'Our teens need more help to catch up on lost lessons' union warns as attainment figures fall sharply
The latest maths and English attainment figures show that teenagers at schools and colleges across the Black Country and Staffordshire are suffering the effects of "lost learning" due to the Covid pandemic.
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New data from the Department for Education show that maths and English grades have decreased in Wolverhampton, Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Staffordshire in recent years.
Headeachers' union NAHT said the figures show that "longstanding gaps and regional disparities" remain across England and is calling for more to be done to help pupils catch up on "lost learning" resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic crisis.
The data shows how many students achieved a Level Two qualification equivalent to a GCSE, in both subjects by the time they were aged 19 in the 2023-24 academic year.
In Wolverhampton 2,320 of 3,327 pupils achieved the grades equivalent to 70 per cent. This was lower than the previous year when 73 per cent did, but more than the 66 per cent who did so in 2013-14.
