Government publishes destination data for the first time
Details of new data on how many students progressed to further or higher education or training for each school, college and local authority in England.
The Department for Education today published new data showing how many students progressed to further or higher education or training for each school, college and local authority in England.
It is also the first time that the number and proportion of young people in a school, college and authority who attend Oxbridge or another Russell Group university is being published.
The statistics - published as part of the Government’s transparency agenda - give parents and the public even greater information with which they can choose the right school or college for their child.
In particular, today’s statistics, which relate to maintained schools, further education colleges and sixth form colleges, show what proportion and number of students were in:
- “sustained” education in the academic year 2009 to 2010, ie for at least six months, at both age 16 and after they take A level or equivalent qualifications
- at any higher education institution, any Russell Group university or just Oxbridge in 2009 and 2010.
It is the latest step in the Department for Education’s pledge to open up a mass of previously unpublished statistics.
Schools Minister Lord Hill said:
We are opening up access to this new data so people can see how different schools and colleges, and local authorities, perform. It gives parents greater information on which to base decisions.
He added:
It is interesting to see how well some local authorities in more deprived areas, and some schools and colleges in those authorities, do in terms of students going to our best universities, compared to those in other parts of the country.
Headline statistics
In the year after taking an A level or equivalent at Key Stage 5:
64% of young people were in a sustained education, with:
- 8% at a further education college
- 2% at a school sixth form or sixth form college
- 2% on an apprenticeship at these institutions and
- 52% at a higher education institution - with one per cent at Oxbridge and another 8% at other Russell Group universities.
Harrow was the local authority with the highest percentage of young people in sustained education the year after their A level or equivalent qualifications, at 79%.
Portsmouth had the lowest percentage of young people recorded as being in sustained education, at 48%
In the year after Key Stage 4:
85% of young people were in sustained education, with:
- 36% at school sixth forms
- 33% at further education colleges
- 12% of young people at sixth form colleges and
- 4% on an apprenticeship in these institutions.
Brent, Harrow, Redbridge and Sutton had the highest percentage of young people recorded as being in sustained education in the year after they took their KS4, at 91%.
Knowsley had the lowest percentage of young people recorded as being in sustained education, at 75%.
Key Stage 5 - for students who took A levels or equivalent qualifications
Regions
Proportion going to a higher education institution
| Region | Percentage |
| Greater London | 61 |
| North West | 56 |
| North East | 55 |
| West Midlands | 53 |
| East Midlands | 53 |
| Yorkshire and Humber | 53 |
| East of England | 50 |
| South East | 46 |
| South West | 41 |
Proportion going to a Russell Group university (including Oxbridge)
| Region | Percentage |
| North West | 12 |
| Yorkshire and Humber | 10 |
| East Midlands | 9 |
| Greater London | 9 |
| South East | 9 |
| West Midlands | 9 |
| East of England | 8 |
| North East | 8 |
| South West | 7 |
Local authorities
Top 10 LAs - highest proportion going to a higher education institution
| Local Authority | Percentage |
| Redbridge | 72 |
| Brent | 71 |
| Tower Hamlets | 70 |
| Ealing | 68 |
| Merton | 67 |
| Luton | 67 |
| Hounslow | 66 |
| Sutton | 65 |
| Waltham Forest | 65 |
| Islington | 65 |
Top 10 LAs - highest proportion going to a Russell Group university (including Oxbridge)
| Local Authority | Percentage |
| Reading | 28 |
| Trafford | 23 |
| Sutton | 23 |
| Buckinghamshire | 18 |
| Barnet | 18 |
| Wirral | 17 |
| Liverpool | 16 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 16 |
| Wigan | 15 |
| Brent | 15 |
| Bournemouth | 15 |
| Merton | 15 |
Top 10 LAs - highest proportion going to Oxbridge
| Local Authority | Percentage |
| Reading | 7 |
| Sutton | 3 |
