Editing South West England (section)

==Education==

===Schools===
{{See also|List of schools in England#South West of England}}

===Secondary education===

The South West has a below average rate of attainment in GCSE (and equivalent) examinations, with the lowest regional performance in England from 2009 to 2012.<ref name="education.gov.uk">[http://www.education.gov.uk/inyourarea/results/nat_921_gors_3.shtml Education and Skills In Your Area - England] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212004213/http://www.education.gov.uk/inyourarea/results/nat_921_gors_3.shtml |date=12 February 2014 }} DfE</ref> In 2012, [[South Hams]] had the highest percentage of pupils achieving 5 or more GCSEs at grade A*-C at 86%, whilst [[Purbeck District|Purbeck]] had the lowest at 70%.<ref>[http://www.education.gov.uk/inyourarea/results/gor_K_las_3.shtml Education and Skills In Your Area - South West Region] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221084459/http://www.education.gov.uk/inyourarea/results/gor_K_las_3.shtml |date=21 February 2014 }} DfE</ref>

The region has an above average rate of attainment in A-Level (and equivalent) examinations, having outperformed the [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]], [[East Midlands]], [[North East England|North East]] and [[London]] in 2012.<ref name="education.gov.uk"/>

===Further education===
There are around 29 [[further education]] colleges in the region.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findfe.com/searches.php?country=12|title=Further Education Finder|website=findfe.com|access-date=20 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202184744/http://findfe.com/searches.php?country=12|archive-date=2 February 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Higher education===
[[File:Uni.of.bath.campus.arp.jpg|thumb|right|University of Bath]]
There are twelve universities in the region:
* [[Arts University Bournemouth]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Arts University Bournemouth|url=http://aub.ac.uk/|publisher=Arts University Bournemouth|access-date=2 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515205116/https://aub.ac.uk/|archive-date=15 May 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Bournemouth University]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Bournemouth University|url=https://www1.bournemouth.ac.uk/|publisher=Bournemouth University|access-date=2 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150126101141/https://www1.bournemouth.ac.uk/|archive-date=26 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Bath Spa University]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Bath Spa University|url=http://www.bathspa.ac.uk/|publisher=Bath Spa University|access-date=2 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209010101/http://www.bathspa.ac.uk/|archive-date=9 December 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[University of Bath]]<ref>{{cite web|title=University of Bath|url=http://www.bath.ac.uk/|publisher=University of Bath|access-date=2 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101225717/http://www.bath.ac.uk/|archive-date=1 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[University of Bristol]]<ref>{{cite web|title=University of Bristol|url=http://bristol.ac.uk/|publisher=University of Bristol|access-date=2 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101232831/http://www.bristol.ac.uk/|archive-date=1 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Camborne School of Mines]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Camborne School of Mines|url=https://www.exeter.ac.uk/cornwall/research/facilitiesandcentres/csm/|access-date=23 April 2020}}</ref> Part of the University of Exeter.
* [[University of Exeter]]<ref>{{cite web|title=University of Exeter|url=http://www.exeter.ac.uk/|publisher=University of Exeter|access-date=2 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151231183949/http://www.exeter.ac.uk/|archive-date=31 December 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Falmouth University]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Falmouth University|url=http://www.falmouth.ac.uk/|publisher=Falmouth University|access-date=2 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102042858/http://www.falmouth.ac.uk/|archive-date=2 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[University of Gloucestershire]]<ref>{{cite web|title=University of Gloucestershire|url=http://www.glos.ac.uk/|publisher=University of Gloucestershire|access-date=2 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041128020127/http://www.glos.ac.uk/|archive-date=28 November 2004|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[The University of Law]]<ref>{{cite web|title=University of Law|url=http://www.law.ac.uk/|publisher=University of Law|access-date=2 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151229223313/http://www.law.ac.uk/|archive-date=29 December 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[University of Plymouth]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Plymouth University|url=https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/|publisher=Plymouth University|access-date=2 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110201009/https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/|archive-date=10 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Plymouth Marjon University]]<ref>{{cite web|title=University of St Mark & St John|url=http://www.marjon.ac.uk/|publisher=University of St Mark & St John|access-date=2 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226152743/http://marjon.ac.uk/|archive-date=26 December 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Royal Agricultural University]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Royal Agricultural University|url=https://www.rau.ac.uk/|publisher=Royal Agricultural University|access-date=2 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226190856/https://www.rau.ac.uk/|archive-date=26 December 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[University of the West of England]] (UWE)<ref>{{cite web|title=University of the West of England|url=http://www.uwe.ac.uk/|publisher=University of the West of England|access-date=2 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102032245/http://uwe.ac.uk/|archive-date=2 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

There are also four higher education colleges. The region has the lowest number of people registered on higher education courses at FE colleges.

The University of Bristol receives the most total funding, according to [[Higher Education Funding Council for England]] figures for the 2006/2007 academic year,  and the largest research grant—twice as big as any other in the region.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/2007/07_18/outputSW.pdf | publisher= HEFCE | work= Regional profiles of higher education 2007 | title= South West Region | access-date= 31 March 2010 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091112183516/http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/2007/07_18/outputSW.pdf | archive-date= 12 November 2009 | url-status= live }}</ref> Bath has the next largest research grant, closely followed by Exeter. UWE and Plymouth get small research grants, but no other universities in the region receive much of a research grant. The University of Plymouth has the largest teaching grant.

Of the region's students (postgraduate and undergraduate), 50% are from the region, and around 40% from other regions. For full-time first degree students, 35% come from the region, around 22% are from [[South East England]], and 8% are from London. Including the [[East of England]], around 70% are from [[Southern England]]. 10% are from the [[English Midlands|Midlands]], and 5% from [[Northern England]]. The main access for students from the north is the [[Cross Country Route]]. Around 33% of native South West students stay in the region, with 18% going to the South East (around 60% stay in the south of England). Around 14% go to Wales, but very few go to the East of England. Access by road or rail to the East of England region is not straightforward, with around the same amount of travel as to Scotland. Many more native South West students are prepared to go to the north of England, than northern students are prepared to study in the South West. Once graduated, around 50% stay in the region, with 15% each going to London or the South East (around 80% find work in the south of England). Very few go elsewhere (especially the north of England); around 4% go to the West Midlands or Wales.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}