Chapter 10: Education - Equality and Human Rights Commission
Chapter 10: Education - Equality and Human Rights Commission
Chapter 10: Education - Equality and Human Rights Commission
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<strong>Chapter</strong> <strong>10</strong>: <strong>Education</strong><br />
<strong>10</strong>.4 What we know about educational<br />
attainment at age 16<br />
Measure:<br />
Percentage of children getting 5+ grade A*-C GCSEs including English (or Welsh)<br />
<strong>and</strong> Maths or equivalent. The equivalent measure for Scotl<strong>and</strong> is St<strong>and</strong>ard Grade<br />
awards at levels 1-3, Intermediate 2 at grades A-C, <strong>and</strong> Intermediate 1 at grade A.<br />
The measure is referred to in the text as 5+ good GCSEs or equivalent including<br />
Maths <strong>and</strong> English<br />
How this measure works:<br />
There are difficulties comparing educational attainment in Engl<strong>and</strong>, Scotl<strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>and</strong> Wales.<br />
In Engl<strong>and</strong>, data are for pupils in the maintained sector only as information<br />
is also held on their characteristics (gender, Special <strong>Education</strong>al Needs (SEN)<br />
status, ethnicity, Free School Meal (FSM) eligibility).<br />
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In Scotl<strong>and</strong>, data refer to publically funded schools. Data are collected by gender.<br />
There are no data available specifically for this measure for pupils from different<br />
ethnic minority groups, or by Additional Support Needs (ASN) although general<br />
attainment data are collected, which is reflected here.<br />
In Wales, data are for all schools. Data are available for this measure by gender,<br />
FSM eligibility, <strong>and</strong> SEN status. Data are not available for ethnicity.<br />
There are no data collected for religion or belief, LGB <strong>and</strong> transgender groups.<br />
As there is very limited related data for this measure for these groups, they are<br />
not covered in this section.<br />
SEN (Engl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Wales) <strong>and</strong> ASN (Scotl<strong>and</strong>) are used as a way to measure<br />
disability (disaggregated by impairment types where possible). In Engl<strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>and</strong> Wales, pupils with SEN are those who require special support as a result<br />
of a learning difficulty or disability. There are three levels of SEN that can be<br />
assessed –‘School Action,’ ‘School Action Plus,’ or SEN with a statement – the<br />
third implying the greatest level of special needs. In Scotl<strong>and</strong>, pupils with ASN<br />
include those who have additional learning difficulties for any reason including<br />
learning difficulties, being disabled, <strong>and</strong> because of wider social factors such<br />
as poverty or being looked after by a local authority. In Engl<strong>and</strong>, Scotl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
Wales disabled pupils represent a sub-set of all pupils with SEN/ASN.
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