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KEY DATA 2021

Education and employment

Young people’s experiences of education, training and employment provide an important context for understanding their health outcomes, both now and in the future.

In England 29.4% of 18 year olds started university in 2019

References

Department for Education (2020) Academic Year 2018/19: Participation measures in higher education https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/participation-measures-in-higher-education/2018-19

Department for Education (2021a) Academic Year 2019/20: Permanent exclusions and suspensions in England https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england/2019-20

Department for Education (2021b) Academic Year 2019/20: Level 2 and 3 attainment by young people aged 19 https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/level-2-and-3-attainment-by-young-people-aged-19/2019-20

House of Commons Library (2021) Research briefing: Youth Unemployment Statistics. London: House of Commons https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn05871/

Office for National Statistics (2021) Dataset: EMP17: People in employment on zero hours contracts https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/emp17peopleinemploymentonzerohourscontracts

Scottish Education Statistics (2019) School leaver attainment and initial destinations: Statistics. Edinburgh: Scottish Government https://www.gov.scot/publications/summary-statistics-attainment-initial-leaver-destinations-1-2019-edition/

Scottish Qualifications Authority (2021) Scottish Qualifications Authority publishes 2021 results https://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/98677.html

Scottish Government (2021) School leaver attainment and destinations https://www.gov.scot/news/school-leaver-attainment-and-destinations-4/

The Guardian (10 August, 2021) Private schools in England give pupils top grades in 70% of A-level entries https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/aug/10/private-schools-in-england-give-pupils-top-grades-in-70-of-a-level-entries

Timpson E (2019) Timpson review of exclusions. London: Department for Education https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/807862/Timpson_review.pdf

All data correct as of 1st November 2021

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