Cross Border Flows in Education, 2007/08

The key points from the latest release are:

Pupils at maintained primary, secondary and special schools (1)

• There has been a small net outflow of between 140 and 300 pupils from Wales to England in each year since 2003/04.

Learners in post-16 Education and Training (excluding HEIs)

• Data for full-time Further Education (FE), Work-based Learning (WBL) and school Sixth Form learners shows a net outflow of learners from Wales.
• Outflow increased by 57 per cent in the FE and WBL cohort, between 2006/07 and 2007/08.

Students in Higher Education Institutions

• Wales is a net importer of full-time students. In 2007/08, around 17,200 Welsh students were at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) outside of Wales whilst around 26,300 students from the UK outside of Wales studied in Wales.
• Around two-thirds of Welsh domiciled students chose to study in Wales, the vast majority of the remainder studied in England.
• Over two fifths of students at Welsh HEIs were domiciled in England.

(1) 2008/09 data appear in the schools section.

Contact:

Tel: 029 2082 3528
E-mail: post16ed.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk

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