Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) A level, (b) Applied General, and (c) T level students that began their course in the academic year 2020-21 (i) applied for and (ii) accepted a place in higher education.

The onward destinations of students will be published when the relevant data is available to enable destinations to be identified and reported. The statistical data for the number of A level and Applied General students who began their courses in academic year 2020/21 and who applied for and were accepted for a place in higher education (HE), are not yet available.

In reference to T Level students only, UCAS have reported observing the first T level cohorts receive their results this summer, with 410 of the 510 applicants (80%) accepted onto HE courses. More information can be found here: https://www.ucas.com/corporate/news-and-key-documents/news/first-exam-year-pandemic-sees-record-numbers-entering-higher-education.