Birmingham Law Society: Raising Aspirations in Law

1.

What type of school did you mainly attend between ages 11 and 16? *

Selective state school (I had to sit an entrance examination before I was offered a place at my School)
Non selective state school (I did not need to sit an entrance examination to receive an offer of a place at my School)
Independent / fee paying school
School outside the UK
I don’t know / prefer not to say

2.

What is the highest qualification achieved by either parent/guardian by the time you were 18? *

Post Graduate Qualification (e.g. MA/MSc/MBA/MEd/Mphil/NVQ Level 5/ PhD/ Professional Doctorate)
Degree level qualification (e.g. BA, BSc, LLB, Graduate Diploma, Graduate Certificate, Degree Apprenticeship, NVQ Level 4)
Qualification above A Level but below degree level, (e.g. Higher National Diploma, Higher National Certificate, Foundation Degree)
A Levels, AS Levels, International Baccalaureate, NVQ Level 3, BTEC National Diploma, Access to Higher Education Diploma
GCSEs, O Levels or CSEs
No formal qualifications
International qualifications not listed here
I don’t know / prefer not to say

3.

When aged 14, which best describes the highest earner in your household? (What is the significance of the age?)

Traditional professional occupation (e.g. law, accountancy, medicine)
Modern professional occupation (e.g. recruitment, consulting, senior management)
Military or police occupation
Middle or junior manager
Clerical or administrative occupation
Technical or craft occupation
Routine manual or service occupation
Unemployed or Incapacitated
Retired
Full time student
Full time carer
I don’t know / prefer not to say

4.

Did you receive free school meals at any point during your school years?

Yes
No
I don’t know / prefer not to say

5.

Are you a primary carer for a child under the age of 18 or do you care for someone with long term physical or mental ill health caused by disability or age?

Yes
No
I don’t know / prefer not to say