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Sixth Form : 2018 key facts and figures

sixthformcolleges.org The Sixth Form Colleges Association is the established voice of dedicated sixth form education and the hub of a national network of sixth form providers. SFCA represents all designated sixth form colleges and 16-19 in , as well as a growing number of colleges and 16-19 free . A complete list of our members can be found on the map overleaf. This document provides information on our sixth form and 16-19 members and their students.

16-19 students1 16-19 funding

Sixth form education is funded at a lower rate than both Number of Total number of Institution pre-16 and education. institutions 16-19 students The average funding of £4,485 per student received by sixth Sixth form form colleges and /academy sixth forms is 21% less than colleges and 16-19 87 158,567 the funding received to educate younger students in secondary academies schools, and 50% less than the average tuition fee of £8,996.4'5 Academy sixth forms 1,446 310,289 The underfunding of 16-19 education is felt particularly acutely by sixth form colleges as, unlike schools and academies, School sixth forms 506 102,306 they cannot cross subsidise from the more generous funding available for younger students and do not have their VAT costs reimbursed. This is a tax on learning that requires the average Average Number of 16-19 Students to redirect around 4% of its annual funding away from the front line education of students to pay VAT. Sixth form colleges and 16-19 academies Academy sixth forms School sixth forms Annual education funding per student

1,823 11-16 education

215 16-19 education (state sector)

202

Sixth form colleges and 16-19 academies by size £5,676 £4,485 £8,996

Number of 16-19 students Number of institutions

2500+ 12 16-19 weekly tuition hours: 2000-2499 20 international comparisons

1500-1999 24 Sixth formers in England are now only funded to receive 1000-1499 22 around half of the tuition time as sixth formers in other leading economies.6 450-999 9 35 % of students who are disadvantaged²’³ 30

25 Sixth form colleges 21% 20 and 16-19 academies 19% 6% Non-selective school/ 15 academy sixth forms 10 Selective school/ Tuition hours per week Tuition academy sixth forms 5

0 England Canada Singapore Shanghai Progression to 16-19 performance Higher Education

Sixth form colleges and 16-19 academies are responsible for over one-fifth (22%) of the A levels delivered in England each Progression rate of all students9 year and help their students to achieve better exam results than 90% 89% all other non-selective providers.7 Sixth form colleges and 16-19 academies

A level delivery in England 57% 51% All other schools and colleges Academy sixth forms 48% (138,445 students) 21% 16% 22% Sixth form colleges 18% and 16-19 academies (62,099 students) Overall  UK higher Of which: 13% education or education Top third of employment / institution HEIs training destination School sixth forms (51,307 students) Progression rate of disadvantaged

Other (36,119 students students) 88% 84% Sixth form colleges and 16-19 academies

58% 47% All other schools and colleges Average A-level point score per entry

14% 13% Academy sixth forms Sixth form colleges and 16-19 academies School sixth forms Overall  UK higher Of which: education or education Top third of employment / institution HEIs training destination

31.25 Progression and continuation of sixth form college students within Higher 30.46 Education'º 29.40 % continuing to study for a second year

Russell Group Institution All Progress in English and maths8 Universities Sixth form college The English and maths progress measure focuses on students and 16-19 academy 89% 94% who did not achieve a GCSE A*-C grade at the end of students 4. The measure shows how much progress students have made or 88% 93% in these subjects at the end of their 16-19 studies by looking at college students the average change in grade. % obtaining a first class or upper second class Institution English Maths honours degree

Russell Group Institution All universities Sixth form colleges 0.47 0.44 Universities

Academy sixth forms 0.37 0.27 Sixth form college and 16-19 academy 79% 88% School sixth forms 0.37 0.32 students State school or 77% 87% college students Our members

