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'Free School Meals, Gender and Ethnic Group' from 'Widening participation in higher education'

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HE Progression Rate for 'Free School Meals, Gender and Ethnic Group' for All Other Pupils, Any Other Asian Background, Any Other Black Background, Any Other Ethnic Group, Any Other Mixed Background and 18 other filters in England for 2020/21
2020/21
Free School MealsAll Other PupilsTotal
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
WhiteWhite - British21.4%13.6%17.5%48.2%35.9%42.0%45.1%33.3%39.1%
White - Irish23.8%24.7%24.3%62.8%55.0%58.9%58.0%51.5%54.7%
Traveller of Irish Heritage9.8%0.0%5.3%22.2%7.4%14.8%14.7%3.3%9.3%
Gypsy / Roma3.5%6.7%5.1%8.9%6.4%7.6%7.2%6.5%6.8%
Any Other White Background49.4%35.2%42.2%56.2%43.4%49.7%55.6%42.6%49.0%
Total22.6%14.6%18.6%48.7%36.4%42.4%45.7%33.8%39.7%
MixedWhite and Black Caribbean28.7%17.1%23.1%46.1%31.5%38.9%42.1%28.3%35.3%
White and Black African48.2%35.1%42.0%61.4%46.8%54.1%58.7%44.5%51.7%
White and Asian35.7%26.3%30.8%64.6%54.5%59.6%60.7%50.4%55.5%
Any Other Mixed Background45.4%31.0%38.2%62.8%49.5%56.0%59.8%46.4%53.0%
Total37.9%25.6%31.8%58.3%45.3%51.8%54.5%41.7%48.1%
AsianIndian61.0%46.4%53.9%79.5%69.2%74.1%78.1%67.7%72.6%
Pakistani56.8%41.5%49.3%67.9%54.2%60.8%65.5%51.7%58.4%
Bangladeshi69.6%53.3%61.7%77.2%64.9%71.2%75.1%61.7%68.5%
Any Other Asian Background59.8%49.7%54.3%78.0%66.4%71.9%75.8%64.3%69.7%
Total61.2%46.3%53.8%74.4%62.3%68.1%72.1%59.7%65.7%
BlackBlack Caribbean48.0%24.7%36.2%59.7%37.2%48.5%57.1%34.3%45.8%
Black - African69.0%53.3%61.3%80.0%64.4%72.2%77.6%62.0%69.8%
Any Other Black Background54.5%36.5%45.5%69.6%48.1%58.9%66.4%45.7%56.0%
Total62.0%43.6%52.9%73.6%55.6%64.6%71.0%53.0%62.1%
Chinese74.6%65.2%69.7%84.9%79.1%81.8%84.2%78.2%81.0%
Any Other Ethnic Group63.6%49.1%56.0%69.1%54.4%61.3%67.8%53.2%60.0%
Unknown31.3%23.6%27.3%54.4%42.2%48.1%51.0%39.5%45.0%
Total33.4%23.0%28.1%53.3%40.7%46.8%50.6%38.4%44.4%

Footnotes

  1. Note that progression rates can be volatile over time due to the very small number of pupils in some categories. This is particularly the case for Gypsy/Roma and Traveller of Irish Heritage pupils

Source: Widening participation in higher education, Free School Meals, Gender and Ethnic Group

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