Basic Skills
Commons · Question 30585 · Tabled 11 Feb 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Damian Hinds
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
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 19 Feb 2025
Research 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...