Written questions

GCSE: Dyslexia

Commons · Question 63023 · Tabled 26 Jun 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 3 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

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

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 3 Jul 2025

The 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’.