Get the facts: Education
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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Nearly 2 million more children are in good or outstanding schools since 2010
The progress is influenced by Ofsted’s changing inspection practices.
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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.
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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 …
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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.
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Is social mobility in England still all about the North/South divide?
A report by the Social Mobility Commission says there isn’t a simple north/south divide on social mobility.
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Has the number of people starting apprenticeships fallen?
Yes. Apprenticeship starts in May to July this year were 59% lower than in the same period last year.
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