Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students aged between 16 and 18 years old completed each Level 3 applied general qualification in the most recent year for which data is available.

The department does not routinely publish data on enrolment numbers for individual qualifications. The most recent information available about the number of students aged 16 to 18 enrolled on each BTEC course is the data provided in response to question 48310. This information is available at: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-09-06/48310.

In 2021, 128,014 students were recorded as studying applied general qualifications, with a further 140,419 students studying applied general qualifications alongside one or more A or AS Level. Further information on enrolment numbers for students aged 16 to 18 is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/78565ff0-3e74-4392-bdc4-08db294a0287.

The data for how many students aged 16 to 18 completed each Level 3 applied general qualification is available within the National Achievement Rates Tables, the most recent of which are for academic year 2018/19 and are published at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-achievement-rates-tables-2018-to-2019.

In 2020, 1,300 students enrolled on a T Level, and 1,029 students received a T Level qualification. Students who began a T Level in 2021 or 2022 are still in their first or second year of study. Information on learner completions is provided to the department from schools and colleges through the Individualised Learner Record or School Census returns by the January following each academic year. The department is currently unable to provide information on student retention or completions for 2021/22.