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Further Education

Volume 959: debated on Monday 27 November 1978

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Mr. George

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of pupils in secondary schools in each local education authority go on to further or higher education.

Mr. Oakes

The percentage of pupils leaving maintained secondary schools in England in 1977 who were reported as intending to go on to further or higher education is given below for each local education authority with 4,000 or more leavers. The total number of school leavers in each authority listed is also shown, together with the percentage of leavers whose destination was unknown. These figures are all estimates derived from a 10 per cent. sample of school leavers, and corresponding estimates for the authorities with fewer than 4,000 leavers could be subject to unacceptably large sampling errors.

Any valid comparison between one authority and another would need to take account of local differences, for example, in the socio-economic structure of the

Percentage of leavers going to: Full-time:

All leavers during the academic year 1976–77

further education

Unknown destination

1.Avon……… 11,9301811
2.Bedfordshire ……… 6,5502212
3.Berkshire ………9,300245
4.Birmingham ………17,0501516
5.Bradford………7,3101415
6.Buckinghamshire ……… 7,270307
7.Cambridgeshire.………7,190197
8. Cheshire.………13,0902112
9. Cleveland.……… 11,030139
10. Cornwall ………5,270326
11.Coventry.………5,3701912
12.Croydon.………4,4602113
13.Cumbria.………7,710194
14.Derbyshire.………12,660196
15.Devon.………11,990277
16.Doncaster.………5,0201412
17.Dorset.………7,430257
18.Dudley.………4,180226
19.Durham.………9,220159
20.East Sussex ………6,6702510
21.Essex………20,090179
22.Gloucestershire………7,370223
23.Hampshire………20,170208
24.Havering………4,070168
25.Hereford and Worcester………8,450277
26.Hertfordshire ………14,790288
27.Humberside ………13,840148
28.ILEA………31,9101419
29.Kent ………21,120265
30.Kirklees………4,990194
31.Lancashire………18,290239
32.Leeds………10,780169
33.Leicestershire……… 12,250IX17
34.Lincolnshire ………7,870238
35.Liverpool………9,910147
36.Manchester……… 7,7901115
37.Newcastle-upon-Tyne……… 4,040119
38.Norfolk……… 8,550228
39.Northamptonshire………7,620179
40.Northumberland ………4,120173
41.North Yorkshire……… 9,200259
42.Nottinghamshire ………14,770176
43.Oxfordshire ………6,600234
44.Salford………4,330118
45.Salop………4,920285
46.Sandwell……… 5,160126
47.Sefton……… 4,770225
48.Sheffield………8,490168
49.Somerset………5,060304
50.Staffordshire………14,770204
51.Stockport ……… 4,1702112
52.Suffolk………7,510178
53.Sunderland ………4,9801311
54.Surrey………12,9001912
55.Wakefield ……… 4,500162
56.Walsall……… 5,000139
57.Warwickshire ………7,180285
58.West Sussex ………8,210236
59.Wigan………5,040214
60.Wiltshire.………7,530216
61.Wirral………5,1402112
62.Wolverhampton………4,470215
63.England……… 665,130199

populations, as well as differences in the proportion of pupils whose destination was unknown and the possible effect of statistical sampling errors.