Socio economic classification(SEC)

All Students where EntryProfile.UCASSCHEMECODE exists and Qualification.QUALCAT has a HESA level of H, I, J or C or is M0002 and EntryProfile.PERMADDCOUNTRY = XF, XG, XH, XI, XK, XL, GG, JE or IM.)

Must not be returned for Students outside of the stated coverage.

This data is required at entry to a student's Engagement and is not required to be maintained throughout a student's Engagement.

This collects the socio-economic background of students aged 21 and over at the start of their course, or for students under 21 the socio-economic background of their parent, step-parent or guardian who earns the most is returned. It is based on occupation, and if the parent or guardian is retired or unemployed, this is based on their most recent occupation.

Code 09 'Not classified' includes the 3 categories:

students occupations not stated or inadequately described

not classifiable for other reasons.

For students entering through UCAS this information will be available from UCAS via the *J transaction.

Providers are encouraged to provide this information for other full-time undergraduates in order to provide more complete statistical information for the sector.