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Early leavers from education and training reflect social inequalities
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1Early leaving from education and training takes place mainly at the end of compulsory secondary education (14%), but also over the course of post-compulsory education (7%), particularly in middle-grade vocational training.
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2Two out of every three pupils who leave compulsory secondary education early have accumulated an educational delay, understood as not being in the academic year corresponding to their age.
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3Low grades do not wholly explain early leaving from education and training: six out of every ten young people who left education early had passed their ESO.
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4Pupils with special educational needs, either due to social reasons or to late incorporation into the education system, have a greater presence in itineraries involving early leaving from education and training than the rest of the population studied.
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5Pupils educated at high-complexity schools have double the probabilities of leaving education early than those educated at other schools.
