HC Deb 12 March 2003 vol 401 cc297-9W
Dr.Kumar

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which universities in(a) 2001 and (b) 2002 took (i) more than 90 per cent.of their students from state schools and (ii) more than 20 per cent.of students from low participation backgrounds; and if he will make a statement. [98469]

Margaret Hodge

The latest available data are shown in the two tables.

Higher Education Institutes in England taking more than 90 per cent. of young students from state schools in 1999 and 2000.

1999 state schools percentage 2000 state schools percentage
Anglia Polytechnic University 94 95
Bath Spa University College 94 96
Bishop Grosseteste College 98 98

progress report until September 2003. The 217 specialist schools that were designated in February 2003 will not begin operating until this September, and will submit their first progress reports in September 2004.

The information requested on the percentage of pupils receiving free school meals cannot be provided as it is the Department's current policy not to publish figures about individual schools without their prior agreement.

1999 state schools percentage 2000 state schools percentage
Bolton Institute of Higher Education 100 99
Bournemouth University 91 91
Bretton Hall 94 96
University of Brighton 93 93
Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College 97 98
Canterbury Christ Church University College 94 96
University of Central England 95 96
University of Central Lancashire 97 96
Chester College of Higher Education 92 96
University College Chichester 94 95
Coventry University 94 94
Cumbria Institute of the Arts 98 100
Dartington College of Arts 99 93
De Montfort University 94 95
University of Derby 97 98
University of East Londor 96 98
Edge Hill College of Higher Education 98 98
University of Essex 91 93
Falmouth College of Arts 98 98
University of Gloucestershire 95 93

1999 state schools percentage 2000 state schools percentage
University of Greenwich 95 96
University of Hertfordshire 95 96
University of Huddersfield 97 97
Keele University N/a 92
Kent Institute of Art and Design 98 97
King Alfred's College, Winchester 94 94
Leeds Metropolitan University 93 93
University of Lincoln 97 97
Liverpool Hope University College 96 96
Liverpool John Moors University 94 95
London Guildhall University 92 95
The London Institute 97 98
University of Luton 99 99
Manchester Metropolitan University 93 94
Middlesex University 96 97
Newman College of Higher Education 97 99
University College Northampton 97 97
University of North London 96 97
North Riding College 97 N/a
Norwich School of Art and Design 100 100
Nottingham Trent University 91 93
University of Plymouth 91 93
University of Portsmouth 92 91
Ravensbourne College 100 99
Rose Bruford College 93 92
College of St. Mark & St. John 94 96
St. Martin's College 96 97
St. Mary's College 92 93
University of Salford 95 94
Sheffield Hallam University 92 94
Southampton Institute 93 94
South Bank University 93 94
Staffordshire University 97 98
University of Sunderland 97 97
The Surrey Institute of Art & Design University College 99 99
University of Surrey Roehampton 92 N/a
University of Teeside 98 98
Thames Valley University 98 98
Trinity & All Saints 93 93
University of Westminster 92 94
Wimbledon School of Art 100 98
University of Wolverhampton 98 99
University College Worcester 96 97
Writtle College N/a 94
York St. John College 95 95

Note:

N/a = not applicable, i.e. below 90 per cent. for the year in question.

1999 Low participation (percentage) 2000 Low participation (percentage)
Bolton Institute of Higher Education 26 32
Cumbria Institute of the Arts 22 N/a
Edge Hill College of Higher Education 22 23
Liverpool Hope University College 23 26
Liverpool John Moores University 21 21
Newman College of Higher Education 25 24
Northern School of Contemporary Dance N/a 21
University of Sunderland 29 29
University of Wolverhampton 23 23

Note:

Not applicable, i.e. not above 20 per cent. for the year in question.

The figures in the tables are taken from the two most recent versions of "Performance Indicators in Higher Education", published annually by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). Copies of these publications can be found in the House Library.

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