Question follow-through · 48363
Secondary Education: Boys
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to improve learning outcomes for boys at Secondary School level.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 28 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 7 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to improve learning outcomes for boys at Secondary School level.
30 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 May 2025
Answer published
Every child and young person should be able to achieve and thrive in education, regardless of background. As in previous years, girls continue to do better than boys across all headline measures, and although the gap has narrowed compared to 2018/19, ther...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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