Question follow-through · 76536
Primary Education: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential reasons for the attainment gap between boys and girls at the end of Key Stage 2.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 10 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 18 Sept 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential reasons for the attainment gap between boys and girls at the end of Key Stage 2.
15 Sept 2025
Target answer date
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18 Sept 2025
Answer published
All children and young people should have every opportunity to succeed. However, the department knows that, on average, attainment for boys is lower than girls and we continue to monitor this at all key stages.Although the gap has narrowed slightly from 2...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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