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Data Provider: Welsh Government Provider learners by provider and mode of study
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Academic yearAcademic years run from 1 August of the initial year to 31 July of the following year.[Filtered]
[Collapse]Age groupThis dimension gives the age of the learner at 31 August of the academic year. [Filtered]
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Age group 1[Filter]
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Gender 1[Filter]
Area Codes[Filter]
[Collapse]Region of domicileThis dimension gives the local authority of domicile of the learner, and has been calculated using their recorded home postcode. The 22 local authorities in Wales are grouped under four regions.[Filtered]
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Region of domicile 3[Filter]
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[Collapse]Mode of studyAny 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.[Filter]
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Mode of study 1
[Collapse]ProviderThis dimension gives the provider with whom the learner is studying. Data for further education (FE) institutions includes work-based learning provision on a consortium member basis and local authority community learning (LACL) where there is a formal enrolment with the FE institution. The remainder of the providers are split between LACL and WBL providers, with the latter being grouped together as other training providers.[Filter]
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[Collapse]All providersLearner counts are based on providers\' own learner identifiers and therefore this figure will include some multiple-counting between providers.47,87078,84048,850175,560
All providersLearner counts are based on providers\' own learner identifiers and therefore this figure will include some multiple-counting between providers.[Collapse]All Further Education institutions47,84565,65022,155135,655
All Further Education institutionsBarry College.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Bridgend College2,2903,0751,2306,595
Coleg Sir Gar3,2104,4301,1208,760
Coleg Ceredigion.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Deeside College.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Coleg Glan Hafren.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Gorseinon College.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Coleg Gwent6,7457,09566014,495
Grwp Llandrillo Menai5,1956,2903,30514,790
Coleg Llandrillo.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Coleg Llysfasi.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Coleg Meirion Dwyfor.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Merthyr Tydfil College1,705605.The data item is not applicable2,310
Pembrokeshire College2,0902,0202,4056,515
Coleg Morgannwg.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Coleg Powys.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
St David's Catholic Sixth Form College1,600.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable1,600
Swansea College.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Welsh College of Horticulture.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Yale College.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Ystrad Mynach College.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
WEA (South).The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
YMCA.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Coleg Menai.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Neath Port Talbot College.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Coleg Harlech / WEA (North).The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Gower College Swansea4,6205,3953,20013,215
Cardiff and Vale College6,01010,7553,18519,950
Coleg Cambria6,2455,8803,35515,475
Coleg Y Cymoedd4,6004,8352,01011,450
Adult Learning Wales*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication9,225.The data item is not applicable9,225
Grwp NPTC3,5406,0501,68011,270
WEA Cymru.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
[Collapse]Other training providersOther training providers.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable26,69526,695
[Collapse]Local Education Authority Community Learning providers2013,190.The data item is not applicable13,210
Local Education Authority Community Learning providersIsle of Anglesey.The data item is not applicable145.The data item is not applicable145
Gwynedd.The data item is not applicable265.The data item is not applicable265
Conwy.The data item is not applicable90.The data item is not applicable90
Denbighshire.The data item is not applicable320.The data item is not applicable320
Flintshire.The data item is not applicable915.The data item is not applicable915
Wrexham.The data item is not applicable1,580.The data item is not applicable1,580
Powys.The data item is not applicable165.The data item is not applicable165
Ceredigion.The data item is not applicable355.The data item is not applicable355
PembrokeshireBefore 2023/24, ineligible learning was submitted to LLWR. In 2023/24 this was corrected, reducing the number of learning activities by 87%. It also impacts learner and programme numbers.The data item is not applicable345.The data item is not applicable345
Carmarthenshire.The data item is not applicable455.The data item is not applicable455
Swansea.The data item is not applicable730.The data item is not applicable730
Neath Port Talbot.The data item is not applicable515.The data item is not applicable515
Bridgend20145.The data item is not applicable165
The Vale of Glamorgan.The data item is not applicable555.The data item is not applicable555
Rhondda Cynon Taf.The data item is not applicable1,365.The data item is not applicable1,365
Merthyr Tydfil.The data item is not applicable55.The data item is not applicable55
Caerphilly.The data item is not applicable940.The data item is not applicable940
Blaenau Gwent.The data item is not applicable625.The data item is not applicable625
Torfaen.The data item is not applicable430.The data item is not applicable430
Monmouthshire.The data item is not applicable460.The data item is not applicable460
Newport.The data item is not applicable310.The data item is not applicable310
Cardiff.The data item is not applicable2,425.The data item is not applicable2,425

Metadata

Title

Provider learners in further education and work-based learning in Wales

Last update

27 February 2025 27 February 2025

Next update

February 2026

Publishing organisation

Medr

Source 1

Lifelong Learning Wales Record, Welsh Government

Contact email

Statistics@medr.cymru

Designation

National Statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local authorities

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 post-16 learners (excluding those enrolled at higher education institutions and school sixth forms) attending institutions in Wales.

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 2023/24 data was taken close to the end of December 2024.
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.

Users, uses and context

The data in this table are used both within and outside Medr 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, His 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

Learning Network Analysis Lifelong Learning Wales Record LLWR Further Education FE Community Learning ACL LACL Work Based Learning WBL Post 16 P16

Statistical quality

Adult learning statistics were revised for 2023/24 due to data quality issues. One local authority had been submitting learning to the Lifelong Learning Wales Record (LLWR) which should not have been included. The correct data for the 2023/24 academic year has been manually identified by the local authority. The investigation revealed that these data quality issues also existed in previous years, these have not been corrected.

Local Authority Community Learning statistics for all years before 2023/24 are likely to be overcounted. As a result, figures from 2023/24 that include Local Authority Community Learning data are not comparable to previous years.

Please see the quality and information section of the report Sta/Medr/06/2025: Further education, work-based learning and community learning, August 2023 to July 2024 - Medr for more information.
https://www.medr.cymru/en/News/sta-medr-06-2025-further-education-work-based-learning-and-community-learning-august-2023-to-july-2024/

Statisticians within Medr 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.