Destination of School Leavers, 2010/11

Destination of School Leavers, 2010/11 24 July 2013 Over a quarter of Buckinghamshire’s pupils attend Russell Group universities after key stage 5, the highest proportion of any Local Enterprise Partnership. Buckinghamshire also has the highest proportion of pupils going on to study at either Oxford or Cambridge universities. Although London has a higher proportion of pupils going on to university, at 70.7 per cent compared to 70.0 per cent in Buckinghamshire, London sees 48.0 per cent of pupils attend universities ranked outside the top third of UK institutions, compared to only 31 per cent in Buckinghamshire. Table 1: Destination of Key Stage 5 pupils, 2010/11 Attend University Oxbridge Russell Group (including Oxbridge) No. % Rank No. % Rank No. % Rank BTVLEP 2,098 70.0 2 110 3.7 1 769 25.7 1 Thames Valley Berkshire 2,630 64.1 9 60 1.5 4 630 15.4 2 Hertfordshire 4,800 64.3 7 80 1.1 8 1,000 13.4 5 Enterprise M3 5,797 60.6 16 93 1.0 10 1,144 12.0 9 London 25,750 70.7 1 300 0.8 15 3,680 10.1 21 Coast to Capital 4,895 53.1 33 71 0.8 15 784 8.5 33 Oxfordshire 1,658 50.6 36 40 1.2 5 310 9.5 26 SEMLEP 5,682 59.9 17 62 0.7 21 895 9.4 27 Northamptonshire 2,150 55.6 29 20 0.5 28 290 7.5 35 Source: Department for Education, 2013 When all pupils are considered, not just those whose destination is known, 53.6 per cent of Buckinghamshire pupils go to university, the third highest proportion among LEPs behind London (56.2) and Lancashire (54.7) and well ahead of the 49 per cent recorded across the country as a whole. Buckinghamshire is again top ranked for the proportion of pupils going to Oxbridge and to Russell Group universities at 2.8 and 19.6 per cent respectively, compared to 1 per cent and 8 per cent for the country as a whole. The schools sending the most students to Oxford or Cambridge are Dr Challoner’s Grammar School, ahead of Aylesbury Grammar School, Dr Challoner’s High School, the Royal Grammar School High Wycombe and the Royal Latin School. Only 9.7 per cent of Buckinghamshire’s pupils enter employment after key stage 5 (or 7.4 per cent when those whose destination is not known are included) with 11.3 per cent going on to further education and 60 (2 per cent) starting apprenticeships. Table 2 at the end of this bulletin presents the full results, while the maps on the following pages show pupil destinations by local authority.

The raw data from the Department for Education can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/destinations-of-key-stage-4-and-key-stage-5-pupils- by-characteristics-academic-year-2010-to-2011

