§ Mr. BradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate she has made of the proportion of pupils proceeding into higher education from(a) schools with sixth forms and (b) schools without sixth forms in each of the last three years. [38860]
§ Margaret Hodge[holding answer 28 February 2002]: The available information is given in the table, showing the previous educational institution of students accepted for entry to full-time undergraduate courses via the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).
Students from England aged 18 accepted for entry to full-time undergraduate courses in the UK by previous educational institution Academic year of entry to Higher Education 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 Schools1 17 year olds2 in previous year studying in Schools 167,600 167,500 173,600 18 year olds3 accepted for entry from Schools 83,200 83,200 86,900 Percentage proceeding to HE aged 18 50 50 50 FE Colleges 17 year olds2 in previous year studying in FE colleges 183,700 183,100 184,900 18 year olds3 accepted for entry from FE colleges 37,700 38,100 40,800 Percentage proceeding to HE aged 18 21 21 22 1 Including City Technology Colleges. 2 Age at 31 August. 3 Age at 30 September.