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Educational background (UK applicants only)

School or college type of applicants and accepted applicants over five years

Applicants
Educational sector	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Further Education	123,906	102,452	103,824	101,366	89,780
Grammar School	28,390	32,318	33,602	33,305	31,982
Higher Education	10,320	1,215	839	842	-
Independent	38,267	42,018	43,848	42,386	38,410
Other	72,949	85,080	100,478	151,702	187,525
Sixth Form College	51,599	82,477	91,582	91,190	85,148
State exc Grammar	128,717	156,901	170,112	166,030	156,505
Total	454,148	502,461	544,285	586,821	589,350

Accepted applicants
Educational sector	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Further Education	93,588	77,563	76,647	70,897	66,057
Grammar School	24,718	28,074	28,606	27,488	27,503
Higher Education	6,490	922	611	563	-
Independent	32,661	35,363	36,043	34,357	32,421
Other	56,225	65,295	71,983	93,227	111,422
Sixth Form College	43,825	68,078	73,741	70,471	68,033
State exc Grammar	107,037	129,729	137,432	127,631	125,799
Total	364,544	405,024	425,063	424,634	431,235

Applicants - expressed as percentages
Educational sector	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Further Education	27.3%	20.4%	19.1%	17.3%	15.2%
Grammar School	6.3%	6.4%	6.2%	5.7%	5.4%
Higher Education	2.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
Independent	8.4%	8.4%	8.1%	7.2%	6.5%
Other	16.1%	16.9%	18.5%	25.9%	31.8%
Sixth Form College	11.4%	16.4%	16.8%	15.5%	14.4%
State exc Grammar	28.3%	31.2%	31.3%	28.3%	26.6%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

Accepted applicants - expressed as percentages
Educational sector	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Further Education	25.7%	19.2%	18.0%	16.7%	15.3%
Grammar School	6.8%	6.9%	6.7%	6.5%	6.4%
Higher Education	1.8%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
Independent	9.0%	8.7%	8.5%	8.1%	7.5%
Other	15.4%	16.1%	16.9%	22.0%	25.8%
Sixth Form College	12.0%	16.8%	17.3%	16.6%	15.8%
State exc Grammar	29.4%	32.0%	32.3%	30.1%	29.2%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%