Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 30585
Basic Skills
Tabled: 11 February 2025
Answered: 19 February 2025
Question
Damian Hinds
Conservative — East Hampshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of achieving level 2 in (a) English and (b) maths on the lifetime earnings of a person with those grades.
Answer
Catherine McKinnellResearch published by the department in 2021 on attainment by the end of key stage 4 found that a one-grade improvement in GCSE mathematics and English was associated with an increase of £14,579 and £7,266 in lifetime earnings respectively. The full repor...
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