MORI Schools Survey 2003, Sutton Trust, Topline Results
Young people who stay on at school or college in Years 12 and 13, until they are 18, can usually apply for a place at university to study for a degree. This is known as "going into higher education".
How likely or unlikely are you to go into higher education when you are old enough?
- 2,469 interviews were conducted among school children aged 11-16 in England and Wales
- Self-completion questionnaires were completed in 100 classroom sessions between 15 January and 12 March 2003
- Data have been weighted by gender, age and region
- Results are based on all respondents, unless otherwise stated
- An asterisk (*) represents a value of less than half a per cent, but not zero
- Where results do not sum to 100%, this may be due to multiple responses, computer rounding, or the exclusion of 'don't know/Not stated' response categories
| % | |
| Very likely | 40 |
| Fairly likely | 31 |
| Fairly unlikely | 8 |
| Very unlikely | 5 |
| Not sure either way yet | 14 |
| Not stated | 2 |
| Base: All who are unlikely to go into higher education (343) | % |
| I want to start earning money as soon as possible | 40 |
| I prefer to do something practical rather than studying from books | 39 |
| I do not need a degree to do the job(s) I am considering | 32 |
| I can get a well-paid job without a degree | 31 |
| I do not enjoy learning | 29 |
| I won't get good enough exam results to get into a university | 29 |
| I'm not clever enough | 28 |
| I don't like the idea of it | 24 |
| I don't know enough about it | 16 |
| I'm worried about getting into debt as a student | 14 |
| People like me are not expected to go to university | 11 |
| My parents did not go to university | 11 |
| Most of my friends are not planning to go to university | 9 |
| My family can't afford to pay for me to be a student | 9 |
| Someone from a university talked to me about higher education and it put me off | 7 |
| My family want me to start earning money as soon as possible | 7 |
| My teachers are encouraging me to do something else | 3 |
| Other | 7 |
| Don't know | 1 |
| Not stated | 5 |
| % | |
| Excellent | 10 |
| Very Good | 34 |
| Fairly Good | 41 |
| Pretty Bad | 5 |
| Very Bad | 1 |
| Terrible | 4 |
| Not sure either way | 3 |
| Not stated | 1 |
| % | |
| I enjoy school all the time | 5 |
| I enjoy school most of the time | 66 |
| I don't enjoy school most of the time | 18 |
| I don't enjoy school any of the time | 5 |
| I'm not sure either way | 4 |
| Not stated | 2 |
| Base: All who don't enjoy school (587) | % |
| Less homework | 70 |
| Lessons that are more interesting | 54 |
| Fewer exams or tests | 41 |
| Teachers that are less strict | 39 |
| More choice over what subjects I study | 36 |
| Easier lessons | 33 |
| Smaller classes | 20 |
| More practical or vocational courses/courses that would qualify me to do a job | 19 |
| Wider range of subjects to study | 17 |
| Narrower range of subjects to study | 10 |
| More extra-curricular/after-school/out-of-school-hours activities | 4 |
| Harder lessons | 3 |
| Teachers that are more strict | 2 |
| Other | 10 |
| Don't know | * |
| Not stated | 2 |
| % | |
| Yes, definitely | 7 |
| Yes, probably | 13 |
| No, probably not | 30 |
| No, definitely not | 39 |
| Not sure either way | 8 |
| Not stated | 2 |
| Base: All who would want to go to a private school (486) | % |
| I would get better exam results | 61 |
| The school would have better facilities/ more equipment | 57 |
| I would have more chance of getting into university | 55 |
| I would be able to study a wider variety of subjects | 55 |
| I think I would enjoy it | 49 |
| Classes are smaller | 48 |
| Pupils would be better behaved | 45 |
| The school would offer more extra-curricular/after-school/out-of-school-hours activities | 34 |
| Pupils would be more interesting/ fun | 17 |
| Other | 5 |
| Don't know | * |
| Not stated | 2 |
| Base: All who would not want to go to a private school (1,712) | % |
| I don't think I would enjoy it | 67 |
| My friends would be at different schools | 63 |
| Pupils would be too posh/stuck-up | 53 |
| It would be too expensive | 38 |
| Teachers would be too strict | 32 |
| I would have to work too hard | 19 |
| I am not clever enough | 16 |
| People would make fun of me | 9 |
| Other | 10 |
| Don't know | * |
| Not stated | 1 |
