THE VOICE OF SIXTH FORM EDUCATION SIXTH FORM COLLEGES: 2020 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 academies in England, as well as a growing number of Further Education colleges and 16-19 free schools. A complete list of our members can be found on the map overleaf. This document provides information on our sixth form college and 16-19 academy members and their students. 16-19 students 1 16-19 funding Sixth form education is funded at a lower rate than both pre-16 Number of Total number of Institution and higher education. institutions 16-19 students The average funding of £4,860 per student received by sixth Sixth form form colleges/16-19 academies and school/academy sixth colleges and 16-19 78 152,235 forms is 10% less than the funding received to educate younger academies students in secondary schools, and 47% less than the average university tuition fee of £9,124.4'5 Academy sixth forms 1,453 304,481 The underfunding of 16-19 education is felt particularly acutely by sixth form colleges as, unlike schools and academies, they School sixth forms 399 78,481 cannot cross subsidise from the higher funding available for younger students and do not have their VAT costs reimbursed. This is a tax on learning that requires the average sixth form Average number of 16-19 students college 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 1,952 11-16 education 210 16-19 education (state sector) 197 Higher education Sixth form colleges and 16-19 academies by size £5,371 £4,860 £9,124 Number of 16-19 students Number of institutions 2500+ 10 16-19 weekly tuition hours: 2000-2499 23 international comparisons 1500-1999 22 Sixth formers in England are now only funded to receive 1000-1499 18 around half of the tuition time as sixth formers in other leading economies.6 700-999 5 35 % of students who are disadvantaged²’³ 30 25 Sixth form colleges 22% 20 and 16-19 academies 19% 7% Non-selective school/ 15 academy sixth forms 10 Selective school/ Tuition hours per week Tuition academy sixth forms 5 0 England Canada Singapore Shanghai 16-19 performance Higher Education Sixth form colleges and 16-19 academies are responsible Progression rate9 for educating over a fifth (21%) of A Level students in the mainstream state sector in England each year and help 88% their students to achieve better exam results than all Sixth form colleges other non-selective providers.7 82% and 16-19 academies All other schools and colleges A level delivery in England 49% 36% Academy sixth forms 53% (131,344 students) 21% Sixth form colleges Overall UK higher 14% and 16-19 academies education or education employment / institution 11% (52,329 students) training destination School sixth forms (35,809 students) Progression rate of disadvantaged students Other (28,299 students) 83% 73% 46% 24% Average A-level point score 33.8 Overall UK higher education or education per entry employment / institution 31.8 training destination Average A-level Progression of students in higher education 10 value-added 0.04 for all students -0.01 % continuing to study for a second year Disadvantaged Institution All universities students Sixth form colleges Academy and school and 16-19 academies sixth forms Sixth form college and 16-19 academy 89% 88% students State school or Progress in English and maths8 88% 84% college students The English and maths progress measure looks at attainment in these subjects at the end of 16-19 study, compared to attainment at the end of key stage 4, for students who did not achieve a GCSE grade 4-9. Institution English Maths Sixth form colleges 0.46 0.41 Academy and school 0.44 0.34 sixth forms Our members 4 North-West Region Roman Catholic Sixth Form Colleges are indicated by a • 18 16 20 12 North-East Region 23 9 14 24 North-West Region East Region 2 Midlands Region 1 Aquinas College • 61 Abbeygate Sixth Form 7 East Region 1 2 Ashton Sixth Form College College London Region 3 Birkenhead Sixth Form 62 East Norfolk Sixth Form College College South-East Region 38 63 Hills Road Sixth Form 4 Bolton Sixth Form College 28 South-West Region College 42 5 Cardinal Newman College • 40 43 64 Long Road Sixth Form 6 Carmel College • 43 College 7 Connell Co-op College 65 Luton Sixth Form College 8 The Cheadle and Marple 41 66 Network One Sixth Form College 67 9 Holy Cross College • The Sixth Form College, Colchester 10 Hugh Baird College 13 35 68 USP College 22 5 19 39 27 29 (South Sefton Campus) 37 46 45 17 10 32 26 11 Loreto College • 31 London Region 36 33 12 Nelson and Colne College 11 25 30 13 Oldham Sixth Form College 