Education and Skills in Your Area - England

Adult Education

Percentage of People of Working Age Qualified to at least Level 2
Percentage of People of Working Age Qualified to Level 4 and above

Percentage of People of Working Age Qualified to at least Level 2

	2000/01	2006/07	% points difference
Barking and Dagenham LA	46	53.1	7.1
Barnet LA	69.8	71.1	1.3
Barnsley LA	51.9	60.4	8.5
Bath and North East Somerset LA	74.6	77.9	3.3
Bedfordshire LA	66.8	67.3	0.5
Bexley LA	62	64.6	2.6
Birmingham LA	53.4	62.9	9.5
Blackburn with Darwen LA	56.9	59.1	2.2
Blackpool LA	55.8	60.4	4.6
Bolton LA	64.7	68.8	4.1
Bournemouth LA	67.3	71.7	4.4
Bracknell Forest LA	68.6	73.2	4.6
Bradford LA	55.7	61.2	5.5
Brent LA	61.5	64.1	2.6
Brighton and Hove LA	72.1	76.3	4.2
Bristol LA	68.2	71.7	3.5
Bromley LA	70.4	75.4	5.0
Buckinghamshire LA	71.2	73.2	2.0
Bury LA	65.7	67.7	2.0
Calderdale LA	61.9	66.6	4.7
Cambridgeshire LA	63.5	71.2	7.7
Camden LA	72.3	76.9	4.6
Cheshire LA	67.2	72.6	5.4
City of London LA	..	..	..
Cornwall LA	63	70.8	7.8
Coventry LA	62.1	63.4	1.3
Croydon LA	64.9	67.7	2.8
Cumbria LA	61.8	71.3	9.5
Darlington LA	61.1	70.4	9.3
Derby LA	61.6	61.4	-0.2
Derbyshire LA	58.5	69	10.5
Devon LA	66.1	73.8	7.7
Doncaster LA	52.9	60.7	7.8
Dorset LA	65.9	73	7.1
Dudley LA	59.9	64.7	4.8
Durham LA	59.6	67.9	8.3
Ealing LA	66.2	69.4	3.2
East Riding of Yorkshire LA	68.4	70.4	2.0
East Sussex LA	64.7	70.3	5.6
Enfield LA	63	65	2.0
Essex LA	60.8	63.4	2.6
Gateshead LA	58.7	66.2	7.5
Gloucestershire LA	67.6	75.9	8.3
Greenwich LA	66.6	66.9	0.3
Hackney LA	60	64.3	4.3
Halton LA	57.3	60.2	2.9
Hammersmith and Fulham LA	72.1	76.1	4.0
Hampshire LA	67.5	73.5	6.0
Haringey LA	63.2	68.4	5.2
Harrow LA	71.2	71.7	0.5
Hartlepool LA	57.3	65.7	8.4
Havering LA	57.3	57.8	0.5
Herefordshire LA	64	69.2	5.2
Hertfordshire LA	69.1	74.1	5.0
Hillingdon LA	65.5	63	-2.5
Hounslow LA	66.6	66	-0.6
Isle of Wight LA	62.5	69.3	6.8
Isles of Scilly LA	0	0	0.0
Islington LA	64.2	72.4	8.2
Kensington and Chelsea LA	72.2	77.8	5.6
Kent LA	60.8	67.3	6.5
Kingston upon Hull LA	53.7	57.6	3.9
Kingston upon Thames LA	75.6	81.3	5.7
Kirklees LA	61.9	67.3	5.4
Knowsley LA	47.8	55.5	7.7
Lambeth LA	71.2	71.7	0.5
Lancashire LA	63.6	69.4	5.8
Leeds LA	64.9	67.5	2.6
Leicester LA	53.2	56.9	3.7
Leicestershire LA	63.5	70.1	6.6
Lewisham LA	63.6	72.7	9.1
Lincolnshire LA	59.7	66.7	7.0
Liverpool LA	54.8	60.5	5.7
