EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Table 9(a)(i) - Percentage of 16 to 19 year olds educated to Level 2 or higher
Per cent UKGO Region/CountryENG 
NE NW Y&H; EM WM E L SE SW WAL SC NI
1999 Spring 57.9 54.1 57.3 52.7 54.2 54.0 60.0 59.6 61.9 54.6 57.1 55.8 66.8 55.8
  Autumn 64.1 58.4 62.8 61.9 61.4 60.3 65.0 62.7 69.4 66.2 63.7 59.2 71.0 63.3
2000 Spring 58.2 50.7 55.7 53.4 55.5 51.6 56.4 59.7 65.9 60.0 57.4 56.7 66.5 57.9
  Autumn 65.6 64.8 64.0 57.6 63.4 62.6 65.2 65.1 70.3 68.8 64.9 69.3 71.5 62.1
2001 Spring 59.2 59.3 58.9 53.4 57.2 58.3 58.0 56.8 59.9 62.0 58.2 59.9 70.0 53.8
  Autumn 65.5 64.4 61.5 60.8 63.2 62.8 64.5 65.5 68.4 71.7 64.8 64.1 71.9 66.7
2002 Spring 58.0 54.9 50.8 58.3 57.4 54.4 60.0 55.2 60.7 59.5 56.7 59.6 69.8 57.3
  Autumn 66.1 65.6 64.0 62.9 65.3 62.0 65.3 64.4 69.6 67.5 65.3 69.4 73.7 63.5
2003 Spring 59.3 56.5 55.0 55.9 56.9 56.2 60.2 59.6 58.5 63.0 58.0 60.3 72.5 58.4
  Autumn 65.4 60.1 64.2 61.8 60.3 59.5 67.7 67.4 68.4 68.3 64.7 64.8 74.0 59.8
2004 Spring 57.5 48.7 57.8 55.4 57.5 49.0 58.9 56.3 58.4 58.3 56.1 57.4 71.2 58.1
  Autumn 65.2 55.6 63.5 64.4 62.5 63.2 62.7 65.8 69.2 67.5 64.6 66.9 73.1 59.2

Table 9(a)(ii) - Percentage of 19 to 21 year olds educated to Level 2 or higher
Per cent

UK

GO Region/Country

ENG

NE NW Y&H; EM WM E L SE SW WAL SC NI
1999 Spring 74.7 74.7 80.0 73.4 68.3 68.8 76.0 74.7 78.1 74.6 74.9 68.6 76.2 78.1
  Autumn 75.3 74.2 76.1 76.4 72.5 73.5 78.3 72.8 77.8 73.4 75.2 73.5 76.2 78.5
2000 Spring 75.5 74.2 76.4 73.0 71.3 72.2 74.3 73.5 81.1 76.4 75.1 75.0 78.2 79.7
  Autumn 75.5 74.5 78.1 72.8 73.6 70.8 77.7 74.9 78.9 76.4 75.6 69.6 76.0 80.8
2001 Spring 76.4 75.7 76.4 73.6 75.6 72.8 78.2 75.6 77.9 79.4 76.2 76.5 78.7 75.2
  Autumn 75.9 76.1 76.5 69.9 74.2 72.6 73.3 75.3 77.4 79.0 75.0 75.2 82.4 82.7
2002 Spring 75.7 73.0 72.5 71.0 78.7 70.2 72.0 76.4 79.7 78.7 75.0 75.8 80.0 82.0
  Autumn 75.7 70.2 71.3 73.6 77.7 70.2 74.1 75.5 82.3 76.4 75.2 71.1 80.4 82.4
2003 Spring 76.4 73.5 73.2 77.6 77.8 75.2 74.3 73.2 79.7 78.2 75.9 78.0 79.6 76.5
  Autumn 76.7 77.9 77.1 76.0 75.2 76.2 79.1 73.8 78.6 76.8 76.6 74.8 79.0 75.2
2004 Spring 75.3 70.8 75.0 74.8 71.9 69.0 76.2 70.4 79.9 80.7 74.5 76.8 81.6 76.5
  Autumn 75.2 67.1 77.5 72.1 74.7 68.6 73.6 71.5 81.6 76.5 74.4 78.8 79.2 80.2

Table 9(a)(iii) - Percentage of 19 to 21 year olds educated to Level 3 or higher
Per cent UKGO Region/Country ENG 
NE NW Y&H; EM WM E L SE SW WAL SC NI
1999 Spring 50.1 49.1 52.2 50.9 43.1 45.8 47.7 50.2 54.6 48.7 49.8 44.0 56.3 50.1
  Autumn 50.1 41.0 50.1 52.5 47.9 48.6 51.2 51.2 52.0 48.9 50.0 47.7 53.9 46.4
2000 Spring 50.0 43.8 49.8 46.1 44.6 46.8 51.1 52.9 56.3 51.1 50.0 46.0 53.7 46.5
  Autumn 51.3 46.1 54.4 47.0 50.1 47.0 49.1 50.1 59.0 53.2 51.4 46.2 51.8 55.6
2001 Spring 52.7 47.3 52.8 50.9 55.0 49.6 50.0 51.2 57.6 57.8 52.8 51.1 54.5 49.2
  Autumn 51.2 49.8 49.8 45.2 51.3 46.5 46.3 52.5 55.2 56.8 50.6 53.3 55.4 49.0
2002 Spring 51.0 48.6 47.2 45.2 54.3 45.3 46.3 53.2 56.5 53.0 50.4 55.2 53.9 49.7
  Autumn 52.0 45.9 44.8 53.7 51.9 47.8 48.4 52.0 59.7 53.4 51.6 46.7 59.3 52.5
2003 Spring 52.0 49.3 45.7 53.3 55.9 48.6 49.6 49.7 57.0 54.3 51.5 50.8 59.4 47.2
  Autumn 52.3 54.5 49.6 52.0 54.3 49.3 53.9 48.6 54.2 53.2 51.8 52.0 57.6 49.6
2004 Spring 51.3 47.3 50.6 53.1 49.1 49.3 48.4 45.7 56.5 55.7 50.9 47.2 59.6 45.8
  Autumn 51.7 44.6 52.3 49.0 53.6 46.5 47.4 48.1 59.5 56.4 51.4 44.8 60.3 44.8

Source: Department for Education and Skills analyses of the ONS Labour Force Survey