Key statistics and data

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 August 2024.

Education stages including RFQs

Indicator

Liverpool

England

Good level of development in Foundation Stage 61.5% 67.2%
Achieving expected standards in Key Stage 2 reading, writing and maths (22/23) 55.0% 60.0%
Average attainment 8 score in Key Stage 4 (22/23) 41.8% 46.3%
University students at UoL, LJMU, Hope, LIPA and LSTM (2021/22) 63,680 2,342,775
**RQF4 and above 45.5% 47.3%
**RQF3 only 64.7% 67.8%
**RQF2 only 84.3% 86.5%
**RQF1 only 87.9% 89%
**No RQF qualifications 8.6% 6.5%
*Apprenticeships - New starts 2,690 337,140
*Apprenticeships - Total learners 6,260 796,690
*Apprenticeship achievement rate per 100,000 population 161 174

Sources:

*Department of Education April 2024

**HESA 2023

***Annual Population Survey January 23 - December 23

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