Educational background (UK applicants only)
School or college type of applicants and accepted applicants
Educational background is determined by the classification of the applicant's educational establishment. The classification of each educational establishment can change from cycle to cycle. The Academy category is introduced for reporting purposes for the first time in the 2012 cycle.
Applicants
| Educational background | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| Academy | - | - | - | - | - | 36,292 |
| Further Education | 123,906 | 102,452 | 103,824 | 101,366 | 89,780 | 82,045 |
| Grammar School | 28,390 | 32,318 | 33,602 | 33,305 | 31,982 | 21,786 |
| Higher Education | 10,320 | 1,215 | 839 | 842 | - | - |
| Independent | 38,267 | 42,018 | 43,848 | 42,386 | 38,410 | 36,068 |
| Other | 72,949 | 85,080 | 100,478 | 151,702 | 187,525 | 170,936 |
| Sixth Form College | 51,599 | 82,477 | 91,582 | 91,190 | 85,148 | 79,230 |
| State exc Grammar | 128,717 | 156,901 | 170,112 | 166,030 | 156,505 | 118,395 |
| Total | 454,148 | 502,461 | 544,285 | 586,821 | 589,350 | 544,752 |
Accepted applicants
| Educational background | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| Academy | - | - | - | - | - | 30,488 |
| Further Education | 93,588 | 77,563 | 76,647 | 70,897 | 66,057 | 61,320 |
| Grammar School | 24,718 | 28,074 | 28,606 | 27,488 | 27,503 | 18,211 |
| Higher Education | 6,490 | 922 | 611 | 563 | - | - |
| Independent | 32,661 | 35,363 | 36,043 | 34,357 | 32,421 | 30,849 |
| Other | 56,225 | 65,295 | 71,983 | 93,227 | 111,422 | 107,147 |
| Sixth Form College | 43,825 | 68,078 | 73,741 | 70,471 | 68,033 | 63,929 |
| State exc Grammar | 107,037 | 129,729 | 137,432 | 127,631 | 125,799 | 95,447 |
| Total | 364,544 | 405,024 | 425,063 | 424,634 | 431,235 | 407,391 |
Applicants - expressed as percentages
| Educational background | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| Academy | - | - | - | - | - | 6.7% |
| Further Education | 27.3% | 20.4% | 19.1% | 17.3% | 15.2% | 15.1% |
| Grammar School | 6.3% | 6.4% | 6.2% | 5.7% | 5.4% | 4.0% |
| Higher Education | 2.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | - | - |
| Independent | 8.4% | 8.4% | 8.1% | 7.2% | 6.5% | 6.6% |
| Other | 16.1% | 16.9% | 18.5% | 25.9% | 31.8% | 31.4% |
| Sixth Form College | 11.4% | 16.4% | 16.8% | 15.5% | 14.4% | 14.5% |
| State exc Grammar | 28.3% | 31.2% | 31.3% | 28.3% | 26.6% | 21.7% |
| Total | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Accepted applicants - expressed as percentages
| Educational background | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| Academy | - | - | - | - | - | 7.5% |
| Further Education | 25.7% | 19.2% | 18.0% | 16.7% | 15.3% | 15.1% |
| Grammar School | 6.8% | 6.9% | 6.7% | 6.5% | 6.4% | 4.5% |
| Higher Education | 1.8% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | - | - |
| Independent | 9.0% | 8.7% | 8.5% | 8.1% | 7.5% | 7.6% |
| Other | 15.4% | 16.1% | 16.9% | 22.0% | 25.8% | 26.3% |
| Sixth Form College | 12.0% | 16.8% | 17.3% | 16.6% | 15.8% | 15.7% |
| State exc Grammar | 29.4% | 32.0% | 32.3% | 30.1% | 29.2% | 23.4% |
| Total | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
