Early provisional results provided by schools and colleges last summer had indicated students taking A-Levels in 2013-14 were very successful, with 98 per cent achieving the target of two A* to E passes at A-Level, or their vocational equivalent, a seven percentage point improvement on the 91 per cent result in 2013.
The Department for Education has today released the finalised verified A-Level results.
Compared with the rest of the country (79.5%), the Isle of Wight is 12.6% points behind for those achieving 3 A-levels at A*-E (66.9%).
For those achieving 2 A levels A*-E the Isle of Wight is just 6.9% behing the rest of the country (92.4%) and for those achieving 1 A-level A*-E, the Isle of Wight is the same as the rest of the country, scoring 99.6%.
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Paperwork supporting the latest consultation on school places reveals that those taking vocational or skills-based further education do very well on the Isle of Wight.
However, as reported at the end of last year, the outcomes of higher education for young people on the Isle of Wight after taking A-Levels is shockingly low (27%) compared the average in the UK (44%).
Update 15.25:
Thanks to OnTheWight contributor, Wendy Varley, it has been discovered that the 27% statistic quoted at the Scrutiny Meeting and in the consultation document is actually from 2011.
Later stats (2012/13) reveal 49% of A-Level students going to higher education institution; 18% to top third institutions; 10% to Russell Group (not including Oxford & Cambridge); 1% Oxford or Cambridge.
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