The latest National Statistics on Examination Results produced by the Welsh Assembly Government were released on 30 September 2008.

They show that:

• 57% of 15 year olds achieved the Level 2 threshold, 2 percentage points higher than in 2006/07.  However 3% of 15 year olds did not achieve any recognised qualification.

• 94 % of 17 year olds entering a volume equivalent to 2 A levels achieved the Level 3 threshold, the same as in 2006/07.

The full release can be downloaded from theStatistics Wales website.