Official Statistics

Widening participation in higher education: 2023

Annual statistics on young people's participation in higher education, including their background characteristics.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 13 July 2023

Applies to England

Documents

Widening participation in higher education: 2023

https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/widening-participation-in-higher-education/2021-22

Details

Statistics providing information on measures of widening participation in higher education.

These include estimates of state-funded pupils’ progression to higher education (HE) by age 19 according to their personal characteristics at age 15, including:

• eligibility for free school meals (FSM)
• disadvantage
• gender
• ethnicity
• special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) status
• first language
• children in need
• looked after children

The publication also includes the following:

• geographic breakdowns to enable comparisons of HE progression rates between local authorities and regions
• estimated percentages of A-level and equivalent students at age 17, by school or college type, who progressed to HE by age 19
• progression by POLAR disadvantage
• breakdowns for high tariff HE providers
• a note on the impact from COVID-19 on the statistics

Published 13 July 2023