| Buckinghamshire | 2 |
| Bournemouth | 2 |
| Torbay | 2 |
| Barnet | 2 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 2 |
| Trafford | 2 |
| Enfield | 2 |
| Cambridgeshire | 2 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 2 |
Top 10 LAs - highest proportion continuing in sustained education
| Local Authority | Percentage |
| Harrow | 79 |
| Tower Hamlets | 78 |
| Redbridge | 78 |
| St Helens | 77 |
| Ealing | 77 |
| Brent | 76 |
| Hounslow | 76 |
| Newham | 76 |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 75 |
| Waltham Forest | 75 |
| Luton | 75 |
Schools / colleges
Top 10 all schools/colleges, including selective (s) - highest proportion going to a higher education institution
| School | Percentage |
| Ilford County High School, Essex | 88 (s) |
| The Blue Coat School, Liverpool | 88 (s) |
| Herschel Grammar School, Slough | 88 (s) |
| South Camden C’ty School, Camden | 87 |
| West Kirby Grammar, Wirral | 87 (s) |
| Foxford School & C’ty Arts, Coventry | 86 |
| Norbury Manor Business & Enterprise College for Girls, Surrey | 86 |
| Westminster Academy, Westminster | 86 |
| Preston Manor High, Lancs | 86 |
| Wolverhampton Girls' High, Wolverhampton | 86 (s) |
- No pupils at four schools or colleges went to any higher education institution
Top 10 schools/colleges, including selective (s) - highest proportion going to a Russell Group university (including Oxbridge)
| School | Percentage |
| Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet | 66 (s) |
| The Blue Coat School, Liverpool | 62 (s) |
| The Tiffin Girls' School, Kingston-upon-Thames | 59 (s) |
| The Henrietta Barnett School, Barnet | 58 (s) |
| King Edward VI Camp Hill for Boys, Birmingham | 55 (s) |
| The Latymer School, Enfield | 53 (s) |
| Altrincham Grammar for Girls, Trafford |
52 (s) |
| King Edward VI Camp Hill for Girls, Birmingham | 52 (s) |
| Watford Grammar for Girls, Herts | 52 |
| Colchester Royal Grammar, Essex | 50 (s) |
| Kendrick School, Reading | 49 (s) |
| Reading School, Reading | 49 (s) |
| Wilson's School, Sutton | 48 (s) |
| Watford Grammar for Boys, Herts |
48 |
- No pupils at 330 schools or colleges went to a Russell Group university
Top 10 schools/colleges, including selective (s) - highest proportion going to Oxbridge
| School | Percentage |
| Colchester Royal Grammar, Essex | 16 (s) |
| Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet | 15 (s) |
| Reading School, Reading | 14 (s) |
| Colyton Grammar School, Devon | 13 (s) |
| The Henrietta Barnett School, Barnet | 13 (s) |
| Pate's Grammar School, Gloucestershire | 12 (s) |
| Kendrick School, Reading | 12 (s) |
| Lancaster Royal Grammar, Lancs | 12 (s) |
| The Tiffin Girls' School, Kingston-upon-Thames | 11 (s) |
| Dr Challoner's Grammar, Bucks | 11 (s) |
| The Latymer School, Enfield | 10 (s) |
| Nonsuch High School for Girls, Surrey | 10 (s) |
| Dame Alice Owen's School, Herts | 10 |
- No pupils at 1,395 schools or colleges went to Oxbridge
Top 10 non-selective schools/colleges - highest proportion going to higher education institutions
| School | Percentage |
| South Camden C’ty School, Camden | 87 |
| Foxford School & C’ty Arts, Coventry | 86 |
| Norbury Manor Business & Enterprise College for Girls, Surrey | 86 |
| Westminster Academy, Westminster | 86 |
| Preston Manor High School, Lancs | 86 |
| Guru Nanak Sikh Secondary, Hillingdon | 85 |
| City of London Academy, Southwark | 84 |
| Wood Green High School College of Sport, Maths & Computing, Sandwell | 84 |
| Audenshaw School, Tameside | 83 |
| Sheffield Springs Academy, Sheffield | 83 |
| Blessed Robert Johnson Catholic College, Telford and Wrekin | 83 |
| Ilford Ursuline High School, Redbridge | 83 |
| St Mary's CofE High School, Barnet | 83 |
Top 10 schools/colleges - highest proportion going to a Russell Group university (including Oxbridge) - non selective
| School | Percentage |
| Watford Grammar School for Girls, Herts | 52 |
| Watford Grammar School for Boys, Herts | 48 |
| JFS, Brent | 45 |
| King David High School, Liverpool | 44 |
| Lady Margaret School, Ham & Fulham | 42 |
| Dame Alice Owen's School, Herts | 42 |
| The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial, Ken & Chelsea | 40 |
| Parmiter's School, Herts | 37 |
| St Mary's Catholic High School, Derbyshire | 34 |
| The Becket School, Notts | 33 |
| Winstanley College, Wigan | 33 |
| The Ecclesbourne School, Derbyshire | 33 |
