UK: Most boys missing GCSE targets

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"Barely a third of boys in comprehensive schools are gaining the GCSEs they need to obtain a job or stay on at school, new league tables will reveal...

...However, for boys in comprehensive schools, the proportion struggling to achieve decent results increases. Just over 62 per cent of boys in "community schools" - as they are officially known - failed to achieve the target of five A* to C grades at GCSE, including the two vital subjects.

...Many of the boys who fail to achieve good GCSEs will go on to become Neets - young people not in education, employment or training.

The number of Neets has increased to 11 per cent in the past decade - 210,000 16-to 18-year-olds. It is estimated that the army of Neets costs the taxpayer £2 billion in benefit payments, lost tax revenue and the increased likelihood of them committing crime and having health problems."