Universities: Bexley
(asked on 19th June 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people from (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) Bexley Borough went to university in each of the last five years.
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) publishes data on the proportion of 18 years old entering full-time undergraduate higher education by parliamentary constituency, region and country. UCAS do not publish data by local authority.
The entry rates for the last five years for Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency, London and England are shown in the table below:
Table 1 – 18 year old entry rates to full-time higher education (HE)
Year | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 |
Bexleyheath and Crayford | 29.6% | 31.8% | 34.9% | 36.5% | 37.4% |
London | 35.2% | 36.6% | 38.7% | 39.9% | 41.8% |
England | 29.2% | 30.4% | 31.3% | 32.5% | 33.3% |
The Department for Education publishes data on the percentage of 15 year old pupils from state-funded and special schools who entered higher education by age 19 by local authority, region and England.
The figures for the latest five years are shown below:
Table 2 – Estimated percentage of 15 year old pupils who entered HE by age 19 by academic year
Year | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 |
Bexley Borough | 35% | 37% | 40% | 40% | 43% |
London | 43% | 45% | 46% | 46% | 49% |
England | 35% | 36% | 37% | 37% | 38% |