Full-Time Learners Aged 16-18 Years – Achievement (2024-25 Year-End)
Outcomes for Learners
Achievement rate – all programmes excluding English & Mathematics
24/25 saw a 2.5% increase in achievement of 16- to 18-year-olds on their technical and vocational programmes putting our learners marginally above last published national rates overall.
Achievement rate – level 1
Achievement rate – level 2
Achievement rate – level 3
Level 1 achievement rate is now 87.8% and shows a 3 year upward trend improving by 2.5% from the previous year.
Level 2 achievement rate has seen an increase in 24/25 of +1.3% to 84.1% and the College continues to move closer to the last published national levels also demonstrating a 3 year upward trend.
Our largest provision at Level 3, accounts for over half of our 16-18 client group and has performed above national rates this year (+3.9%) with achievement rates of 88.5%.
We continued to increase the number of learners studying the T Level qualifications and in 24/25, 95.9% of T Level learners passed their qualification against a national rate of 91.4%.
GCSE retake results – three year trend
The data does not reflect learners who did not achieve or did not attend.
The numbers of learners needing to resit GCSE maths and English remains high. In 2024/25, we supported 200 learners to achieve a grade 4 or above in GCSE English resits and 157 learners in GCSE maths. 56.7% of learners improved their starting grade in English, with 40% of learners improving their starting grade in maths.
Functional skills SfL achievement rate – all levels
The achievement rates for young people studying Functional Skills English and mathematics qualification is in line with the previous year at 79.1%, and remains well above the last published national average