69 BSix Sixth Form College 34 3 6 44 15 14 Priestley College 70 Christ the King Sixth Form 21 8 8 15 Rochdale Sixth Form College College • 56 16 Runshaw College 71 City and Islington College 50 47 17 St John Rigby College • 72 Coulsdon Sixth Form College 56 18 St Mary's College, Blackburn • 73 Haringey Sixth Form College 74 57 19 Salford City College Havering Colleges Sixth 51 Form 62 20 Sir John Deane's College 60 55 53 54 75 Leyton Sixth Form College 21 Southport College 48 58 76 Newham Sixth Form College 22 The Blackpool Sixth Form 61 College 77 St Charles Catholic Sixth 59 63 Form College • 64 23 Winstanley College 52 66 78 St Dominic's Sixth Form 24 Xaverian College • 49 College • 65 67 North-East Region 79 St Francis Xavier Sixth Form College • 68 25 80 106 68 Barnsley College Shooters Hill Sixth Form 101 26 CAPA College College 104 91 86 27 Dixons Sixth Form Academy 81 Sir George Monoux College 105 98 87 88 28 Durham Sixth Form Centre 82 William Morris Sixth Form 103 96 92 89 29 Elliot Hudson College 83 Woodhouse College 99 93 94 94 30 100 84 Franklin College 95 90 97 85 31 Greenhead College South-East Region 102 32 Huddersfield New College 84 Bexhill Sixth Form College 33 John Leggott Sixth Form 85 Brighton Hove and Sussex College Sixth Form College 34 Longley Park Sixth Form 86 Esher Sixth Form College College 81 87 Godalming College 73 83 35 78 75 New College Bradford 69 74 88 Reigate Sixth Form College 71 36 New College Doncaster 82 76 89 The College of Richard 77 80 37 New College Pontefract Collyer 38 Newcastle Sixth Form 90 Varndean College College 79 70 91 Woking College 72 39 Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College • South-West Region 40 Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College 92 Alton College 41 Scarborough Sixth Form 93 Barton Peveril Sixth Form College College 42 Bede Sixth Form College 94 Havant and South Downs 43 Prior Pursglove and Stockton College Data Sources Sixth Form College 95 Itchen Sixth Form College 44 Thomas Rotherham College 96 Peter Symonds College 1 Education Funding Agency, 16-19 allocation data, 6 UCL Institute of Education, Tuition time in upper 45 Wilberforce Sixth Form 97 Portsmouth College 2019 to 2020 academic year: https://www.gov. secondary education (16-19): Comparing six College 98 Queen Mary's College uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation- national education systems, updated October data-2019-to-2020-academic-year 2016: https://sfcawebsite.s3.amazonaws.com/ 46 Wyke Sixth Form College 99 Richard Huish College uploads/document/Tuition-time-in-upper- 2 SFCA analysis of DfE performance tables, 2018 to Midlands Region 100 Richard Taunton Sixth Form secondary-education-2016.pdf?t=1545389697 College 2019. https://www.compare-school-performance. service.gov.uk/download-data?currentstep=ye 7 Numbers of A-level students found in the 47 Bilborough Sixth Form 101 St Brendan's Sixth Form ar&regiontype=beforeStep&la=&downloadYe mainstream state sector at the end of 16-18 College College • ar=2018-20198 study found in DfE performance tables, 2018 to 2019: https://www.compare-school-performance. 48 Cadbury Sixth Form College 102 St Vincent College 3 This measure looks at students' status in their service.gov.uk/download-data?currentstep 49 Cirencester College 103 Salisbury Sixth Form College final year of 16-18 study. Disadvantaged pupils =year&regiontype=beforeStep&la=&down are defined as those who were eligible for free 50 City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth 104 The Henley College loadYear=2018-2019. To make meaningful school meals at any point in the previous six Form College comparisons, grammar schools were excluded 105 The Sixth Form College years or have been looked after by their local from the analysis because their students have 51 Gateway Sixth Form College Farnborough authority. These are students who would have much higher levels of prior attainment (GCSE 52 Hereford Sixth Form College attracted the Pupil Premium in their last year results) than other providers, and much lower of KS4. 53 Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Wales levels of Free School Meal eligibility. Form College 4 DfE schools block allocations indicate that grant 8 Analysis of GCSE English and maths data from 106 St David's Catholic Sixth funding per student in secondary schools is 54 King Edward VI College DfE performance tables, 2018 to 2019: https:// Form College • £5371, compared to an average of £4860 per Nuneaton www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.