Official Statistics
Widening participation in higher education: 2022
Annual statistics on young people's participation in higher education, including their background characteristics.
Applies to England
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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)
- gender
- ethnicity
- special educational need (SEN) status
- first language
- looked after children
- children in need
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 and Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework rating
- breakdowns for high tariff HE providers
Published 28 July 2022