PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Higher Education: Redcar and Cleveland (11 July 2016)

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school leavers in Redcar and Cleveland who were (a) entitled and (b) not entitled to free school meals went to university in the last three years for which information is available.

Asked by:
Anna Turley (Labour)

The table below shows information on the number and percentage of students completing key stage 5 (e.g. A level) study in mainstream state funded schools and colleges and progressing to study at a UK Higher Education Institution for at least two terms the following year; in each of the last three years for which information is available.

Numbers of pupils are shown rounded to the nearest ten, as published. Percentages are calculated on unrounded figures.

1. In the latest year around 50 students in Redcar & Cleveland who had been eligible for free school meals in year 11, or 55% of the key stage 5 cohort, progressed to Higher Education. This compares with 38% of pupils elsewhere in the North East and 44% of free school meal eligible students nationally.

2. In the latest year around 490 students in Redcar & Cleveland who had not been recorded as eligible for free school meals in year 11, or 55% of the key stage 5 cohort, progressed to Higher Education. This compares with 51% of pupils elsewhere in the North East and 49% of non-eligible students nationally.

Information on pupil destinations is published annually on gov.uk at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-destinations

Students with sustained destinations at UK Higher Education Institutions, mainstream state-funded schools and colleges, 2011/2 to 2013/14

Redcar & Cleveland	Number of students completing KS5 (rounded to nearest 10)		Number at UK Higher Education Institution (rounded to nearest 10)		% at UK Higher Education Institution (calculated on unrounded figures)
	FSM	Non-FSM	FSM	Non-FSM	FSM	Non-FSM
2013/14 (2012/13 KS5 cohort)	100	880	50	490	55%	55%
2012/13 (2011/12 KS5 cohort)	100	850	40	490	40%	57%
2011/12 (2010/11 KS5 cohort)	80	780	40	490	53%	62%
North East	Number of students completing KS5 (rounded to nearest 10)		Number at UK Higher Education Institution (rounded to nearest 10)		% at UK Higher Education Institution (calculated on unrounded figures)
	FSM	Non-FSM	FSM	Non-FSM	FSM		Non-FSM
2013/14 (2012/13 KS5 cohort)	1,750	15,430	660	7,920	38%		51%
2012/13 (2011/12 KS5 cohort)	1,560	14,450	550	7,250	36%		50%
2011/12 (2010/11 KS5 cohort)	1,370	14,610	510	7,930	37%		54%
England	Number of students completing KS5 (rounded to nearest 10)		Number at UK Higher Education Institution (rounded to nearest 10)		% at UK Higher Education Institution (calculated on unrounded figures)
	FSM	Non-FSM	FSM	Non-FSM	FSM		Non-FSM
2013/14 (2012/13 KS5 cohort)	35,390	323,580	15,550	157,220	44%		49%
2012/13 (2011/12 KS5 cohort)	31,670	314,120	14,140	150,300	45%		48%
2011/12 (2010/11 KS5 cohort)	28,770	306,720	13,540	163,010	47%		53%

Answered by:
Edward Timpson (Conservative)
19 July 2016