Employment and Skills

From 1 August 2019, the Secretary of State for Education delegated responsibility for the commissioning, delivery, and management of London’s Adult Education Budget (AEB) to the Mayor of London. In early 2020, the AEB Mayoral Board agreed that AEB programme data should be published following the Department for Education’s Further Education and Skills data publication and in line with the UK...

Skills Bootcamps for Londoners aim to help Londoners aged 19+ to enter employment, upskill or change career and are open to adults who are full-time or part-time employed, self-employed or unemployed, as well as adults returning to work after a break. Bootcamp training courses provide access to in-demand sector specific skills training and provide a guaranteed job interview on completion. In addition...

Qualifications of working age population (16-64), and proportion of people aged 25-64 with each level of qualification. Highest level of Qualification held (None, Other, NVQ1,2,3,4+), of working-age people.   No qualifications ...

Qualifications by Economic Activity Status by Borough Data has been reweighted in 2016 in line with the latest ONS estimates. 95% confidence interval of percent figure (+/-). ! Estimate and confidence interval not available since the group sample size is zero or disclosive (0-2). * Estimate and confidence interval unreliable since the group sample size is small (3-9). ~ Estimate is less than...

FOCUSONLONDON2012:SKILLS:DEGREESOFQUALIFICATION London’s diverse economy, and status as one of the most important cities in the world calls for a highly skilled workforce. Qualifications are considered an important predictor of success in a labour market. This edition of Focus on London, authored by Slawek Kozdras, explores the skills and qualification levels of young people before moving on to an analysis of adults’ qualifications...

Awards of Vocationally Related Qualifications (VRQ) and National/Scottish Vocational Qualifications (N/SVQ) by gender, age group, level, Sector Subject Area, occupation, and centre type. x = not available due to low numbers of achievements. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-vocational-qualifications--2

As London looks ahead to a skills devolution deal, the capital has ambitions to create an adult skills system that is more responsive to the needs of the local economy. This work reflects on the area based review which will shape the future of the Further Education sector in London. Analysis by GLA Economics sets out what drives London’s economy,...