Question follow-through · 127948
English Language and Mathematics: GCSE
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce the proportion of young people who do not achieve a grade 4 in GCSE a) Maths and b) English by age 19.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 16 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce the proportion of young people who do not achieve a grade 4 in GCSE a) Maths and b) English by age 19.
20 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2026
Answer published
The latest available data for the 2023/24 academic year shows that by age 19, 76.3% of young people in South Basildon and East Thurrock had achieved a grade 4 or above in GCSE English and 69.8% in GCSE maths, compared with national averages of 82.9% and 7...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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