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.


Answered by
James Heappey Portrait
James Heappey
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 YearIndependent Schools %State Schools %
2011-124456
2012-134753
2013-144357
2014-154060
2015-164060
2016-174258
2017-184357
2018-194852
2019-204357
2020-214456
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