HL Deb 15 March 1973 vol 340 c515WA
LORD BEAUMONT OF WHITLEY

asked Her Majesty's Government what percentage of Art College leavers surveyed in the Employment of Art College Leavers (H.M.S.O 1972), having (1) no "O" or "A" levels, or (2) two or less "O" levels at entry to the Art College system, completed their final course (i.e. passed the examination) compared to the

TABLE 1
No 'O' or 'A' level passes before entry to first art/design course Percentage 1 or 2 'O' level passes before entry to first art/design course Percentage 5 or more 'O' level passes before entry to first art/design course Percentage
Leavers who:—
obtained a qualification 75 74 92
obtained no qualification because course did not lead to a qualification 12 10 2
obtained no qualification although course led to a qualification 5 6 2
not known if qualification obtained 9 9 4

Note on Table 1:

Direct comparisons between the percentages of leavers shown as having obtained a qualification cannot be made without taking into account the percentages of those whose courses did not lead to a qualification and of those for whom it is not known if a qualification was obtained.

TABLE 2
Number of months before first art/design activity (as defined by leaver) No 'O' or 'A' level passes before entry to first art/design course Percentage 1 or 2 'O' level passes before entry to first art/design course Percentage 5 or more 'O' level passes before entry to first art/design course Percentage
None 36 31 25
1–3 34 38 50
4–6 6 10 7
7–12 6 7 4
13 or more 4 2 4
No art/design activity obtained 14 12 10
Not known less than 1 — less than 1

Notes on Tables 1 and 2:

  1. i CSE Grade I passes have been included as 'O' level passes.
  2. ii. No account has been taken of 'A' level passes held by leavers with 'O' level passes.
  3. iii. The percentages are of the number of leavers in each group who replied at the postal stage of the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys enquiry. Where percentage figures in a column do not add exactly to 100, this is due to rounding.
  4. iv. The survey as a whole was concerned only with leavers in the academic year 1967–68 from the final year of a full-time art or design course (excluding foundation courses) lasting 2 years or more, plus certain other postgraduate courses. Of all the leavers, 63 per cent. replied at the postal stage.
  5. v. For a very small group of respondents (20), the number of 'O' level passes is not known.