Higher Education Students (Hansard, 19 March 1980)

HC Deb 19 March 1980 vol 981 cc212-3W 212W

§ Mr. Frank R. White
asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what are the number and percentage of those students 213W leaving secondary schools who have gone on to higher levels of education in each of the last five years.

§ Mr. Goodhart
The information is as follows:

Number

1973–74 (estimated) 3,857

1974–75 3,765

1975–76 3,718

1976–77 3,694

1977–78 3,913

Percentage of school leavers*

1973–74 (estimated) 16.5

1974–75 15.5

1975–76 15.0

1976–77 14.3

1977–78 14.7

* as a percentage of all pupils leaving school that year, including 15-year-olds who transfer to further education colleges for their last year of compulsory school attendance.

	Number
1973–74 (estimated)	3,857
1974–75	3,765
1975–76	3,718
1976–77	3,694
1977–78	3,913
	Percentage of school leavers*
1973–74 (estimated)	16.5
1974–75	15.5
1975–76	15.0
1976–77	14.3
1977–78	14.7
* as a percentage of all pupils leaving school that year, including 15-year-olds who transfer to further education colleges for their last year of compulsory school attendance.