Figures from Unifrog, the destinations platform used by more than 2,800 secondary schools, shows that Londoners are aiming high, with Russell Group institutions generating the most interest across the board.
The data, covering January to September this year, suggests pupils at private schools are prepared to travel that bit further. Universities in Scotland feature in both their top-10s, while their state school counterparts have selected more institutions in and around London.
State school top 10: Russell Group
- King’s College London
- University College London
- Queen Mary University of London
- Manchester
- Cambridge
- Oxford
- Imperial College, London
- Warwick
- Durham
- Bristol
State school top 10: Non-Russell Group
- City University of London
- Bath
- St Andrews, Fife
- Loughborough
- Royal Holloway, London
- Brunel University, Uxbridge
- Greenwich
- Lancaster
- Kingston
- Westminster
Independent school top 10: Russell Group
- Durham
- University College London
- Manchester
- Oxford
- Bristol
- Exeter
- Cambridge
- Edinburgh
- Kings College London
- Leeds
Independent school top 10: Non-Russell Group
- St Andrews, Fife
- Bath
- Loughborough
- Royal Holloway, London
- Leicester
- Sussex
- City University of London
- Reading
- Surrey
- East Anglia
