Pupils Leaving Education with No Qualifications, 2010/11

Statistics on pupils aged 15 leaving education without a recognised qualification include data for Wales for the period 2004/05 to 2010/11.  The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 1 December 2010.

The key points from the latest release are:

• The number of pupils leaving full time education without a recognised qualification continues to fall – 0.6 per cent of pupils aged 15 left full time education without a recognised qualification.
• In 2010/11, 221 15-year-olds left full time education without a recognised qualification.  This is lower than the 2009/10 total of 292.
• Expressed as a percentage of the cohort 0.6 per cent of pupils left full time education without a recognised qualification in 2010/11, 0.2 percentage points lower than in 2009/10.
• A greater percentage of boys than girls left without a qualification: 0.7 per cent and 0.5 per cent respectively.
• The lowest percentage of 15 year olds leaving full time education without a recognised qualification was reported in Ceredigion with 0 per cent, the highest was Merthyr with 1.5 per cent.

Further information

StatsWales website.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5056
E-mail: school.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

December 2012 (provisional - to be confirmed on the 'Due Out Soon' page)