Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 63023
GCSE: Dyslexia
Tabled: 26 June 2025
Answered: 3 July 2025
Question
Lee Anderson
Reform UK — Ashfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children with dyslexia achieved a grade five or above in (a) English and (b) Maths GCSE in Ashfield constituency in each of the last five years.
Answer
Catherine McKinnellThe information requested is not held centrally. The department holds information on pupils’ special educational needs by 12 types of primary need. Dyslexia is usually included in the wider category of primary need ‘specific learning difficulty’.