Success rates
The following pages contain information on Benchmarking data (FE Success Rates), Work Based Learning success rates and the historical publications Summary Statistics and Performance Indicators.
From 2001/02 success, retention and achievement rates are included in the final
Statistical First Release (SFR) for the academic year (designated "full year plus").
Pseudo Code for calculation of FE success rates, WBL success rates, Benchmarking Data and related Hierarchy tables are available in the
Data dictionary: Definitions section.
FE Success Rates
The LSC publishes Benchmarking Data on levels of success, retention and achievement in further education colleges in England. The Benchmarking Data, based on 3 academic years worth of data, is published annually and updates and expands upon the information originally made available in Statistical First Release. Data is also available at institution and qualification aim level
WBL Success Rates
The LSC publishes Work Based Learning success rate data on a quarterly basis. This data is shown in the format of the tables published annually in the Full Year Plus Statistical First Release. Retention and achievement data is not produced for Work Based Learning programmes.
Historical Publications
