How many school leavers 2010

Longfield is particularly concerned that progress in closing the attainment gap between children living in the least and most deprived areas of England has stalled and is now in reverse, at a time when pupils have to stay in education longer than ever before.

By law children in England must stay in education or training until they are 18, but the evidence laid out in the report suggested pupils gained little in terms of qualifications during the extra school years.

Last year 98, children in England left school without basic qualifications. Of those, 28, were on FSM. Alternative education students are counted with the school that enrolled them in alternative education, this may not be the school that manages their enrolment while they are in alternative education.

Literacy and Numeracy : In , students were required to obtain 10 literacy and 10 numeracy credits at level 1 to achieve an NCEA Level 1 qualification. No historical adjustment has been made for this change. University Entrance Award requirements : A change in the requirements for the University Entrance Award came into effect in This strengthening of the requirements means care needs to be taken when comparing results before with onwards.

Ethnicity : Total response ethnicity has been used for school levers. Total response ethnicity is when people who have been identified in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group. For the New Zealand total, individuals are counted only once. For example, this includes and is not limited to people who consider themselves as Australian excluding Australian Aborigines , British and Irish, American, Spanish, and Ukrainian.

The age of the student in years as at their last day of attendance. Students are legally required to attend schooling until age 16, unless they are granted early leaving exemption. However, a number of students are aged 15 on their last day of attendance and turn 16 during school holidays.

The ethnic group data is presented at level 1 and total response. That is, leavers are counted once in each ethnic group they identify with. Students can be counted in up to three different ethnic groups but only once in the total, therefore the sum of the different ethnic groups will likely exceed the total. Ethnic groups should not be combined as some students will be counted twice.

Schools are grouped by school type into four main sectors of schooling education: Secondary, Composite, Special, and Not Applicable. Not applicable includes students in Homeschooling, special education leavers from primary schools, and students with no school sector information available.

The type of the school, for example, Composite Year 1 to 15 , Secondary Year 7 to 15 , Secondary Year 9 to 15 the leaver left from. Not applicable includes students in Homeschooling, special education leavers from primary schools, and students with no school type information available.

The gender of the students that a school caters for, for example, co-educational, or single sex. A small number of single sex schools can have some students of the opposite sex on their roll.

School leavers are counted under the last school they attended for at least 70 days. The indicator is constructed from a matched database of school enrolment records, student achievement data from the New Zealand Qualifications Authority NZQA and tertiary enrolments in formal provider-based study, industry training and targeted training programmes.

A student is considered to progress directly from school to tertiary if they enrol in tertiary in the same year or the year after their last year at school. Tertiary information is based on tertiary enrolments in formal provider-based study, industry training and targeted training programmes. The highest tertiary qualification level a student is enrolled in is used. If the student has enrolled in two different qualification levels the highest is taken. Background The Department of Education collects data annually on the highest qualification and destination of Northern Ireland grammar and secondary school leavers.

Data Data relating to each of the year's listed may be accessed by clicking on the link for that year. Further information More information on the school leavers data collection exercise can be accessed on the Department's website at School leavers - data collection and validation Data requests If you require information that is additional to that already published, contact the Analytical Services Unit ASU.

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