PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
School Leaving (3 May 2016)

The proportion of 16 and 17 year olds in full-time education in England was 70.3% at the end of 2005 and 82.2% at the end of 2014 (provisional figures). These figures are published in Table A7 of the ‘Additional tables – rates’ in the Statistical First Release (SFR) ‘Participation in education, training and employment’ and can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-neet

Figures for end 2015 are not yet available but will be published on 30^th June 2016 as part of the above series.