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Education and Skills in Your Area - Government Office Region: South West

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Adult Education

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

2000/012006/07% points difference
Bath and North East Somerset District74.677.93.3
Bournemouth District67.371.74.4
Bristol, City of District68.271.73.5
Caradon District6465.11.1
Carrick District65.577.311.8
Cheltenham District71.182.611.5
Christchurch District6775.68.6
Cotswold District66.975.18.2
East Devon District61.673.211.6
East Dorset District66.870.53.7
Exeter District70.473.63.2
Forest of Dean District63.777.413.7
Gloucester District60.464.84.4
Isles of Scilly District000.0
Kennet District69.270.41.2
Kerrier District63.670.16.5
Mendip District7678.22.2
Mid Devon District65.376.411.1
North Cornwall District59.271.212.0
North Devon District59.275.716.5
North Dorset District67.27911.8
North Somerset District70.372.32.0
North Wiltshire District71.175.24.1
Penwith District66.173.57.4
Plymouth District62.168.16.0
Poole District62.867.34.5
Purbeck District64.968.53.6
Restormel District60.2698.8
Salisbury District6368.75.7
Sedgemoor District64.765.71.0
South Gloucestershire District70.870.3-0.5
South Hams District72.976.83.9
South Somerset District63.569.86.3
Stroud District72.580.78.2
Swindon District61.366.85.5
Taunton Deane District66.967.60.7
Teignbridge District68.7734.3
Tewkesbury District69.675.15.5
Torbay District6466.32.3
Torridge District59.761.92.2
West Devon District69.278.69.4
West Dorset District68.776.37.6
West Somerset District56.659.32.7
West Wiltshire District64.566.82.3
Weymouth and Portland District59.766.36.6
South West Region66.571.75.2
England63.368.24.9

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

2000/012006/07% points difference
Bath and North East Somerset District33.333.80.5
Bournemouth District19.727.88.1
Bristol, City of District31.836.54.7
Caradon District18.825.56.7
Carrick District25.936.710.8
Cheltenham District28.544.315.8
Christchurch District2528.93.9
Cotswold District2835.27.2
East Devon District16.729.112.4
East Dorset District18.128.310.2
Exeter District28.7301.3
Forest of Dean District2629.93.9
Gloucester District18.818.4-0.4
Isles of Scilly DistrictN/A
Kennet District26.825.4-1.4
Kerrier District24.320.9-3.4
Mendip District24.431.67.2
Mid Devon District27.227-0.2
North Cornwall District23.626.32.7
North Devon District15.728.312.6
North Dorset District2640.714.7
North Somerset District24.732.17.4
North Wiltshire District30.933.72.8
Penwith District21.928.26.3
Plymouth District18224.0
Poole District20.724.63.9
Purbeck District25.423-2.4
Restormel District17.126.69.5
Salisbury District26.426.70.3
Sedgemoor District21.619.6-2.0
South Gloucestershire District26.425.4-1.0
South Hams District28.238.810.6
South Somerset District22.927.54.6
Stroud District3336.13.1
Swindon District2223.51.5
Taunton Deane District27.629.41.8
Teignbridge District28.128.80.7
Tewkesbury District26.840.413.6
Torbay District20.222.11.9
Torridge District18.518.60.1
West Devon District20.928.98.0
West Dorset District28.735.56.8
West Somerset District25.811.3-14.5
West Wiltshire District21.127.16.0
Weymouth and Portland District1922.33.3
South West Region24.629.14.5
England23.528.34.8

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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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