Higher Education: Admissions
2026-07-08 · Department for Education · 17338 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether POLAR4 is intended to measure socio-economic background.
Answer
The Office for Students (OfS) publishes POLAR4 data and provides information on its website about this metric, available at: https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/data-and-analysis/young-participation-by-area/about-polar-and-adult-he/.The OfS states that P...