FE Choices: UK Further Education Performance Indicators

FE Choices provides performance indicators for post-16 further education and training in the UK, published by the Skills Funding Agency. The data includes success rates, learner destinations, and satisfaction scores for learners and employers. The dataset was last updated on 2026-07-08 and is available in CSV, HTML, and ODS formats under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking institutional performance based on success rates and learner destinations.
• Analyzing correlations between learner satisfaction and employment outcomes.
• Comparing employer satisfaction across different further education providers.
• Modeling factors influencing learner progression to employment or further learning.

Strengths

• Includes four distinct performance indicator categories: success rates, learner destinations, learner satisfaction, and employer satisfaction.
• Published by the Skills Funding Agency, an authoritative government organization.
• Available in multiple open formats, including CSV and ODS.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Skills Funding Agency

Collection Method

Likely collected through institutional reporting and surveys.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:30:59.589796; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom