Headteachers have expressed frustration at the government’s accusation that schools and colleges have “allowed” thousands of students to drop English and maths post-16 despite not having achieved a C grade.
Figures released by the Department for Education (DfE) this week detail the numbers of students who drop the subjects in their further education despite not having achieved Cs. The data relates to students who took GCSEs in 2010.
Overall the figures show that of 222,117 students (34 per cent) who missed out on a C in English, only eight per cent went on to achieve this benchmark, and
85 per cent chose not retake GCSE English post-16 at all.
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