/rsgateway/index.shtml Department for children, schools and families Analytical Services produce a wide range of statistics covering education, training and life-long learning en-gb (C) Crown copyright. http://www.dfes.gov.uk/copyright/ Thursday, 03 July 2008 10:47:35 BST 2008-07-03/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000799/index.shtmlThe latest national statistics on the Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education, produced by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) in collaboration with statisticians from the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS), the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG), the Scottish Government (SG), and the Department for Employment and Learning Northern Ireland (DELNI) were released on 3 July 2008 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

Statistics on Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education courses include data for the UK, as well as for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland separately, and show the first destinations of HE graduates six months after graduation (ie. the number in employment, further study or unemployed). The latest statistics cover graduates who qualified in the 2006/07 academic year, and update the statistics previously released on 10 July 2007.

The key points from the latest release are:

• In 2006/07, there were 190,385 full-time first degree graduates whose destinations were known, compared to 188,330 in 2005/06. In 2006/07, 64% (121,340) were in employment only, the same as in 2005/06; 9% (16,565) were in a combination of work and study, 8 0n 2005/06; 16% (30,995) were involved in further study only, the same as in 2005/06; and 6% (11,020) were assumed to be unemployed, the same as in 2005/06.
  
  
• Of those first degree graduates (both full-time and part-time) reported as being in full-time paid employment in the UK in 2006/07, 51 0isclosed their salary. The median salary reported (to the nearest £500) was £19,000, (£18,000 in 2005/06). The lower quartile was £15,000 and the upper quartile £23,000. The mean salary was £20,000 (£19,500 in 2005/06).

2008-06-26/rsgateway/DB/SBU/b000796/index.shtmlStatistics on school composition are published as The Composition of Schools in England and include data from England.

The latest statistics report on the period 2006/2007 but also includes time series data from 1997. This is a one off publication and does not update any existing analysis, every year our unit produces a bulletin on a different topic.

The key points from the latest release are:

This bulletin looks at how pupils are distributed between schools. The bulletin covers analyses on several different questions including:

• How pupils are segmented by school type.
• The migration of pupils between Local Authorities in the transition between primary and secondary education.
• How representative schools are of their Local Authority and local areas.
• The distance pupils travel to get to school.

2008-06-26/rsgateway/DB/SBU/b000795/index.shtmlStatistics based on survey responses to YCS and LSYPE have been published as 'Youth Cohort Study & Longitudinal Study of Young People in England: The Activities and Experiences of 16 year olds: England 2007' and brings together data about the family environment, attitudes to school, risky behaviours, engagement, attainment and post-16 participation.

This is the first publication of official statistics from LSYPE and covers the period 2004 to 2007. It also updates for 2007 a regular Statistical First Release (SFR) on the attainment and activities of 16 year olds, which has, since 1985, been based on the YCS.

The key points from the latest release are:

• Family, Aspirations and Intentions
  The aspirations of young people and their parents are closely related. Substantially more young people want to stay on in full time education than eventually do so (84 per cent versus 72) and the gap is largest for those from lower socio-economic groups. Relationships with parents and family activities, exemplified by eating dinner together, show a significant association with GCSE attainment and one that does not reflect only socio-economic differences. Significant proportions of parents are not fully aware of the Special Educational Needs (SEN) status of their child.
  
  
• Attitudes to school, risky behaviours and activities
  There are strong relationships between attitudes to school and subsequent truanting, between truanting and risky behaviours, and between risky behaviours and poor outcomes. Exceptionally among the risky behaviours, drinking alcohol was not strongly related to poor outcomes. LSYPE was designed before the current focus and definition for young people engaging in positive activities. Nevertheless, participation in structured and other activities was 83 percent; however there is a gap in participation by social class, compounded by gender, and females from Bangladeshi and Pakistani ethnic groups participating least.
  
  
• Bullying
  There is a strong relationship between being bullied and poor outcomes at age 16. There are few obvious risk factors for being bullied and fewer young people from ethnic minorities are bullied than their White counterparts. The two largest risk factors for being bullied are SEN and disability.
  
  
• GCSE attainment and activity at age 16
  These analyses exemplify the multi-faceted nature of the influences on attainment and outcomes. They show that personal characteristics, socio-economic background, attitudes and behaviours all have strong relationships with attainment and participation outcomes. Truancy and poor GCSE attainment are high risk factors for not being in education, employment or training (NEET) at age 16. So too is disability, and much more so for males.