Top 10 schools/colleges - highest proportion going to Oxbridge - non selective
| School | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Dame Alice Owen's School, Herts | 10 |
| Loreto College, Herts | 6 |
| Silverdale School, Sheffield | 6 |
| Parmiter's School, Herts | 6 |
| Fulford School, York | 6 |
| All Hallows Catholic College, Surrey | 6 |
| Bury St Edmunds County Upper, Suffolk | 6 |
| St Philip Howard Catholic High, W Sussex | 5 |
| The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial, Ken & Chelsea | 5 |
| Watford Grammar School for Girls, Herts | 5 |
| Lady Margaret School, Ham and Fulham | 5 |
| Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge | 5 |
| Bridgewater High School, Salford | 5 |
| Wood Green School, Oxon | 5 |
| The St Marylebone CofE, Westminster | 5 |
| Durham Johnston Comprehensive, Durham | 5 |
| High Storrs School, Sheffield | 5 |
| The Ashcombe School, Surrey | 5 |
| St Laurence School, Wilts | 5 |
| St Mary's Catholic Comp, Menston, Leeds | 5 |
Key Stage 4
Top 10 LAs - highest proportion continuing in sustained education
| Local authority | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Harrow | 91 |
| Sutton | 91 |
| Redbridge | 91 |
| Brent | 91 |
| Ealing | 90 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 90 |
| Slough | 90 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 90 |
| Hounslow | 90 |
| Luton | 89 |
| North Somerset | 89 |
| Waltham Forest | 89 |
Notes to editors
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This is the first publication on “education destination measures” and is classified as experimental statistics as the data are still being evaluated and remain subject to further testing in terms of their reliability and ability to meet customer needs.
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This SFR reports on young people in key stage 4 (KS4) and key stage 5 (KS5) in the 2008 to 2009 academic year and identifies their education destinations in the 2009 and 2010 academic year.
Key stage 4
The 2008 to 2009 academic year cohort is obtained from the published performance tables (PT) where:
Young people are identified as being at the end of KS4. In the majority of schools, pupils in Year 11 in the academic year 2008 to 2009 school year were at the end of KS4, but some may have completed this key stage in an earlier or later year group.
The base cohort includes students in English maintained mainstream schools only.
Key stage 5
The 2008 to 2009 academic year cohort is obtained from the published performance tables where:
Young people aged 16, 17 or 18, were entered for A levels or other level 3 equivalent qualifications during the 2008 to 2009 academic year; this is otherwise referred to as ‘Key Stage 5’.
The qualifications included in the tables are on the basis of their equivalence with A levels; A qualification’s ‘equivalence’ is quantified by looking at its size and the level of challenge it poses compared to an A level. An ‘AS’ is a level 3 qualification but students only get included in the cohort if they have undertaken a qualification equivalent to the size of an A-level.
The destination measures KS5 cohort is for maintained mainstream schools plus the addition of Further Education Colleges and Sixth Form Colleges.
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Creation of the Destination Measures requires higher education (HESA) data to be matched to the pupil data in the National Pupil Database. The HESA data used in this Release are for the academic year 2009 to 2010 and these are the most recent data to have been matched. This publication is therefore reporting on 2008 to 2009 KS4 and KS5 (A level or equivalent qualification/s) students who went on to education destinations in the academic year 2009 to 2010.
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The Russell Group, as at June 2009, comprised: University of Birmingham, University of Bristol, University of Cambridge, Cardiff University, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, Imperial College London, King’s College London, University of Leeds, University of Liverpool, London School of Economics & Political Science, University of Manchester, Newcastle University, University of Nottingham, University of Oxford, Queen’s University Belfast, University of Sheffield, University of Southampton, University College London, and University of Warwick.
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