Education charity Teach First has found that children and young people in the poorest geographical areas in the UK have only a one-in-five chance of progressing to university. In contrast, half the young people born in the wealthiest areas go on to higher education. Disadvantaged young people are also almost twice as likely to drop out of university as their wealthier peers. Teach First proposes a series of recommendations to encourage more young people to access university. The recommendations focus on better targeting of support towards young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to enable them to access and remain in higher education if they choose.
