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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Unique learners in work-based learning provision by Welsh fluency and programme type
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Academic 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]
Deprivation decile                                        The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD) is designed to identify the small areas of Wales that are the most deprived. The index ranks each small area (LSOA) from 1 to 1909, with 1 being the most deprived area and 1909 being the least deprived. This table has grouped the WIMD 2014 ranks into 10 equal decile groups where 1 is the most deprived group and 10 is the least deprived group. <br />In earlier versions of this table, deprivation data for 2018/19 and 2019/20 was incorrectly based on the income domain of the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD) and not the main index as described. This has now been revised so that they are based on the main index. <br />                <br />                [Filter]
Deprivation decile 1[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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[Collapse]Region of domicile 1[Filtered]
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[Collapse]Region of domicile 2[Filter]
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Region of domicile 3[Filter]
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Programme type 2
Welsh fluency                    Data for 2019/20 have changed since the original release to re-allocate those categorised as \'unknown\' into the appropriate categories. <br />                [Filter]
[Collapse]All programme types
[Collapse]All apprenticeship programmesIncludes Foundation Apprenticeships, Apprenticeships, Higher Apprenticeships, and MSDs.Click here to sortAll apprenticeship programmesIncludes Foundation Apprenticeships, Apprenticeships, Higher Apprenticeships, and MSDs.
Click here to sortFoundation Apprenticeship (Level 2)Click here to sortApprenticeship (Level 3)Click here to sortHigher Apprenticeship / MSD (Level 4+)MSDs (Modern Skills Diplomas) were replaced by Higher Apprenticeships for programmes starting on or after August 2011.
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Welsh speaker not fluent.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Not Welsh speaker.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Unknown.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
total.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable

Metadata

General description

This table provides the number of learners enrolled on apprenticeships in Wales.

Learner counts are provided on a 'unique learner' basis which uses the unique learner identifier in the underlying data. This eliminates any element of multiple-counting where a learner is enrolled at two or more providers in a single academic year.

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.

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 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 (*).

Title

Unique learners in work-based learning in Wales

Last update

27 February 2024 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

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

Statistical quality

In earlier versions of this table, deprivation data for 2018/19 and 2019/20 was incorrectly based on the income domain of the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD) and not the main index as described. This has now been revised so that they are based on the main index.
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.

Keywords

Lifelong Learning Wales Record LLWR Work Based Learning WBL Apprenticeship Apprenticeships 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.