Latest Department for Education figures show the proportion of care leavers that took up places at university this autumn was lower than in 2014.
While around half of all young people now go to university, the DfE data shows just six per cent of care leavers aged 19 to 21 go on to higher education. The data shows that five per cent of 19-year-old care leavers (470 of 8,600) entered higher education in 2015, compared with six per cent in 2014. For 20- and 21-year-old care leavers the seven per cent that attended university in 2015 was the same rate as last year.
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