Factor
Ethnicity : White - English / Welsh / Scottish / Norther n Irish / British
Number of learners from Uni Connect areas with at least five GCSEs at grades A * to C
( or 9 to 4 )
Proportio n of learners from Uni Connect areas with at least five GCSEs at grades A * to C
( or 9 to 4
Number of learners from non-Uni Connect areas with at least five GCSEs at grades A * to C ( or 9 to 4 ) who did not attend a school with Uni Connect engagement
Proportion of learners from non-Uni Connect areas with at least five GCSEs at grades A * to C ( or 9 to 4 ) who did not attend a school with Uni Connect engagement
201,850 77.3 % 712,925 65.1 %
Ethnicity : White - Irish 480 0.2 % 5,260 0.5 %
Free School Meal Status : Not Receiving FSM
Free School Meal Status : Receiving FSM
191,330 73.2 % 905,830 82.8 %
69,880 26.8 % 188,635 17.2 %
5 . Table B3 below shows the number of learners in the Key Stage 4 population living in POLAR3 quintile 1 areas and the number living in quintile 5 areas for each cohort applying at age 18 between the 2016 and 2021 UCAS application cycles . These are the underlying numbers of learners from which the application rates , high tariff application rates and placed rates in Figures 2 to 5 are calculated .
Table B3 : Number of English 16-year-old learners in Key Stage 4 population living in POLAR3 quintiles 1 and 5
UCAS application cycle
GCSE summer
Number of Key Stage 4 learners in POLAR3 quintile 1 areas
Number of Key Stage 4 learners in POLAR3 quintile 5 areas
2016 2014 107,885 100,795 2017 2015 106,535 100,365 2018 2016 103,170 98,925 2019 2017 99,245 97,175 2020 2018 98,655 96,725 2021 2019 102,275 100,320
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