Luton LA	58.8	55.9	-2.9
Manchester LA	59.8	66.1	6.3
Medway LA	59	65.8	6.8
Merton LA	70.5	75.6	5.1
Middlesbrough LA	55.2	65.4	10.2
Milton Keynes LA	66.7	66.1	-0.6
Newcastle upon Tyne LA	63.6	70.1	6.5
Newham LA	47.6	55.6	8.0
Norfolk LA	59.9	64.2	4.3
North East Lincolnshire LA	55.2	62.9	7.7
North Lincolnshire LA	59.1	63.4	4.3
North Somerset LA	70.3	72.4	2.1
North Tyneside LA	66.8	69.5	2.7
North Yorkshire LA	66.3	70.8	4.5
Northamptonshire LA	60.5	66.3	5.8
Northumberland LA	62.2	71.9	9.7
Nottingham LA	57.9	62.2	4.3
Nottinghamshire LA	61.2	66.9	5.7
Oldham LA	58.4	59.9	1.5
Oxfordshire LA	70	73.2	3.2
Peterborough LA	60.7	61	0.3
Plymouth LA	62.1	68.1	6.0
Poole LA	62.8	67.1	4.3
Portsmouth LA	64.6	66.6	2.0
Reading LA	69.5	70.3	0.8
Redbridge LA	63.7	66.6	2.9
Redcar and Cleveland LA	57.4	65.4	8.0
Richmond upon Thames LA	85.1	83.9	-1.2
Rochdale LA	60.7	62	1.3
Rotherham LA	57.3	60.6	3.3
Rutland LA	72.8	76	3.2
Salford LA	58.3	63.3	5.0
Sandwell LA	51.1	50.7	-0.4
Sefton LA	64.5	67.8	3.3
Sheffield LA	58	64.7	6.7
Shropshire LA	65.1	70.6	5.5
Slough LA	61.9	62.2	0.3
Solihull LA	68.9	68.1	-0.8
Somerset LA	66.8	69.6	2.8
South Gloucestershire LA	70.8	70.3	-0.5
South Tyneside LA	58.1	68.2	10.1
Southampton LA	66.4	69.4	3.0
Southend on Sea LA	61.8	63	1.2
Southwark LA	66.8	72.5	5.7
St Helens LA	60.7	64	3.3
Staffordshire LA	62.3	65.2	2.9
Stockport LA	67	72.9	5.9
Stockton-on-Tees LA	62	70.1	8.1
Stoke-on-Trent LA	51.6	56.9	5.3
Suffolk LA	62.2	65.5	3.3
Sunderland LA	57.1	67.9	10.8
Surrey LA	73.2	76.7	3.5
Sutton LA	68.4	70	1.6
Swindon LA	61.3	66.8	5.5
Tameside LA	56.8	61.8	5.0
Telford and Wrekin LA	58.3	68.5	10.2
Thurrock LA	54.1	54.8	0.7
Torbay LA	64	66.3	2.3
Tower Hamlets LA	58.5	59.1	0.6
Trafford LA	66.1	76.4	10.3
Wakefield LA	55.6	60.3	4.7
Walsall LA	53.9	55.5	1.6
Waltham Forest LA	58.6	62.7	4.1
Wandsworth LA	76.6	83.3	6.7
Warrington LA	63.8	71.3	7.5
Warwickshire LA	64.9	74.7	9.8
West Berkshire LA	71.7	74.5	2.8
West Sussex LA	68	73	5.0
Westminster LA	69.6	79.2	9.6
Wigan LA	59.1	62	2.9
Wiltshire LA	66.9	70.4	3.5
Windsor and Maidenhead LA	73.1	77	3.9
Wirral LA	64.3	69.7	5.4
Wokingham LA	73.3	79.6	6.3
Wolverhampton LA	53.9	53.2	-0.7
Worcestershire LA	68.3	70.7	2.4
York LA	71.9	74	2.1

England	63.3	68.2	4.9

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Percentage of People of Working Age Qualified to Level 4 and above

	2000/01	2006/07	% points difference
Barking and Dagenham LA	9.3	18.3	9.0
Barnet LA	35.3	39.9	4.6
Barnsley LA	13.5	21	7.5
Bath and North East Somerset LA	33.3	33.8	0.5
Bedfordshire LA	27.2	24.8	-2.4
Bexley LA	14.1	22	7.9
Birmingham LA	16.6	24.7	8.1
Blackburn with Darwen LA	16.2	20.9	4.7
Blackpool LA	12.4	18	5.6
Bolton LA	22	23.4	1.4
Bournemouth LA	19.7	27.8	8.1
Bracknell Forest LA	26.2	34.6	8.4
Bradford LA	18	22	4.0
Brent LA	25.5	27.2	1.7
Brighton and Hove LA	35.3	41.2	5.9
Bristol LA	31.8	36.5	4.7
Bromley LA	30.7	35.6	4.9
Buckinghamshire LA	28.9	34.4	5.5
Bury LA	23.7	25.3	1.6
Calderdale LA	21.7	23.5	1.8
Cambridgeshire LA	26	34.9	8.9
Camden LA	47.7	51	3.3
Cheshire LA	27.5	33.7	6.2
City of London LA	73.8	75.4	1.6
Cornwall LA	21.9	27.2	5.3
Coventry LA	21.6	24.4	2.8
Croydon LA	21.6	30	8.4
Cumbria LA	18.3	25.4	7.1
Darlington LA	17.7	29	11.3
Derby LA	23.2	25.4	2.2
Derbyshire LA	18.9	25.9	7.0
Devon LA	23.5	29.1	5.6
Doncaster LA	14.3	16.1	1.8
Dorset LA	23.5	30.6	7.1
Dudley LA	17.9	20.7	2.8
Durham LA	18	25.2	7.2
Ealing LA	34.3	38.3	4.0
East Riding of Yorkshire LA	24.8	27.2	2.4
East Sussex LA	22.4	25.6	3.2
Enfield LA	23.5	28.5	5.0
Essex LA	18.4	23.4	5.0
Gateshead LA	16.9	21.1	4.2
Gloucestershire LA	26.9	33.8	6.9
Greenwich LA	27.1	31	3.9
Hackney LA	32.8	37	4.2
Halton LA	15.9	16.2	0.3
Hammersmith and Fulham LA	44.6	52.8	8.2
Hampshire LA	27.1	30	2.9
Haringey LA	36.2	41.8	5.6
Harrow LA	31.7	34.4	2.7
Hartlepool LA	13.8	16.9	3.1
Havering LA	15.5	18.3	2.8
Herefordshire LA	22.2	27.9	5.7
Hertfordshire LA	29.8	34.1	4.3
Hillingdon LA	22.4	25.1	2.7
Hounslow LA	27.3	33.5	6.2
Isle of Wight LA	19.9	23.6	3.7
Isles of Scilly LA			N/A
Islington LA	39.4	45.3	5.9
Kensington and Chelsea LA	38.4	49.5	11.1
Kent LA	20.7	26.1	5.4
Kingston upon Hull LA	12.6	15.3	2.7
Kingston upon Thames LA	37.5	48.3	10.8
Kirklees LA	21.2	23.9	2.7
Knowsley LA	10	15.6	5.6
Lambeth LA	39.8	46.1	6.3
Lancashire LA	21.7	25.5	3.8
Leeds LA	23.8	27.6	3.8
Leicester LA	17.1	22.2	5.1
Leicestershire LA	21.7	27.3	5.6
Lewisham LA	29	33.5	4.5
Lincolnshire LA	18	23.3	5.3
Liverpool LA	18.3	20.1	1.8
Luton LA	19	20.4	1.4
Manchester LA	24.6	30.3	5.7
Medway LA	13.9	20.7	6.8
Merton LA	36.6	43.4	6.8
Middlesbrough LA	16.7	19.5	2.8
Milton Keynes LA	26.1	28.2	2.1
Newcastle upon Tyne LA	25	30.4	5.4
Newham LA	15.4	24.1	8.7
Norfolk LA	17.4	22.3	4.9
North East Lincolnshire LA	14	15.4	1.4
North Lincolnshire LA	17.6	18.8	1.2
North Somerset LA	24.7	32.2	7.5
North Tyneside LA	21.7	27.4	5.7
North Yorkshire LA	26.5	29.3	2.8
Northamptonshire LA	18	26.7	8.7
Northumberland LA	21	24	3.0
Nottingham LA	19.9	21.8	1.9
Nottinghamshire LA	19.3	27.2	7.9
Oldham LA	16.7	19.8	3.1
Oxfordshire LA	28.8	33.1	4.3
Peterborough LA	17.3	20.5	3.2
Plymouth LA	18	22	4.0
Poole LA	20.7	24.4	3.7
Portsmouth LA	21.9	24.7	2.8
Reading LA	28.4	33.4	5.0
Redbridge LA	26.8	35.5	8.7
Redcar and Cleveland LA	16.8	21.4	4.6
Richmond upon Thames LA	52.2	56	3.8
Rochdale LA	22	21	-1.0
Rotherham LA	14	18.3	4.3
Rutland LA	31.2	31.3	0.1
Salford LA	17.5	22.2	4.7
Sandwell LA	14.4	13.5	-0.9
Sefton LA	21.8	25.9	4.1
Sheffield LA	21.9	27.9	6.0
Shropshire LA	23.7	32.4	8.7
Slough LA	22.2	20.4	-1.8
Solihull LA	25.4	29.5	4.1
Somerset LA	24.1	26.1	2.0
South Gloucestershire LA	26.4	25.3	-1.1
South Tyneside LA	15.6	22.8	7.2
Southampton LA	24.2	25.8	1.6
Southend on Sea LA	17.1	18.9	1.8
Southwark LA	36.1	42.7	6.6
St Helens LA	19.6	22.2	2.6
Staffordshire LA	21.7	26	4.3
Stockport LA	23.7	30.4	6.7
Stockton-on-Tees LA	18.8	23.9	5.1
Stoke-on-Trent LA	11.7	16.2	4.5
Suffolk LA	21	22.8	1.8
Sunderland LA	15.1	22.1	7.0
Surrey LA	33.7	38	4.3
Sutton LA	28.5	31.1	2.6
Swindon LA	22	23.5	1.5
Tameside LA	14.5	18.9	4.4
Telford and Wrekin LA	17.1	21.7	4.6
Thurrock LA	12.2	14.2	2.0
Torbay LA	20.2	22.1	1.9
Tower Hamlets LA	29.9	31.9	2.0
Trafford LA	29.9	35.9	6.0
Wakefield LA	16.4	17.5	1.1
Walsall LA	15.9	16.8	0.9
Waltham Forest LA	20.5	29.9	9.4
Wandsworth LA	48.3	56.2	7.9
Warrington LA	24.8	32.1	7.3
Warwickshire LA	25.8	31.1	5.3
West Berkshire LA	29.2	35.5	6.3
West Sussex LA	23.7	30.5	6.8
Westminster LA	42.4	53.7	11.3
Wigan LA	16.3	20.5	4.2
Wiltshire LA	26.3	28.7	2.4
Windsor and Maidenhead LA	32.5	39.5	7.0
Wirral LA	23.1	24.9	1.8
Wokingham LA	32.9	40.8	7.9
Wolverhampton LA	17.8	18.3	0.5
Worcestershire LA	25.8	27.9	2.1
York LA	29	34.7	5.7

England	23.5	28.3	4.8

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National Summary

The percentage of people of working age who were qualified to at least Level 2 in 2006/07 was 68.2 per cent this is up from 63.3 per cent in 2000/01.

The percentage of people of working age who were qualified to Level 4 and above in 2006/07 was 28.3 per cent this is up from 23.5 per cent in 2000/01.

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