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All UK universities registered with the Office for Students are required to publish information relating to their undergraduate attainment.

The information published on these pages shows the number of students who attained a particular degree or other academic award, or a particular level of such an award, on completion of their course with us. It shows these numbers by reference to:

The sex of the individuals to which they relate
Their ethnicity
Their socio-economic background.

In this information, socio-economic background is measured by English Index of Multiple Deprivation (EIMD) quintile. Quintile 1 represents lowest and quintile 5 represents highest socio-economic status. Further information on EIMD can be found on the gov.uk website.

Our Access and Participation Plan (pdf 2.1mb) sets out the measures we are taking to support equality of opportunity for underrepresented groups. This includes our strategic aims relating to attainment. View a summary of the 2025-26 to 2028-29 access and participation plan (pdf 218kb).

Transparency information 2026: Attainment of 2023-24 and 2024-25 qualifiers

Table 1a: Percentage of classified first degrees at grade 2:1 or above by characteristic for 2023-24 and 2024-25 qualifiers

Year of qualifying	Characteristic	Characteristic split	Percentage
2023-24	Ethnicity	Asian	58
		Black	48.6
		Mixed	63.9
		Other	65.7
		White	75.6
	English IMD 2025 quintile	1	61.7
		2	69.8
		3	75.2
		4	75.7
		5	73.9
	Sex	Female	78.9
	Sex	Male	65.9
2024-25	Ethnicity	Asian	68.3
		Black	53.3
		Mixed	72.6
		Other	69.8
		White	76.6
	English IMD 2025 quintile	1	71.1
		2	68.8
		3	76.3
		4	76.4
		5	76.6
	Sex	Female	81.5
	Sex	Male	66.6

Table 1b: Detailed information on attainment for 2023-24 and 2024-25 qualifiers

Academic year of qualifying	Mode of Study	Characteristic	Characteristic split	Headcount of classified First Degrees awarded	Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as first class	Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as upper second class	Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as lower second class	Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as third class / pass	Headcount of unclassified First Degrees awarded	Headcount of other undergraduate awards
2023-24	Full-time	Ethnicity	Asian	130	10.8	47.7	39.2	2.3	[low]	[low]
			Black	70	14.3	34.3	41.4	10.0	[none]	[low]
			Mixed	140	19.6	44.1	32.2	4.2	[low]	20
			Other	30	18.2	51.5	27.3	[DPL]	[none]	[low]
			White	2520	23.4	52.5	22.5	1.9	40	230
			Unknown	50	14.8	44.4	38.9	[DPL]	[low]	50
		EIMD 2025 quintile	1	180	16.3	45.5	33.7	4.5	[low]	40
			2	390	18.2	51.4	28.1	2.3	[low]	60
			3	610	23.6	51.7	21.9	2.8	[low]	60
			4	720	25.7	50.0	22.2	2.1	[low]	80
			5	1010	21.6	52.3	22.4	1.7	[low]	90
			N/A	40	23.1	48.7	28.2	[DPL]	[none]	[low]
			Unknown	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	[none]
		Sex	Female	1670	25.9	53.1	20.3	0.8	[low]	150
			Male	1260	17.3	48.6	29.9	4.2	40	190
			Unknown	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	[low]
	Part-time	Ethnicity	Asian	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			Black	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			Mixed	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			Other	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			White	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	30
			Unknown	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	[none]
		EIMD 2025 quintile	1	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			2	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	[low]
			3	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	[low]
			4	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	[low]
			5	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	[low]
			N/A	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			Unknown	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
		Sex	Female	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	[low]
			Male	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	20
			Unknown	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
	Apprenticeships	Ethnicity	Asian	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			Black	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			Mixed	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			White	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			Other	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			Unknown	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
		EIMD 2025 quintile	1	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			2	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			3	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			4	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			5	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			N/A	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			Unknown	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
		Sex	Female	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			Male	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			Unknown	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
2024-25	Full-time	Ethnicity	Asian	160	12.6	56.0	26.4	5.0	[low]	[low]
			Black	100	10.6	43.3	43.3	2.9	[none]	[low]
			Mixed	190	15.8	56.8	24.7	2.6	[none]	[low]
			Other	40	16.7	52.4	28.6	[DPL]	[none]	[low]
			White	2750	21.8	54.8	21.1	2.3	30	190
			Unknown	60	16.1	46.4	32.1	5.4	[low]	60
		EIMD 2025 quintile	1	190	15.6	56.3	27.6	[DPL]	[low]	40
			2	480	15.0	53.6	27.9	3.5	[low]	40
			3	690	23.3	52.9	20.5	3.3	[low]	60
			4	770	19.3	57.2	21.9	1.7	[low]	80
			5	1110	22.9	53.6	20.8	2.6	[low]	90
			N/A	50	17.4	47.8	32.6	[DPL]	[none]	[low]
			Unknown	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	[none]
		Sex	Female	1840	23.1	58.5	17.1	1.2	[low]	130
			Male	1430	17.1	49.3	29.3	4.3	30	170
			Unknown	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	[low]
	Part-time	Ethnicity	Asian	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			Black	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			Mixed	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			Other	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			White	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	[low]
			Unknown	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
		EIMD 2025 quintile	1	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			2	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	[none]
			3	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	[low]
			4	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	[low]
			5	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	[none]
			N/A	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			Unknown	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
		Sex	Female	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	[none]
			Male	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[low]	[none]	[low]
			Unknown	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
	Apprenticeships	Ethnicity	Asian	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			Black	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			Mixed	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			Other	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			White	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			Unknown	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
		EIMD 2019 quintile	1	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			2	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			3	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			4	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			5	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			N/A	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			Unknown	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
		Sex	Female	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			Male	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]
			Unknown	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]	[none]

Key

Rounding: denominators and headcounts have been rounded to the nearest 10 and percentages to the nearest 0.1
Non reportable data:
[none]: No provision in a given mode or level.
[low]: Low numbers of students, where there are more than 2 but fewer than 23 students.
Data protection:
DPL: Data suppressed due to numerators or headcounts less than or equal to 2.
DPH: Data suppressed for high numerators where numerator is within 2 of denominator.

Data referenced in the above tables and information about the rounding and suppression of data is available for download (xlsx 31 kb)