Higher Education: Redcar and Cleveland

(asked on 11th July 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school leavers in Redcar and Cleveland who were (a) entitled and (b) not entitled to free school meals went to university in the last three years for which information is available.


Answered by
Edward Timpson Portrait
Edward Timpson
This question was answered on 19th July 2016

The table below shows information on the number and percentage of students completing key stage 5 (e.g. A level) study in mainstream state funded schools and colleges and progressing to study at a UK Higher Education Institution for at least two terms the following year; in each of the last three years for which information is available.

Numbers of pupils are shown rounded to the nearest ten, as published. Percentages are calculated on unrounded figures.

  1. In the latest year around 50 students in Redcar & Cleveland who had been eligible for free school meals in year 11, or 55% of the key stage 5 cohort, progressed to Higher Education. This compares with 38% of pupils elsewhere in the North East and 44% of free school meal eligible students nationally.

  2. In the latest year around 490 students in Redcar & Cleveland who had not been recorded as eligible for free school meals in year 11, or 55% of the key stage 5 cohort, progressed to Higher Education. This compares with 51% of pupils elsewhere in the North East and 49% of non-eligible students nationally.

Information on pupil destinations is published annually on gov.uk at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-destinations

Students with sustained destinations at UK Higher Education Institutions, mainstream state-funded schools and colleges, 2011/2 to 2013/14

Redcar & Cleveland

Number of students completing KS5 (rounded to nearest 10)

Number at UK Higher Education Institution (rounded to nearest 10)

% at UK Higher Education Institution (calculated on unrounded figures)

FSM

Non-FSM

FSM

Non-FSM

FSM

Non-FSM

2013/14 (2012/13 KS5 cohort)

100

880

50

490

55%

55%

2012/13 (2011/12 KS5 cohort)

100

850

40

490

40%

57%

2011/12 (2010/11 KS5 cohort)

80

780

40

490

53%

62%

North East

Number of students completing KS5 (rounded to nearest 10)

Number at UK Higher Education Institution (rounded to nearest 10)

% at UK Higher Education Institution (calculated on unrounded figures)

FSM

Non-FSM

FSM

Non-FSM

FSM

Non-FSM

2013/14 (2012/13 KS5 cohort)

1,750

15,430

660

7,920

38%

51%

2012/13 (2011/12 KS5 cohort)

1,560

14,450

550

7,250

36%

50%

2011/12 (2010/11 KS5 cohort)

1,370

14,610

510

7,930

37%

54%

England

Number of students completing KS5 (rounded to nearest 10)

Number at UK Higher Education Institution (rounded to nearest 10)

% at UK Higher Education Institution (calculated on unrounded figures)

FSM

Non-FSM

FSM

Non-FSM

FSM

Non-FSM

2013/14 (2012/13 KS5 cohort)

35,390

323,580

15,550

157,220

44%

49%

2012/13 (2011/12 KS5 cohort)

31,670

314,120

14,140

150,300

45%

48%

2011/12 (2010/11 KS5 cohort)

28,770

306,720

13,540

163,010

47%

53%

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