UK Essential Skills Programme Enrolments and Performance, 2002-2016

OpenDataNI provides data on enrolments and performance for the UK Essential Skills programme from its start in 2002 through 2015/16. The dataset includes counts of enrolments by subject and details on the characteristics of enrollees. It was last updated on the platform in July 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing enrolment trends over time based on the 2002-2016 time series.
• Studying demographic or other characteristics of programme participants as mentioned in the description.
• Evaluating programme performance using the included performance statistics.
• Comparing enrolment numbers across different Essential Skills subjects.

Strengths

• Covers a 14-year time series from the programme's start in 2002 through 2015/16.
• Includes multiple data aspects: enrolment counts, participant characteristics, and performance statistics.
• Published under the OGL-UK-3.0 license, facilitating open use.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the specific 2002-2016 period.

Provenance

Source

OpenDataNI

Collection Method

Likely administrative records from the Essential Skills programme.

Time Range

2002 to 2015/16

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:56.008974; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom (inferred from platform 'uk_data')