There is mounting concern about "off-rolling" where schools may be actively encouraging more challenging pupils or those with special educational needs to move.
Ofsted inspectors have been told to crack down on the practice with evidence some schools have high numbers of pupils moving on before year 11 resulting in better GCSE results for the school they leave behind.
An analysis of the Department for Education's school census data by the regulator found more than 19,000 pupils did not progress from year 10 to year 11 at the same state-funded secondary school in 2017.
Many moved to another state-funded school but around half did not and it is not clear where they ended up. Some may have moved to an independent school, which might be a special school or alternative education provision, or become home-schooled. Some may have dropped out of education entirely.
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