Pupil Destinations from Schools in Wales, 2011

Statistics on pupil destinations from schools include data for Wales as at 31 October 2011. The latest release updates the statistics previously released in April 2011.

The key points from the latest release are:

Year 11 cohort

• Overall, 85 per cent of the year 11 cohort continued in full-time education (83 per cent in 2010), continuing the general increase seen in recent years.
• 91 per cent entered into some form of continued full-time learning, either in full-time education or Government supported work-based training (90 per cent in 2010).
• A further 2 per cent entered employment without Government supported training (similar to 2010).
• 4 per cent of the cohort were known not to be in education, training or employment (5 per cent in 2010).

Year 13 cohort (students in the second year of a school sixth form only)
Overall, 55 per cent of the year 13 cohort entered a higher education institution, excluding those taking a gap year, compared with 56 per cent in 2010.

• 81 per cent entered into some form of continued full-time learning, either in full-time education or Government supported work-based training (80 per cent in 2010).
• A further 9 per cent entered employment without Government supported training (the same as in 2010).
• 7 per cent of the cohort were known not to be in education, training or employment (similar to 2010).
• Of those continuing in full-time education in 2010, 69 per cent entered a higher education institution, 2 per cent formally deferred their entry into higher education, 15 per cent continued in a school sixth form and 14 per cent entered a further education institution.

The results of this study are not classified as National Statistics.

Further information

Careers Wales website: Pupil Destinations from Schools in Wales 2011

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 3357
E-mail: post16ed.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

April 2013 (provisional - to be confirmed on the 'Due Out Soon' page)