THE UK BY NUMBERS
EDUCATION THE UK BY NUMBERS
We present an at-a-glance overview of the key issues in Britain today. In this issue our focus is on Education. All statistics are from the Higher Education statistics agency unless stated otherwise
Compulsory education
Germany and the Netherlands lead the world in the total number of years spent in compulsory education
Duration of compulsory education - International Source:
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12 15
0 3 6 9
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“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it” Aristotle
82% 15%
The proportion of 16-18 year-olds in education and training at the end of 2009 (Source: DfE - Department for Education, BIS)
Proportion of primary school classes with over 30 pupils in the South West and East Midlands - 2006/7 (Source: ONS)
Girls continued to perform better than boys at each Key Stage, with the widest gap in 2010 at Key Stage 3 (KS3), and the narrowest gap at Key Stage 4 (KS4). Children who were born earlier in the academic year had higher percentages achieving the CSI (Care Standard Inspectorate Wales) than those born later in the academic year at each Key Stage. Academic Achievement by Pupil Characteristics 2010 Welsh Government
Education leavers
In 2008/9 just over half of leavers from education entered full-time work with 10% in part time work and just over 15% going on to further study
Activity 2008/09 Source: Higher Education statistics agency
Assumed to be unemployed 7.6%
Further study only 15.4%
Work and further study 9.6%
Voluntary/unpaid work only 1.6%
Part-time paid work only 10.2%
Other 1.3%
Not available for employment 3.3%
Full-time paid work only 51%
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire” William Butler Yeats
18 SOCIETY NOW SUMMER 2011
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