Table 2.
Percentage of applicants with an accepted offer for medical school by UK country according to four measures of socioeconomic status (SES)
| England (n = 7772)1 | Scotland (n = 1315) | Wales (n = 467)1 | N. Ireland (n = 883) | UK (n = 10437) | UK selection ratio (accepted offers: applicants) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IMD decile (postcode assigned SES) | ||||||
| 1 deprived | 3.5 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 0.60 |
| 2 | 5.2 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 4.5 | 0.66 |
| 3 | 5.9 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 0.79 |
| 4 | 6.9 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 0.88 |
| 5 | 7.9 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 0.94 |
| 6 | 9.1 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 0.95 |
| 7 | 10.6 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 10.1 | 1.08 |
| 8 | 12.5 | 12.1 | 9.4 | 11.9 | 12.3 | 1.09 |
| 9 | 15.4 | 18.9 | 17.6 | 17.4 | 16.1 | 1.11 |
| 10 affluent | 22.9 | 35.5 | 37.7 | 33.5 | 26.1 | 1.19 |
| School typea | ||||||
| Independent | 29.0 | 34.8 | 13.9 | 0.1 | 26.6 | 1.09 |
| State | 68.2 | 61.0 | 82.2 | 96.3 | 70.3 | 0.97 |
| Grammar | 22.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 92.1 | 24.3 | 1.15 |
| Comp/FEC/SFC | 46.0 | 60.9 | 82.0 | 4.2 | 46.0 | 0.89 |
| Missing/Unknown/Other | 2.9 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 0.97 |
| Parental NS-SEC | ||||||
| 1 Higher managerial/admin & professional | 78.3 | 86.2 | 83.9 | 81.4 | 79.8 | 1.06 |
| 2 Intermediate | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 0.94 |
| 3 Small employers, own account workers | 4.7 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 0.83 |
| 4 Lower supervisory and technical | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.79 |
| 5 Semi-routine and routine | 2.0 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0.59 |
| Missing | 9.2 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 8.1 | 0.82 |
aIndependent schools are fee-paying and mainly select by academic ability. State schools are government funded and free to use. Grammar schools select by academic ability. Comp/FEC/Other refers to comprehensive schools (non-selective), further education colleges (which provide non-selective education to some 16–18 year olds), other refers to a range of other school types including sixth-form colleges (which only provide education to 16–18 year olds