Only 24% of Deis students go to college

Students in disadvantaged schools are half as likely to go straight to college, statistics reveal.

Half of all students who finished school in 2010 went on to higher education, including 44% who attended colleges funded by the State.

However, only 24% of those who attended schools in the Department of Education’s Deis (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) scheme were in those publicly funded colleges, compared to 49% in non-Deis schools.