Crawford, Claire; (2014) The link between secondary school characteristics and university participation and outcomes. Department for Education: London, UK.

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Previous research has shown that prior attainment – particularly at Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 – plays a key role in helping to explain why some young people are more likely to go to university than others (and why some perform better than others once they are there). This suggests that what happens earlier in an individual’s life is likely to be a crucial determinant of their subsequent educational choices and progress. What is less clear from the existing evidence, however, is what role schools might play in helping to explain why some groups of young people are more likely to access and achieve at university than others. This report uses linked individual-level administrative data from schools and universities to document the relationships between a variety of secondary school characteristics of interest and higher education (HE) participation rates and university outcomes. Perhaps more importantly, we also explore what drives the relationships that we observe.

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