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<p>Participation estimates for young people academic aged 16 to 18 in education, training
and employment in England are published annually in the National Statistics release
‘Participation in education, training and employment’. Academic age refers to the
age at the start of the academic year 31 August and therefore includes the first year
of post compulsory education.</p><p>The estimates in the release relate to a snapshot
of activities at the end of the calendar year and therefore does not give all pupils
who attended. Information is drawn together from various post-16 data sources including
the school census and the individualised learner record (ILR) to give a coherent and
comprehensive picture of participation.</p><p>The attached table shows the numbers
of young people of academic age 16-18 in full or part-time education by institution
type.</p><p>For 2017, the ‘Converter Academies’ row in the attached table includes
both schools recorded as converter academies on the school census and sixth form colleges
who were recorded as a converter academy on the ILR.</p><p> </p>
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