
Individual citizens, private companies, and the media

These statistics are used in a variety of ways. Some examples of these are:

General background and research
Inclusion in reports and briefings
Advice to Ministers
Informing and evaluating the education policy-making process in Wales

LLWR data are used to underpin funding and performance reports for learning providers, to calculate NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) figures and in student finance modelling.

Rounding applied

All figures in the table have been rounded to the closest multiple of 5. All non-zero values less than 5 have been suppressed and are denoted by an asterisk (*).

Keywords

Lifelong Learning Wales Record LLWR Further Education FE Post 16 P16

Weblinks

http://gov.wales/statistics-and-research/further-education-work-based-learning-community-learning-statistics/ - Further education, work-based learning and community learning statistics: an annual publication which this table provides part of a digital alternative with improved interactivity. Previous publications of this release provide data for the academic years 2006/07 - 2011/12, and there are no current plans to update this table to include data previous to 2012/13.

Statistical quality

Statisticians within the Welsh Government review the data and query any anomalies with the LLWR data collection team and, where relevant, with learning providers before tables are published.

The LLWR data underlying this table are intended to be final, for non-funding purposes.

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