3/31/2008 8:38:00 AM
Daily Telegraph 31 March
One in 14 pupils left school last year without sitting GCSEs in English or maths, figures show. A total of 44,106 students in Year 11 - about seven per cent of the 656,000 pupils - were not entered for either subject. This is despite the Government bringing forward its deadline for schools to ensure 30 per cent of pupils get five good GSCEs. Hundreds of struggling schools have until 2011 to hit the targets or face closure. One in five schools did not meet this benchmark last year - with 36,620 pupils not even entered for five GCSEs.Of those who did sit exams, 15,955 failed to achieve a pass in any subject. And 355,000 who did achieve some qualifications failed to get five good passes, including English and maths. Only seven per cent of those eligible for free school meals achieved five GCSEs of grade C or above and 12,159 children did not take any GCSEs. The attainment gap between the poorest and richest widened from 28 percentage points to 43. Telegraph
Curriculum / Quality Assurance
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