Editing East Midlands (section)

==Education==
[[File:Sponne School.jpg|thumb|220px|right|[[Sponne School]], in [[Towcester]]]]

===Secondary education===
Most secondary schools in the East Midlands are [[comprehensive school|comprehensives]], although Lincolnshire retains fifteen state [[grammar school]]s.

There are around 180,000 students in the region's secondary schools; this is the second lowest number of students in a region in England, after the [[North East England|North East]], and more than 100,000 lower than the figure for the [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]]. Some of the East Midlands' urban secondary schools hold [[truancy]] rates above that of the national average, whereas truancy rates in the region's rural secondary schools tend to be lower than the national average.

Nottingham City schools tend to perform less well in terms of [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]] standards, with some Leicester schools suffering a similar problem. Rutland (amongst the highest-performing areas in the region where GCSE standards are concerned) has one of the highest percentages of pupils reaching the threshold of five grade A–C GCSEs (including Maths and English) in England. On a District Council level, [[Rushcliffe]] in Nottinghamshire tends to attain some of the region's best GCSE results. Leicestershire and Derbyshire also regularly tend to produce GCSE results at a standard greater than the national average.

At [[GCE Advanced Level|A-level]], Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Derbyshire regularly generate results greater than the national average. Nottingham tends to produce better results at A-level than it does at GCSE.

There are eighteen [[further education]] colleges in the region, including: [[New College Nottingham]], [[Central College Nottingham]], [[Leicester College]], and [[Lincoln College, Lincolnshire|Lincoln College]].

The regional [[Learning and Skills Council]] was headquartered at the Meridian Business Park in [[Braunstone Town]], southwest of Leicester. The LSC has been replaced by the [[Young People's Learning Agency]],<ref>[http://www.ypla.gov.uk/regions/em/ YPLA East Midlands] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215122456/http://www.ypla.gov.uk/regions/em/ |date=15 December 2011 }}</ref> and the [[Skills Funding Agency]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.emgate.org.uk/ |title=East Midlands Gifted and Talented Partnership |access-date=6 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304115145/http://www.emgate.org.uk/ |archive-date=4 March 2011 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

===Top twenty state schools in the East Midlands (2015 A-level results)===
[[File:Nottingham University from Highfields Park - geograph.org.uk - 54074.jpg|thumb|220px|right|The [[University of Nottingham]]'s [[Trent Building]]]]
[[File:Centralparklboro.jpg|thumb|right|220px|[[Loughborough University]] is recognised for its green campus.]]
[[File:University of Leicester towers 2010.jpg|thumb|220px|right|[[University of Leicester]]]]
#[[Caistor Grammar School]] (1079)
#[[The Becket School]], [[West Bridgford]]
#[[Brooke Weston Academy]]
#[[The King's School, Grantham]]
#[[Kesteven and Sleaford High School]]
#[[Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Ashbourne]]
#[[West Bridgford School]]
#[[The Ecclesbourne School]]
#[[Queen Elizabeth's High School]], [[Gainsborough, Lincolnshire|Gainsborough]]
#[[William Farr School]], [[Welton, Lincolnshire|Welton]]
#[[The Priory Academy LSST]], [[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]]
#[[King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth]]
#[[Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Alford]]
#[[Spalding High School (UK)|Spalding High School]]
#[[Branston Community Academy]]
#[[Lady Manners School]], [[Bakewell]]
#[[Anthony Gell School]], [[Wirksworth]]
#[[Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School]]
#[[Bourne Grammar School]]
#[[Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle]] (858)

===Universities===
[[File:Brackenhurst Hall - geograph.org.uk - 839809.jpg|thumb|180px|right|Brackenhurst Hall — [[Nottingham Trent University]]'s agricultural college in [[Southwell, Nottinghamshire|Southwell]]]]
The East Midlands' universities include:
; [[University of Nottingham]] : The region's largest university by student population, with around 33,000 students. The university is often ranked in the British top seven for research power. It is famous for its academic reputation, consistently ranking highly in university league tables. It is the only [[Russell Group]] university in the East Midlands. The university has produced several [[Nobel Prize]] winners.
; [[Loughborough University]] : In addition to its more traditional academic work, Loughborough University is well-regarded for its sporting heritage. One notable sporting alumna is British gold-medallist [[Paula Radcliffe]]. The [[British Olympic Association|British Olympic]] athletics team trained at the university as part of their preparations for the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]. The [[adidas Jabulani]] football, the official football for the [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010 World Cup]], was designed in the university's [[Sports Technology Institute]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lboro.ac.uk/service/publicity/news-releases/2009/169_adidas-jabulani.html |title=Loughborough Jabulani |access-date=22 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724004104/http://www.lboro.ac.uk/service/publicity/news-releases/2009/169_adidas-jabulani.html |archive-date=24 July 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
; [[Nottingham Trent University]] : Nottingham Trent University is the East Midlands' second largest university (and one of the largest universities in the United Kingdom), with a student population of approximately 24,000.
; [[University of Leicester]] : The university has established itself as a leading research-led university and has been named University of the Year of 2008 by the Times Higher Education. The University of Leicester is also the only university ever to have won a Times Higher Education award in seven consecutive years. The university is most famous for the invention of genetic fingerprinting DNA, the discovery of the remains of King Richard III and Space research. It houses Europe's biggest academic centre for space research, in which space probes have been built, most notably the Mars Lander Beagle 2, which was built in collaboration with the Open University. It is a founding partner of the National Space Centre which is based in Leicester.
; [[De Montfort University]] : The region's third largest university. It is a public research and teaching university. The university has one of the largest numbers of Teacher Fellows of any UK university and was awarded Centre of Excellence status for its performance practice teaching and student support
; [[University of Northampton]] : The only university in [[Northamptonshire]], with two campuses in [[Northampton]] and a developing partnership with [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]].
; [[University of Derby]] : Formerly a centre and college for teacher training, Derby University works closely with businesses of the area with its University of Derby–Corporate programme and has a history of academics dating back to 1851.
; [[University of Lincoln]] : An English university founded in 1992, with origins tracing back to the foundation and association with the [[Hull School of Art]] 1861.
; [[Bishop Grosseteste University]] : The newest university in the East Midlands, formerly a university college.

The region has the lowest proportion of part-time students in England. The region has a higher influx of young people into the region at the university stage than out of the region into other regions' universities. Only 25% of the region's students undertaking a first degree are native to the region.