HC Deb 04 March 1971 vol 812 c504W
65. Mr. Worsley

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children leave secondary schools without taking either the General Certificate of Education Ordinary level examinations or the Certificate of Secondary Education examinations; and what proportion that number is of the total number of school leavers.

Mr. van Straubenzee

In the academic year 1968–69, 286,500. This is equivalent to 43 per cent. of the relevant school-leaving age groups.