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 further education colleges went on to attend a Russell Group university in each of the last nine years.
The table below shows the percentages of young people attending further education colleges (including sixth form colleges) 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 | Any education or employment destination | Russell Group destinations |
2010/11 | 178,680 | 84% | 5% |
2011/12 | 170,910 | 85% | 6% |
2012/13 | 176,390 | 85% | 6% |
2013/14 | 186,330 | 87% | 6% |
2014/15 | 189,210 | 86% | 6% |
2015/16 | 183,265 | 88% | 7% |
2016/17 | 180,330 | 87% | 7% |
Information on pupil destinations is published annually at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/destinations-of-ks4-and-ks5-pupils-2017.