English Language and Mathematics: GCSE
Commons · Question 86379 · Tabled 29 Oct 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Max Wilkinson
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Education and Skills Funding Agency in enabling young people to retake English and Maths GCSEs to a timetable that enables them to undertake p
Answer
Answered by Josh MacAlister, 19 Nov 2025
Progress towards, and attainment of, level 2 mathematics and English is essential for helping 16 to 19 students to by allowing them to seize opportunities in life, learning and work.Under Part 1 of Education and Skills Act 2008, young people aged 16 and 1...