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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
GCE A-level: Hearing Impairment (16 October 2019)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data his Department collects on the proportion of deaf young people who have completed A-levels.

Asked by:
Sir John Hayes (Conservative)

Answer

A record proportion of deaf young people are completing an A-level or level 3 equivalent. Information on the attainment of students with and without special educational needs (SEN) who have completed an A level is available, but this information cannot be broken down further by type of need.

However, the department does publish figures on level 3 attainment (i.e. achievement of 2 or more A levels or an equivalent sized vocational qualification) by the age of 19 and this includes figures on the primary type of SEN, including the category ‘Hearing Impairment’. The table below contains further details of this:

Percentage of pupils with SEN, who have a hearing impairment1, qualified to level 32 by the age of 19

Coverage: Young people in state schools in England at the age of 15

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

31.0

30.5

36.8

38.3

37.4

41.0

42.9

44.0

43.1

44.0

41.3

44.1

  1. As identified in year 11
  2. 2 or more A levels or an equivalent-sized vocational qualification

Answered by:
Michelle Donelan (Conservative)
23 October 2019

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