Adult Education: Student Numbers
(asked on 20th November 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students aged 24 and over have completed an (a) adult literacy, (b) adult numeracy, (c) GCSE and (d) functional skills course in each year since 2010.
The table below provides the number of learners achieving their learning aim, for students aged 24+ for English, Maths, GCSE and Functional Skills courses in each year since the 2011/12 academic year.
Academic Year | English and Maths | English | Maths | GCSE | Functional Skills |
2011/12 | 481,600 | 286,600 | 279,600 | 11,400 | 35,200 |
2012/13 | 460,200 | 263,900 | 261,700 | 17,700 | 131,900 |
2013/14 | 430,600 | 251,000 | 237,900 | 20,900 | 238,600 |
2014/15 | 405,500 | 234,600 | 212,500 | 26,300 | 246,300 |
2015/16 | 358,300 | 205,700 | 193,500 | 27,400 | 222,200 |
Notes:
Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100.
Figures for 2011/12 onwards are not directly comparable to earlier years as a Single Individualised Learner Record data collection system has been introduced. Small technical changes have been made in the way learners from more than one provision type are counted, leading to a removal of duplicate learners and a reduction in overall learner numbers of approximately 2 per cent.
Figures for English and Maths, and English includes achievements on English for Speakers of Other Languages courses.