• Only 2.5 out of every 100 young people from the most disadvantaged backgrounds get a place at a top university

• Young people from the most advantaged backgrounds were 9.8 times more likely to get a place at a top university than the least advantaged

That’s why we work with our partner schools to support their students in overcoming the main barriers to access: not getting the grades their talent warrants; not seeing university as an option for ‘people like them’; and not having the support and guidance to make a competitive application.

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• In 2018 90% of young people on The Access Project applied to a top university compared to 49% of young people from similar backgrounds who we do not support

• In the same year, 90% of our young people secured a place at university with 57% of them at universities that ask for the highest grades

• Over the last 3 years our students have made an average half a grade more progress at GCSE than their classmates