Pupils Leaving Full-time Education with No Qualifications, 2011/12

Statistics on pupils aged 15 leaving education without a recognised qualification include data for Wales for the period 2004/05 to 2011/12.  The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 1 December 2011.

The key points from the latest release are:

• The number of pupils leaving full time education without a recognised qualification continues to fall – 0.4 per cent of pupils aged 15 left full time education without a recognised qualification.
• In 2011/12, 152 15-year-olds left full time education without a recognised qualification.  This is lower than the 2010/11 total of 221.
• Expressed as a percentage of the cohort 0.4 per cent of pupils left full time education without a recognised qualification in 2011/12, 0.2 percentage points lower than in 2010/11.
• A greater percentage of males than females left without a qualification: 0.5 per cent and 0.4 per cent respectively.

Gwynedd, Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire reported no 15 year olds leaving full time education without a recognised qualification and Wrexham had the highest percentage with 1.1 per cent.

Further information

StatsWales website.

Contact

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

Next update

December 2013 (provisional - to be confirmed on the 'Due Out Soon' page)