Education: Young People

(asked on 18th June 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of how many 16 to 18-year-olds will be in full-time education in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, (c) 2021-22, (d) 2022-23 and (e) 2023-24.


Answered by
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Anne Milton
This question was answered on 24th June 2019

The department’s estimate of the number of 16-18-year olds in full time education in academic years 2018/19 to 2023/24 in England is as follows:

Academic Year

2018/19

2019/20

2020/21

2021/22

2022/23

2023/24

Estimate

1,122,000

1,127,000

1,157,000

1,189,000

1,227,000

1,266,000

This includes:

  • school sixth forms (maintained and academies),
  • sixth form colleges,
  • general further education colleges and other further education providers,
  • special schools,
  • alternative provision (including Pupil Referral Units),
  • independent schools,
  • students taking further education courses in higher education providers.

Young people on higher education courses are not included.

The increase reflects the increasing number of 16-18-year olds in the population during this period.

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