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Dept for Education and Skills

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Mr. Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many entrants to higher education there were from (a) sixth form colleges and (b) further education colleges in each of the last 10 years. [197823] Dr. Howells: The latest available information is shown in the table. UK domiciled acceptancesl to UK HE institutions--Full-time and sandwich undergraduate courses _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Acceptances who came from: Sixth Form Colleges FE/HE colleges Other2 Total 3 Year of entry Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage 1994 22,400 10.4 65,200 30.4 127,000 59.2 214,700 100.0 1995 23,800 10.6 72,500 32.2 128,600 57.2 224,900 100.0 1996 25,200 11.0 68,900 30.2 134,100 58.8 228,200 100.0 1997 30,000 11.9 81,800 32.4 140,600 55.7 252,400 100.0 1998 29,400 11.9 80,200 32.4 138,000 55.7 247,600 100.0 1999 29,700 11.9 78,400 31.5 140,700 56.5 248,900 100.0 2000 30,300 12.0 78,800 31.3 143,000 56.7 252,000 100.0 2001 31,800 12.2 80,500 30.9 148,500 56.9 260,800 100.0 2002 32,100 12.2 78,000 29.6 153,700 58.3 263,800 100.0 2003 33,500 12.5 78,200 29.2 156,300 58.3 268,000 100.0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Figures cover only those students who provided details of their previous educational establishment. Over the last 10 years the proportion of acceptances who did not provide this data varied between 15 per cent. and 20 per cent.. In 1998, the categorisation of individual schools/ colleges was updated to take account of changes in school/college status; as a result, the figures for 1998 and later years are not directly comparable with those for earlier years. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest hundred. 2 Covers maintained schools, independent schools and a small number of miscellaneous establishments. 3 Figures may not sum to totals because of rounding. Source: Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

197823; 426 c2130W;426 c2136W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Admissions Colleges of education Education Further education Higher education Schools Students Sixth form education

Contains statistics

Yes

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