Campaigners are urging the government to do more to increase the number of care leavers going to university – as data shows London institutions are leading the way.
Just 14 per cent of children who have been in care went on to university in 2021-22, compared to 47 per cent of other young people, according to a report by Civitas, commissioned by children’s charity First Star.
But the University of East London topped a new league table for the highest number of care leavers, with 295 undergraduates out of a population of 11,390.
Kingston university, St Mary’s University, Twickenham, Roehampton University, Goldsmiths College, Birkbeck College, the University of Greenwich, and City University were all in the top 50.
At the bottom of the table, published on Monday, was Oxford University with just five care leavers out of 15,685 students.
