Date: 17 June 2019
Disclosure:
Information relating to applications for the recruitment cycle of the Bank of England (the ‘Bank’) Graduate Development Programme (‘GDP’) 2018/19 was gathered using a voluntary questionnaire. The Bank received 3,158 applications for the GDP in 2018/19 and 1,140 applicants completed the questionnaire. Unless otherwise stated, the answers in the table below only relate to the 1,140 applicants (including 13 successful appointees) who completed the questionnaire.
| Question |
Response |
|---|---|
| ‘The total number of applications to the Bank of England Graduate Development Programme 2018/19 cycle’ |
3,158 (of whom 1140 responded to the questionnaire) |
| ‘The total number of successful appointments made to the Bank of England Graduate Development Programme 2018/19 cycle’ |
33 (of whom 13 responded to the questionnaire) |
| ‘The total number of applicants whose parent(s) or guardian(s) completed a university degree course or equivalent’ |
630 |
| ‘The total number of applicants whose parent(s) or guardian(s) did not complete a university degree course or equivalent’ |
510 |
| ‘The total number of successful appointees whose parent(s) or guardian(s) completed a university degree course or equivalent’ |
Less than 10 |
| ‘The total number of applicants who attended a non-selective state-run or state-funded school’ |
Information not held. The Bank collects the names of schools but we do not hold a record of the type of school. |
| ‘The total number of successful appointees who attended a non-selective state-run or state-funded school’ |
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| ‘The total number of applicants who attended a selective state-run or state-funded school’ |
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| ‘The total number of successful appointees who attended a selective state-run or state-funded school’ |
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| ‘The total number of applicants who attended an independent or fee-paying school’ |
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| ‘The total number of successful appointees who attended an independent or fee-paying school’ |
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| ‘The total number of applicants who refused to disclose which type of school they attended’ |
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| ‘The total number of successful appointees who refused to disclose which type of school they attended’ |
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| The total number of applicants who received free school meals at any time during school years’ |
196* |
| ‘The total number of successful appointees who received free school meals at any time during school years’ |
Less than 10 |
| ‘The total number of applicants whose household received income support at any time during their school years’ |
The Bank does not hold information regarding income support received by applicants’ households. |
| ‘The total number of successful appointees whose household received income support at any time during their school years’ |
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| ‘The total number of applicants who refused to disclose whether their household received income support at any time during their school years’ |
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| ‘The total number of successful appointees who refused to disclose whether their household received income support at any time during their school years’ |
* Please note that students were only asked if they received free school meals between the ages of 11-16, so the Bank does not hold information for all school years.