Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of school leavers have participated in higher education in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Coventry in each year since 2010.

The table attached shows the proportion of students that were at the end of their 16-18 studies (and taking A level or other level 3 qualifications) in West Midlands and Coventry and progressed to study at a UK Higher Education Institution for at least two terms in a given academic year. Students in state-funded mainstream schools and colleges are included. Information on destinations in academic years 2010-11 to 2015-16 is given and destinations data for all England is provided for comparison. This is the most recent data available.

Data on higher education destinations of key stage 4 pupils are not included. Less than 1% of pupils who were at the end of key stage 4 in a given year progress into sustained education in higher education institutions.

Information on pupil destinations is published annually on GOV.UK at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-destinations.