North-West Region Roman Catholic Sixth Form Colleges are indicated by a • 4 15 2 North-East Region 17 2094 14 12 North-West Region East Region 8 Midlands Region 11 1 Aquinas College • 56 East Norfolk Sixth Form 21 East Region 1 2 Ashton Sixth Form College College 7 London Region 3 Birkenhead Sixth Form 57 Hills Road Sixth Form College College South-East Region 32 4 Bolton Sixth Form College 58 Long Road Sixth Form 22 South-West Region 5 • College 26 59 Lowestoft Sixth Form 35 34 6 Carmel College • 37 College 7 The Cheadle and Marple 60 Luton Sixth Form College Network 36 61 8 Connell Sixth Form College Palmer’s College 62 9 Holy Cross College • Paston Sixth Form College 63 10 King College One Sixth Form College 19 5 16 33 11 Loreto College • 23 30 64 The Sixth Form College, 9 27 40 39 12 Oldham Sixth Form College 25 Colchester 31 10 28 13 24 6 14 Rochdale Sixth Form London Region 3 29 38 College 13 18 15 Saint John Rigby College • 65 Christ the King Sixth Form • 16 Saint Mary’s College, College 44 41 Blackburn • 66 City And Islington Sixth Form College 17 62 67 18 Sir John Deane’s College Coulsdon Sixth Form 52 50 College 45 56 19 The Blackpool Sixth Form 51 47 48 55 College 68 Haringey Sixth Form 49 College 42 53 20 59 69 Havering Sixth Form 21 • College 54 57 46 58 70 John Ruskin College 63 North-East Region 43 71 Leyton Sixth Form College 60 64 22 Durham Sixth Form Centre 72 Newham Sixth Form 23 Elliot Hudson College College 73 Saint Charles Catholic Sixth 102 61 24 Franklin College 97 Form College • 25 Greenhead College 100 82 74 Saint Dominic’s Sixth Form 87 26 Hartlepool Sixth Form 101 84 College • 94 83 College 99 75 92 88 85 27 Huddersfield New College Saint Francis Xavier Sixth • 95 Form College 89 90 28 John Leggott Sixth Form 96 80 76 91 86 College Shooters Hill Sixth Form 98 93 81 Centre 29 Longley Park Sixth Form 77 College Sir George Monoux College 78 30 New College, Pontefract The Brooke House Sixth Form College 31 New College, Doncaster 79 Woodhouse College 32 Newcastle Sixth Form 77 College 68 71 79 78 South-East Region 74 72 69 33 Notre Dame Catholic Sixth 73 66 Form College • 80 Bexhill Sixth Form College 76 75 65 34 Prior Pursglove College 81 Brighton Hove and Sussex 70 35 Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form Sixth Form College 67 College 82 Esher College 36 Scarborough Sixth Form 83 Godalming College College 84 Reigate Sixth Form College 37 Stockton Sixth Form 85 The College of Richard College Collyer 38 Thomas Rotherham College 86 Varndean College 39 Wilberforce Sixth Form 87 Woking College College 40 Wyke Sixth Form College South-West Region Data Sources

Midlands Region 88 Alton College 1 Education Funding Agency, 16-19 allocation 7 Numbers of A-level students at the end of 16-18 89 Barton Peveril Sixth Form data, 2017 to 2018 academic year: www.gov.uk/ study found in , 16-18 41 Bilborough Sixth Form College government/publications/16-to-19-allocation- schools and colleges performance tables, 2016 College data-2017-to-2018-academic-year to 2017: www.compare-school-performance. 90 Havant & South Downs service.gov.uk/download-data?currentstep=ye 42 Cadbury Sixth Form 2 SFCA analysis of DfE performance tables, 2016 to College ar®iontype=beforeStep&la=&downloadYe College 2017. www.compare-school-performance.service. 91 Itchen Sixth Form College ar=2016-2017 43 Cirencester College gov.uk/download-data 92 8 Analysis of GCSE English and maths data 44 City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth 3 This measure reports the status of students in from DfE A level and other 16-18 results 93 Portsmouth College their final year of 16-18 study. Disadvantaged Form College publication: https://assets.publishing.service. 94 pupils are defined as those who were eligible 45 Gateway Sixth Form Queen Mary’s College gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/ for meals at any point in the 95 Richard Huish College attachment_data/file/676389/SFR03_2018_ College previous six years or have been looked after by Main_text.pdf 46 Hereford Sixth Form 96 Richard Taunton Sixth Form their local authority. These are students who College College would have attracted the Pupil Premium in 9 Department for Education, Destinations of key 47 Joseph Chamberlain Sixth 97 Saint Brendan’s Sixth Form their last year of KS4. stage 4 and pupils: (2016) revised: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/destinations- Form College College • 4 DfE performance tables indicates that grant of-ks4-and-ks5-pupils-2016. 98 Saint Vincent College funding per student in secondary schools is 48 King Edward VI College To make meaningful comparisons, grammar £5676, this compares to an average of £4485 per Nuneaton 99 Salisbury Sixth Form schools were excluded from the analysis student across school/academy sixth forms and College because their students have much higher levels 49 King Edward VI College Sixth Form Colleges (based on SFCA analysis of prior attainment (GCSE results) than other Stourbridge 100 The Henley College of ESFA 16-19 allocation data, 2017 to 2018 providers, and much lower levels of Free School 50 Telford College 101 academic year) The Sixth Form College Meal eligibility 51 Regent College Farnborough 5 Office for Fair Access: www.offa.org.uk/press/ 10 SFCA analysis of data obtained from the Higher quick-facts 52 Shrewsbury Colleges Group Education Statistics Agency 53 The Sixth Form College 6 UCL Institute of Education, Tuition time in upper Solihull (16-19): Comparing six 102 St David’s Catholic national education systems, updated October 54 Worcester Sixth Form College • 2016: https://www.sixthformcolleges.org/sites/ College default/files/Tuition%20time%20in%20upper%20 55 Wyggeston and Queen secondary%20education.pdf Elizabeth I College