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School Leavers

Volume 984: debated on Monday 12 May 1980

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asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list details of the numbers and percentages of pupils leaving school at the minimum leaving age; and if he will classify these figures for each social class of the parents for each year since the raising of the school leaving age.

The information is as follows:

PUPILS LEAVING SCHOOL* AT THE MINIMUM SCHOOL LEAVING AGE IN ENGLAND† FROM 1973–74 to 1978–79
YearNumbers (thousands)Percentage of all school leavers
1973–74†366·254
1974–75346·653
1975–76345·652
1976–77353·250
1977–78363·850
1978–79 (provisional)352·648
*Excluding leavers from independent schools not recognised as efficient, up to and including 1976–77.
† Figures for 1973–74 are for England and Wales.
No information is available concerning the social class of the leavers' parents.