| Protected Characteristics | 2024/25  (4143 total headcount)  | 
2023/24  (3875 total headcount)  | 
| Under 16 | 1% | 1% | 
| Age band 16 - 19 | 66% | 63% | 
| Age band 20 - 24 | 18% | 18% | 
| Age band 25 and over | 15% | 18% | 
| Care Experienced | 8% | 6% | 
| Carers | 7% | 8% | 
| Disability | 42% | 43% | 
| Ethnicity | 4% | 4% | 
| Trans | 2% | 2% | 
| Religion or Belief - Another religion or body, Muslim, Jewish, Sikh, Buddhist | 4% | 4% | 
| Sex - Female | 51% | 48% | 
| Sex - Male | 48% | 49% | 
| Sexual Orientation - Bisexual | 7% | 6% | 
| Sexual Orientation - Gam <am or Gay Woman/Lesbian | 3% | 4% | 
| SIMD | 54% | 54% |