Universities: Admissions
(asked on 22nd January 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of young people that attended school-based sixth forms went on to attend Russell Group universities in each of the last nine years.
The table below shows the percentages of young people attending state-funded mainstream school sixth forms that went on to sustained destinations at Russell Group Universities after 16 to 18 study (taking A level or other level 3 qualifications) in academic years 2010/11 to 2016/17 (the last 7 years for which data is available).
Destination Year | Number of Pupils | Overall Destinations | Russell Group Destinations |
2010/11 | 162,520 | 89% | 12% |
2011/12 | 164,580 | 91% | 15% |
2012/13 | 169,395 | 90% | 15% |
2013/14 | 172,635 | 91% | 17% |
2014/15 | 173,720 | 90% | 17% |
2015/16 | 182,880 | 91% | 17% |
2016/17 | 191,925 | 90% | 17% |
Information on pupil destinations is published annually at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/destinations-of-ks4-and-ks5-pupils-2017.