College Key Facts

Each year, we produce a College Key Facts booklet, which provides a useful overview of the main facts and figures relating to colleges in England. It contains information on students numbers in education, on apprenticeships and higher education as well as statistics on curriculum and quality, diversity, sport, mental health, international, staff and finance. For 2024/25, we have also produced nine supplementary regional college key fact sheets.

AoC College Key Facts 2024/25:

There are 218 colleges in England
Colleges prepare 1.6 million students with valuable skills
86% of colleges were judged good or outstanding for overall effectiveness at their most recent Ofsted inspection.
Colleges employ 133,000 people of whom 54,000 are teaching staff
The total college income in England is £6.4 billion

AoC College Key Facts 2024/25

Regional college key fact sheets 2024/25: