Data set from Widening participation in higher education

Sex

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Published 9 July 2026

Last updated 9 July 2026

HE participation by sex by age 18, 19, 20, 25 and 30

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Data set details

• Theme: Higher education
• Publication: Widening participation in higher education
• Release: Academic year 2024/25
• Number of rows: 40,341
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • HE Participation Rate
  • HE Participation Rate (High Tariff)
  • Number of HE Students
• Filters:
  • Entry age
  • Sex
• Time period: 2001/02 to 2021/22

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	entry_age	sex	participation_rate	high_tariff_participation_rate	number_of_he_students	number_of_high_tariff_he_students	number_of_students
201516	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	209	E09000023	Lewisham	By Age 19	Total	50	11	1178	260	2355
201617	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	209	E09000023	Lewisham	By Age 19	Female	61.4	12.4	663	134	1080
201617	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	209	E09000023	Lewisham	By Age 19	Male	45	10.3	532	122	1181
201617	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	209	E09000023	Lewisham	By Age 19	Total	52.9	11.3	1195	256	2261
201718	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	209	E09000023	Lewisham	By Age 19	Female	62.6	15.6	668	166	1067

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 7 variables

Variable name	Variable description
entry_age	Entry age
high_tariff_participation_rate	HE Participation Rate (High Tariff)
number_of_he_students	Number of HE Students
number_of_high_tariff_he_students	Number of HE Students (High Tariff)
number_of_students	Number of Pupils

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Footnotes

1. Where "no data" is shown, this indicates that there is no current record of HE participation in that category for the cohort of 15-year-olds
2. Cohorts of 15-year-olds in the period 2017/18 to 2019/20 who achieved A levels between 2020/21 and 2022/23 had higher attainment than typical years due to alternative processes put in place during the Covid pandemic. This led to more students in these cohorts being accepted to HE and in particular to high tariff HE.

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Email: HE.statistics@education.gov.uk
Contact name: John Simes

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