Question follow-through · 121155
School Leaving: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of school leavers have progressed to (a) employment and (b) economic inactivity by type of establishment in each year since September 2020.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 16 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 23 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of school leavers have progressed to (a) employment and (b) economic inactivity by type of establishment in each year since September 2020.
19 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Mar 2026
Answer published
The department publishes information on the destinations of students after key stage 4 and 16 to 18 study. This includes whether a student sustained an education, employment or apprenticeship destination. The data also includes the number of students who ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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