Armed Forces: Officers
(asked on 17th March 2021) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of officer cadets entering Sandhurst in the last 10 years attended (a) state and (b) private school.
This question was answered on 26th March 2021
The table below shows the proportion of officer cadets entering Sandhurst in the last 10 years who attended independent and state schools:
This data has been provided from a single service source rather than official statistics produced by Defence Statistics as they do not collate this information.
| Teaining Year | Independent Schools % | State Schools % |
| 2011-12 | 44 | 56 |
| 2012-13 | 47 | 53 |
| 2013-14 | 43 | 57 |
| 2014-15 | 40 | 60 |
| 2015-16 | 40 | 60 |
| 2016-17 | 42 | 58 |
| 2017-18 | 43 | 57 |
| 2018-19 | 48 | 52 |
| 2019-20 | 43 | 57 |
| 2020-21 | 44 | 56 |