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Official Statistics: Widening participation in higher education: 2024

Department For Education

October 24
08:30 2024

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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)
  • disadvantage
  • gender
  • ethnicity
  • special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) status
  • first language
  • children in need
  • looked after children

The publication also includes the following:

  • geographic breakdowns to enable comparisons ofHEprogression rates between local authorities and regions
  • estimated percentages of A-level and equivalent students at age 17, by school or college type, who progressed toHEby age 19
  • progression byPOLARquintile
  • breakdowns for high tariffHEproviders

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Published 24 October 2024

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