Retention - student characteristics
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Retention metrics for all qualification cohorts, by student characteristics.
Student characteristics include gender, ethnicity, disadvantage status, free school meal provision, first language, special educational needs (SEN) provision, and KS4 prior attainment.
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Data set details
- Theme
- School and college outcomes and performance
- Publication
- A level and other 16 to 18 results
- Release
- Academic year 2022/23
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- % retained
- % retained and assessed
- % returned and retained for a second year
- Filters
- Characteristic
- Cohort
- Time period
- 2018/19 to 2022/23
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | version | characteristic_type | characteristic_value | exam_cohort | level_of_study | student_count_year_1 | student_count_year_2 | retained | retained_and_assessed | returned_and_retained | perc_retained | perc_retained_and_assessed | perc_returned_and_retained |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201819 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Revised | Gender | Female | A level | Level 3 | 133146 | 131838 | 121861 | 119572 | 112747 | 91.524 | 89.805 | 85.519 |
| 201920 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Final | Gender | Female | A level | Level 3 | 128190 | 125721 | 118420 | 116569 | 111957 | 92.379 | 90.935 | 89.052 |
| 202021 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Final | Gender | Female | A level | Level 3 | 123674 | 122680 | 116646 | 115728 | 113809 | 94.317 | 93.575 | 92.769 |
| 202122 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Revised | Gender | Female | A level | Level 3 | 126737 | 126141 | 120576 | 119666 | 118474 | 95.139 | 94.421 | 93.922 |
| 202223 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Revised | Gender | Female | A level | Level 3 | 130587 | 129854 | 122143 | 121007 | 119856 | 93.534 | 92.664 | 92.301 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| characteristic_value | Characteristic |
| exam_cohort | Cohort |
| perc_retained | % retained |
| perc_retained_and_assessed | % retained and assessed |
| perc_returned_and_retained | % returned and retained for a second year |
Footnotes
- Figures for the total number of students may not match the sum of females and males, as not all institutions recorded the gender for every student.
- Disadvantage status is as reported at the end of key stage 4. Analysis involving disadvantage status includes students at state-funded schools and colleges only.
- EHC plans and statements of SEN are legal documents which detail the needs of the individual student, and the assistance they are to receive.
- A change to the trigger rules was introduced in 2020/21 such that students were no longer automatically reported after two years in 16-18 study. The introduction caused a fall in cohort size, particular within the vocational and technical cohorts. A full impact analysis can be found in the <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/methodology/a-level-and-other-16-to-18-results">methodology document</a>.
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