This statistics publication includes the latest information on measures of Widening Participation in Higher Education.
These include estimates of progression to higher education (HE) by age 19 for state-funded pupils by personal characteristics and for A level and equivalent students, by school or college type, who progressed to HE by age 19 with breakdowns for high tariff higher education providers.
The pupil characteristic measures cover pupils from English state-funded schools and special schools who have progressed to HE in UK Higher Education Providers (including Alternative Providers) and English Further Education Colleges.
The school type measure covers students from English schools and colleges at Key Stage 5 who have progressed to HE in UK Higher Education Providers (including Alternative Providers).
More information about HE provider tariff groupings can be found in the methodology document. Tariff groupings and mean tariff scores for each institution can be downloaded from the associated files at the top of this page.
The publication relies on matched data and all figures should be considered as estimates.
Prior Attainment Variations in progression to HE by student characteristics can largely be explained by prior attainment. Prior attainment is not accounted for by the measures presented here.
Other Publications
There are other sources of information on Widening Participation in Higher Education. These are summarised in the methodology note.
DfE also produce destination measures showing the percentage of students progressing to further learning at Higher Education Institutions:
Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 Destinations
The destination measures differ from those presented here as they cover those entered for A levels or equivalent qualifications at ages 16 to 18 as opposed to age 17 for this publication. Destinations figures cover only those who stayed in the education destination for at least the first two terms, whereas this publication covers all entrants except those who dropped out in the first two weeks.