Learner outcome measures for work-based learning and adult learning: August 2021 to July 2022

Learner outcomes data by level of study, type of learning aim, sector/subject area and learner characteristics for August 2021 to July 2022.

Organisation:

Medr (Commission for Tertiary Education and Research)

Apprenticeships

The success rate of apprenticeships was 14.6 percentage points lower in 2021/22 than before the pandemic in 2018/19, falling from 80.9% to 66.3% ^(r).
More learners left their apprenticeship early for employment elsewhere in 2021/22.
The largest decreases in success rate were for foundation apprenticeships; apprenticeships in the Health, Public Services and Care; Hospitality and Catering; and Hair and Beauty sector subject areas; and those taken by apprentices aged 20 to 24.
The gap in success rate between learners living in the most deprived areas and the least deprived areas widened compared to 2018/19.

Adult learning

The success rate of adult learning courses was 7.9 ^(r) percentage points lower in 2021/22 than in 2018/19.
Activities delivered by local authorities via further education (FE) institutions had the biggest drop in success when compared to 2018/19
There was a rise in English for Speakers of Other Languages activities taken that partially explains the decrease in success rate.

Traineeships

1,825 of traineeship leavers transferred to other learning in March 2022, in line with the end of the traineeships scheme.
Of the leavers who did not transfer in March, 72.0% ^(r) made some kind of positive progression.

Notes

The standard outcome measures were not produced in academic years 2019/20 and 2020/21 due to the pandemic. Special reports were produced on Outcomes for learners in post-16 education affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Revision note

This report has been revised. There was an issue with the duplication of records, and adult learning records delivered by Flintshire were incorrectly excluded. The issue affected 4.0% of adult learning records and 0.5% of apprenticeship records.

The overall adult learning success was previously reported as 82.9% and has been revised to 81.6%. The overall apprenticeship success rate was previously reported as 66.4% and has been revised to 66.3%. The trends in the report have not changed.

Reports