Cofnod Datgeliadau

Cwestiwn

I would be grateful if you could provide the following data relating to young people completing Year 11 within your local authority area.

For each of the following academic years:

• 2018/19

• 2021/22

• 2024/25

Please provide:

1. The number and percentage of Year 11 leavers recorded as:

• entering school sixth form provision

• entering further education college

• entering apprenticeships

• entering employment

• recorded as NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training)

• recorded as “destination unknown”, “activity unknown” or equivalent category

2. The number and percentage of secondary-age pupils recorded as:

• persistently absent

• severely absent (if held)

for each academic year above.

3. The number and percentage of pupils completing Year 11 without achieving:

• GCSE English/Welsh at grade C or equivalent and above

• GCSE Mathematics at grade C or equivalent and above

(or the current equivalent performance measures used by the authority)

4. Copies of any internally produced reports, summaries, dashboards or presentations held by the authority since January 2023 relating to:

• post-16 participation

• NEET trends

• destination tracking

• persistent absence

• school disengagement among secondary-age pupils

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Please see data attached

Q1 – Information can be found at: Pupil destinations | Careers Wales but has also been provided in the table below:

2018/19 2021/22 2024/25

No. % No. % No. %

1. The number and percentage of Year 11 leavers recorded as: entering school sixth form provision 19 3.6 13 2.3 17 2.9

entering further education college 453 85.0 481 85.3 533 90.0

entering apprenticeships 39 7.3 36 6.4 22 3.7

entering employment 7 1.3 18 3.2 8 1.4

recorded as NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) 11 2.1 13 2.3 9 1.5

recorded as “destination unknown”, “activity unknown” or equivalent category 0 0 2 0.4 0 0

2. The number and percentage of secondary-age pupils recorded as: persistently absent (less than 80%) 208 6.9 740 24.3 502 16.4

persistently absent (less than 90%) NA NA NA NA 1342 43.8

severely absent (if held)

for each academic year above NA NA NA NA NA NA

3. The number and percentage of pupils completing Year 11 without achieving GCSE English/Welsh at grade C or equivalent and above 269 46.2 203 34.2 234 37.5

GCSE Mathematics at grade C or equivalent and above 314 54.0 244 41.1 305 48.9

GCSE Results in 2022 were adjusted to account for pandemic learning disruption.

Q4 – All reports provided to scrutiny would be available via the council website. The reports relating to NEETS are attached.