Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of pupils who have left schools in Ashfield constituency with no qualifications at GCSE level or equivalent in each of the last five academic years.

The number of pupils at the end of Key stage 4, with no GCSE or equivalent qualifications, is not a published statistic. We do however; publish some related statistics, for each of the Key stage 4 headline measures, by parliamentary constituency (Table PC1)[1]. We have been able to use existing data and processes to derive the statistic requested for Ashfield constituency for 2015 and 2016.

In 2015 3.0% of pupils left schools in Ashfield constituency with no GCSE or equivalent qualifications.

In 2016 2.1% of pupils left schools in Ashfield constituency with no GCSE or equivalent qualifications.

The information for previous years is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.

[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/584152/SFR03_2017_pupil_residency_and_school_location_tables.xls)