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Table 2: School leavers’ destination after Key Stage 5, 2010/11 All HE Top Third HEIs Oxbridge Russell Group (including Other HEIs Oxbridge) LEP No. % Rank No. % Rank No. % Rank No. % Rank No. % Rank Buckinghamshire Thames Valley 2,098 70.0 2 1,169 39.0 1 110 3.7 1 769 25.7 1 929 31.0 37 Thames Valley Berkshire 2,630 64.1 10 1,180 28.8 2 60 1.5 4 630 15.4 2 1,400 34.1 33 Hertfordshire 4,800 64.3 8 1,750 23.4 3 80 1.1 8 1,000 13.4 5 3,010 40.3 19 Enterprise M3 5,797 60.6 16 2,128 22.3 4 93 1.0 10 1,144 12.0 9 3,483 36.4 27 York and North Yorkshire 3,700 68.6 3 1,200 22.3 4 50 0.9 13 740 13.7 4 2,270 42.1 11 London 25,750 70.7 1 8,000 22.0 6 300 0.8 15 3,680 10.1 22 17,480 48.0 1 New Anglia 3,688 57.7 25 1,289 20.2 7 60 0.9 13 500 7.8 34 2,359 36.9 25 Swindon and Wiltshire 1,470 52.1 35 550 19.5 8 50 1.8 2 320 11.3 13 870 30.9 38 Greater Cambridge & Greater Peterborough 3,678 55.4 30 1,276 19.2 9 76 1.1 8 679 10.2 21 2,386 35.9 28 Solent 4,586 55.4 30 1,580 19.1 10 66 0.8 15 908 11.0 16 2,879 34.8 32 Cumbria 1,489 57.8 23 490 19.0 11 30 1.2 5 320 12.4 8 919 35.7 30 Gloucestershire 2,080 54.7 32 720 18.9 12 60 1.6 3 450 11.8 10 1,330 35.0 31 Cheshire and Warrington 3,640 61.8 13 1,100 18.7 13 30 0.5 28 760 12.9 7 2,440 41.4 15 Dorset 1,670 50.5 37 620 18.7 13 40 1.2 5 360 10.9 18 1,020 30.8 39 Greater Manchester 9,590 66.6 4 2,680 18.6 15 50 0.3 33 2,000 13.9 3 6,570 45.7 3 South East 12,038 56.5 27 3,823 18.0 16 170 0.8 15 1,862 8.7 31 8,015 37.6 24 Lancashire 5,610 64.4 7 1,550 17.8 17 50 0.6 23 970 11.1 14 3,650 41.9 13 Coast to Capital 4,895 53.1 33 1,627 17.7 18 71 0.8 15 784 8.5 33 3,104 33.7 34 The Marches 1,480 57.8 23 450 17.6 19 10 0.4 31 300 11.7 11 1,000 39.1 21 Leicester and Leicestershire 3,284 62.5 11 911 17.3 20 30 0.6 23 461 8.8 30 2,263 43.0 8 Greater Lincolnshire 3,510 59.3 20 1,020 17.2 21 60 1.0 10 640 10.8 19 2,250 38.0 22 Greater Birmingham and Solihull 6,781 62.5 11 1,853 17.1 22 64 0.6 23 1,199 11.0 16 4,621 42.6 10 Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, 5,492 59.5 19 1,571 17.0 23 30 0.3 33 1,051 11.4 12 3,682 39.9 20 Oxfordshire LEP 1,658 50.6 36 550 16.8 24 40 1.2 5 310 9.5 26 1,059 32.3 36 Coventry and Warwickshire 2,990 56.6 26 880 16.7 25 30 0.6 23 520 9.8 24 1,950 36.9 25 South East Midlands 5,682 59.9 17 1,574 16.6 26 62 0.7 21 895 9.4 27 3,964 41.8 14 Liverpool City Region 5,240 58.4 21 1,460 16.3 27 50 0.6 23 1,170 13.0 6 3,640 40.5 18 Worcestershire 1,670 66.5 5 410 16.3 27 20 0.8 15 250 10.0 23 1,120 44.6 5 Leeds City Region 9,150 61.7 14 2,371 16.0 29 100 0.7 21 1,648 11.1 14 6,234 42.0 12 North Eastern 4,160 65.7 6 960 15.2 30 10 0.2 36 670 10.6 20 2,780 43.9 6 West of England 2,400 48.9 38 720 14.7 31 50 1.0 10 450 9.2 28 1,640 33.4 35 Black Country 3,600 60.7 15 860 14.5 32 30 0.5 28 530 8.9 29 2,690 45.4 4 Heart of the South West 4,112 52.4 34 1,111 14.2 33 60 0.8 15 680 8.7 31 2,811 35.8 29 Sheffield City Region 4,578 58.2 22 1,082 13.8 34 29 0.4 31 771 9.8 24 3,197 40.6 16 Northamptonshire 2,150 55.6 29 510 13.2 35 20 0.5 28 290 7.5 35 1,570 40.6 16 Tees Valley 2,810 59.7 18 530 11.3 36 10 0.2 36 320 6.8 37 2,180 46.3 2 Humber 2,710 64.2 9 470 11.1 37 0 0.0 39 310 7.3 36 1,840 43.6 7 Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire 3,520 55.9 28 670 10.6 38 10 0.2 36 410 6.5 38 2,690 42.7 9 Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly 1,400 48.3 39 280 9.7 39 10 0.3 33 130 4.5 39 1,100 37.9 23 Source: Department for Education, 2013 Buckinghamshire Business First [email protected] 01494 568935