Task B:

A government study has shown that "In a typical year, around 100,000 16-18-year-olds would study towards an English resit qualification, and nearly 150,000 study towards a maths resit qualification" (www.epi.org.uk2020) (See Fig. 2 below).

Fig.2

1300300 All post-15 destinations, including the estimated number of 16 and 1'!1 year olds that would need to continue English or maths studyr if they were to stay in full time education rather than an alternate destination in 2020(21 1,000,000 I Achieved grade 1. 2, U or did not enter GCSE in 3001000 English and maths [Must continue functional 190,000 skills study) Achieved grade 3 in at least one of English or 5001000 Maths GCSE {Must continue GCSE study) I Passed English and Maths at level 2 (no requirement to continue study 400,000 200,000 63 000 14"\") E 31m} a: ,_ 0 ' 1.3.000 In full time or part time On an apprentiCEship In employment Not in education or education ortraining training, unemployed Estimated destination in 2020(21 if it weren't for Could-19 In employment includes employer funded training and all other employment that is not combined with part time study Source: EPI analysis of the Department for Education's YPMAD datar accessed via ONS This work was produced using statistical data from IONS. The use ofthe ONS statistical data in this work does not imply the endorsement ofthe CNS in relation to the interpretation or analysis of the statistical data. This work uses research datasets which may not exactly reproduce National Statistics aggregates