Get the facts: Education

1 March 2018

Tuition fees and access to higher education

How have rising tuition fees affected the number of people going to university, and has it put off those from disadvantaged backgrounds?

Tuition fees and access to higher education

23 February 2018

6% of young first-time students drop out of university after their first year

Mature students are more likely to drop out of full-time degrees than younger students. Disadvantaged students are also more likely to drop out.

6% of young first-time students drop out of university after their first year

23 February 2018

About 17% of students are forecast to fully pay back their loans

About 83% of graduates will probably see some of their debt written off.

About 17% of students are forecast to fully pay back their loans

16 February 2018

Spending for adult skills fell by 40% between 2010 and 2015

This funding pays for “further education” such as classroom and workplace learning for people aged 19 and over.

Spending for adult skills fell by 40% between 2010 and 2015

16 February 2018

Exam stress for school children

Exam stress clearly affects children in the UK, and there’s some evidence from counselling services and school leaders that it’s a growing problem.

16 February 2018

Nearly 2 million more children are in good or outstanding schools since 2010

The progress is influenced by Ofsted’s changing inspection practices.

Nearly 2 million more children are in good or outstanding schools since 2010

6 February 2018

Spending on schools in England

Real-terms per pupil funding for schools stayed at roughly the same level from 2010/11 to 2015/16, and fell after that. Since 2017/18 it has flattened out.

29 January 2018

Are parents paying for free nursery places?

28% of childcare providers responding to a survey said they don’t provide entirely free childcare to parents whose children have places under the 30 hours free childcare scheme. These parents …

Are parents paying for free nursery places?

8 December 2017

Social mobility and universities

We looked at the proportion of private school pupils going to Oxford and getting top jobs and the proportion of students from disadvantaged backgrounds going to university.