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elow. This shows nine separate categories, with approximately equal numbers of
districts in each. The darker colours represent larger increases in learner numbers.
Figure 19: Map of growth in total learner numbers
Growth in total learner numbers
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Numbers
Num bers
500
500
-
-880
880
450 - 500
450 -500
400
400
-
-450
450
350
350
-
-400
400
300 - 350
300 -350
250
250
-
-300
300
200
200
-
-250
250
0 - 200
0 -200
-185
-185
-
-0
0
Note that this map includes learners in the independent sector as well as those
following a WBL route. Using this map we get an idea of where there are groups of
neighbouring authorities with large increases in numbers, for example in North Kent and
in the north of Buckinghamshire.
Figure 20 shows a similar map, but includes only full time learners (in both schools and
colleges). This leaves out part time learners, WBL and students in the independent
sector. This gives a similar pattern to the figure above (note that the colours represent
different values in the two graphs), but again suggests the northern districts of Kent as
areas of growth, as well as Milton Keynes and Aylesbury Vale together in the north of the
region.