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Year 11 Pupil Destinations from Schools in Wales 2021

Summary

Figures are for students aged 15 or 16 who were in their final year of statutory education, Year 11 in mainstream and special schools during the 2020-2021 academic year. The survey, providing the destination of these pupils on the 31st of October 2021 was in respect of 32,039 pupils that is the 2021 Year 11 destinations cohort.

  • 51.0% (16,350 individuals) were male and 48.9% (15,656 individuals) were female. 33 pupils (0.1%) identified themselves as other
  • Most of the cohort, 93.9% (30,082 individuals) went into some form of continued learning in full time education, part time education (16 hours or less a week) or work-based training. This represented 92.7% of males, 95.1% of female pupils and 97.0% of pupils in the other category
  • The greatest proportion of the cohort, 88.6 % (28,392 individuals) continued in full time education
  • Of those continuing in full-time education, 55.8% continued at a further education college (15,852 individuals) and 44.2% (12,540 individuals) continued their education in school
  • A higher proportion of males (4.4 percentage points more than females) chose to continue their education at further education college
  • A higher proportion of females (4.4 percentage points more than males) chose to remain in school
  • 7.8% of the cohort (2,500 individuals) entered the labour market, either going into employment or work-based training. More males than females chose to enter the labour market, a differential of 4.3 percentage points (9.9% males compared to 5.6% females)
  • 2.7% (861 individuals) entered work-based training non-employed status
  • 2.3% of the cohort (729 individuals) entered work-based training with employed status. A higher proportion of males (3.4%) than females (1.2%) were in this category (a difference of 2.2 percentage points)
  • 2.8% (910 individuals) entered employment outside Government supported funding. More males than females chose this route; a 1.7 percentage point difference
  • On the survey date, 1.6% of the cohort (507 individuals), were known not to be in any form of education, training, or employment (NEET). Males accounted for 56.0% of the total (284 individuals) compared to females at 43.8% (222 individuals). This represents a 12.2 percentage point differential between females and males
  • 32.5% (165 individuals) of those known not to be NEET were able to enter employment, education, or training (EET) (as opposed to the 342 (67.5%) individuals who were unable to enter EET due to illness, pregnancy, etc.)
  • There was no response to the survey from 1.1% of the cohort (365 individuals)
  • 0.5% (175 individuals), were shown to have left their local area

Year 11 Overall Figures

Bar chart of destinations of Year 11 pupils showing the majority (88.6%) continuing in full time education. All data is in the table below

Table showing overall figures of year 11 destinations
  Male % Female % Other % Total %
Continuing in Full Time Education 14,062 86.0 14,298 91.3 32 97.0 28,392 88.6
Continuing in Part Time Education (less than 16 hours a week) 75 0.5 25 0.2 0 0.0 100 0.3
Work Based Training - Non Employed Status 471 2.9 390 2.5 0 0.0 861 2.7
Work Based Training - Employed Status 548 3.4 181 1.2 0 0.0 729 2.3
Employed - Other 600 3.7 310 2.0 0 0.0 910 2.8
Known Not To Be In Education, Employment or Training 284 1.7 222 1.4 1 3.0 507 1.6
No Response to Survey 229 1.4 136 0.9 0 0.0 365 1.1
Left the Area 81 0.5 94 0.6 0 0.0 175 0.5
Total Number in cohort 16,350 100 15,656 100 33 100 32,039 100

Full Time Education (FTE)

Table showing percentage of students who stayed in Full Time Education by gender
Gender Percentage of students who stayed in Full Time Education
Male 86%
Female 91.3%
Table showing analysis of all continuing in Full Time Education
  Male % Female % Other % Total %
Continuing to Year 12 in School 5,902 42.0 6,629 46.4 9 28.1 12,540 44.2
Continuing to Year 12 in Colleges of Further Education 8,160 58.0 7,669 53.6 23 71.9 15,852 55.8
Total 14,062 100 14,298 100 32 100 28,392 100

Known Not To Be In Education, Employment or Training (NEET)

Table showing analysis of all known not to be in employment, full time education or WBTYP (Work Based Training for Young People)
  Male % Female % Other % Total %
Able to enter Employment, Education or WBTYP 97 34.2 67 30.2 1 100.0 165 32.5
Unable to enter Employment, Education or WBTYP due to illness, pregnancy and other reasons 187 65.8 155 69.8 0 0.0 342 67.5
Total 284 100 222 100 1 100 507 100

Ethnicity

Of those returning information on ethnicity from ethnic minority backgrounds:

  • The most popular choice of route across all minority ethnic groups was continuing in full time education at 92.4% (compared with 88.3% for those from white backgrounds)
  • A higher percentage of those with white backgrounds went into the various labour market categories (8.2%) compared to those from minority ethnic backgrounds (3.6%)
  • A higher proportion of young people who were NEET came from white backgrounds (1.6% or 480 individuals) compared to individuals from an ethnic minority (0.9% or 23 individuals)
Table showing ethnicity by % white, ethnic minority groups and no information on ethnicity
  White % Minority Ethnic Groups % No information on ethnicity % Total %
Continuing in Full Time Education (Schools and Colleges) 25,749 88.3 2,340 92.4 303 86.6 28,392 88.6
Continuing in Part Time Education (Less than 16 hours a week) 92 0.3 7 0.3 1 0.3 100 0.3
WBTYP (without employed status) 805 2.8 43 1.7 13 3.7 861 2.7
WBTYP (employed status) 712 2.4 14 0.6 3 0.9 729 2.3
Employment 867 3.0 35 1.4 8 2.3 910 2.8
Known Not To Be In Education, Employment or Training 480 1.6 23 0.9 4 1.1 507 1.6
Unknown 324 1.1 37 1.5 4 1.1 365 1.1
Statutory School leavers who are known to have left the area 128 0.4 33 1.3 14 4.0 175 0.5
Total Number in Cohort 29,157 100 2,532 100 350 100 32,039 100
% of Total Cohort   91.0   7.9   1.1   100

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