Subject entry level data
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Data set details
- Theme
- School and college outcomes and performance
- Publication
- Key stage 4 performance
- API data set ID
- 19e39901-2ada-4d77-9406-415502a508cc
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- Academic year 2024/25
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 1,203
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Number of entries at grade
- Filters
- Grade
- Subject
- Time period
- 2024/25
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | version | establishment_type_group | qualification_type | qualification_detailed | grade_structure | subject | discount_code | subject_discount_group | grade | number_achieving |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202425 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Provisional | All schools | GCSE | GCSE (9-1) Full Course | 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1 / U / X | Ancient History | DB21 | Ancient History | 1 | 86 |
| 202425 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Provisional | All schools | GCSE | GCSE (9-1) Full Course | 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1 / U / X | Ancient History | DB21 | Ancient History | 2 | 92 |
| 202425 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Provisional | All schools | GCSE | GCSE (9-1) Full Course | 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1 / U / X | Ancient History | DB21 | Ancient History | 3 | 132 |
| 202425 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Provisional | All schools | GCSE | GCSE (9-1) Full Course | 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1 / U / X | Ancient History | DB21 | Ancient History | 4 | 138 |
| 202425 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Provisional | All schools | GCSE | GCSE (9-1) Full Course | 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1 / U / X | Ancient History | DB21 | Ancient History | 5 | 182 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| grade | Grade |
| number_achieving | Number of entries at grade |
| subject_discount_group | Subject |
Footnotes
- Discounting has been applied. For further information please see the discounting guidance (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores (opens in new tab)).
- Grade U refers to pupils' results which are ungraded or unclassified.
- Grade X refers to pupils who were absent or whose results are pending.
- Combined Science GCSE is a Double Award and is included in this table for the purpose of comparison with other Science subjects.
- For pupils at the end of KS4 in 2024/25, where pupils achieved qualifications in subjects between January 2020 and August 2021, we will not use results from these qualifications. The entries into the qualifications are still counted.
- Where subjects have been combined into a group (e.g. Other Modern Languages) and a pupil has two or more entries, each result in each subject is counted.
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- Subject entry level data
- API data set ID
- 19e39901-2ada-4d77-9406-415502a508cc
- API data set version
- 1.0
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