Data collection
Get the HESES data
This page gives data for the Higher Education Students Early Statistics (HESES) survey.
These figures are submitted by individual higher education providers and give an early indication of the number of students studying in each academic year. They are used primarily to inform the allocation of teaching funding for the following academic year.
Summary for the 2024-25 academic year
The figures below were compiled on 24 February 2025 using HESES24 data.
A provider's data is included in the figures if they are registered with the Office for Students in the Approved (fee cap) category and they signed off their HESES24 data by 31 January 2025.
The data does not provide a complete picture of higher education provision in England. Only providers who are registered with the Office for Students in the Approved (fee cap) category are required to return HESES24.
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Estimate of total years countable in the 2024-25 academic year |
2,383,366 |
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Estimate of total new entrants in the 2024-25 academic year |
1,035,093 |
Downloads for the 2024-25 academic year
The file below contains a breakdown of the summary figures. It also contains further information about the data.
Table CSV files
The files below contain the underlying data that is used in the summary data workbook. Descriptions of the fields in the downloads are available in the summary data workbook above.
Summary CSV files
The files below contain summarised underlying data. Information on these data summaries is provided in the summary data workbook above.
See the HESES23 summary data workbook
See the HESES22 summary data workbook
See the HESES21 summary data workbook
See the HESES20 summary data workbook
See the HESES19 summary data workbook
27 February 2025 - Published HESES24 workbook and datafiles.
24 October 2024 - Updated figures, workbook and data files with October 2024 data.
26 July 2024 - Updated figures, workbook and data files with 25 June 2024 data.
28 March 2024 - The HESES23 summary data workbook, Table 5 and Table 5 summary downloads were updated at 1600 on 28 March 2024 to include the figures for higher technical qualifications (HTQs) which were erroneously omitted from the versions released at 0930 on 28 March 2024.
28 March 2024 - Data for 2023-24 published
06 July 2023 - Updated figures, workbook and data files with 7 June data.
22 March 2023 - Summary updated and data files published for the 2022-23 academic year
28 October 2022 - Updated figures, workbook and data files with 18 October data.
15 July 2022 - Updated figures, workbook and data files with 8 July figures.
09 February 2022 - Summary updated and data files published for the 2021-22 academic year
21 September 2021 - The data files for the 2020-21 academic year have been updated.
09 February 2021 - Data updated for 2020-21
23 October 2020 - Update to HESES19 data
29 July 2020 - Update to HESES19 data and HESES18 and HEIFES18 data
11 February 2020 - HESES19 survey data published
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