Education and skills headline indicators
This data provides statistics about education achievements and qualification levels.
All data points are the latest available data, as at September 2026.
|
Indicator |
Liverpool |
England |
|---|---|---|
| Good level of development in Foundation Stage (2024/25) | 64.3% | 68.3% |
| Achieving expected standards in Key Stage 2 reading, writing and maths (2024/25) | 57.0% | 63.0% |
| Average attainment 8 score in Key Stage 4 (2024/25) | 42.1% | 46.0% |
| University students at UoL, LJMU, Hope, LIPA and LSTM (2024/25) | 63,335 | 2,381,040 |
| **RQF4 and above | 49.7% | 48.0% |
| **RQF3 only | 66.4% | 68.7% |
| **RQF2 only | 83.4% | 86.9% |
| **RQF1 only | 86.2% | 89.4% |
| **Other RQF qualifications | 3.4% | 4.5% |
| **No RQF qualifications | 1.5% | 6.1% |
| ***Apprenticeships - New starts (2025/26) | 2,670 | 308,770 |
| ***Apprenticeships - Total learners (2025/26) | 5,920 | 735,500 |
| ***Apprenticeship achievement rate per 100,000 population (Aug to April 2025/26) | 226 | 248 |
Sources:
*Department of Education April 2026
**HESA 2024/25 table DT051 Table 1 (published April 2026)
***Annual Population Survey January 2025 - December 2025 (published April 2026)
***Department of Education Apprenticeships June 2026 (published July 2026)
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