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GCSE: Dyslexia

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 3 July 2025UIN 63023

The question

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.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell

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’.

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