Data set from A level and other 16 to 18 results

Attainment and other performance measures - student characteristics

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Published 30 March 2023

Last updated 30 March 2023

Attainment metrics for all qualification cohorts, by student characteristics.

Student characteristics include gender, ethnicity, disadvantage status, free school meal provision, first language, SEN provision, and KS4 prior attainment.

Data set details

Theme: School and college outcomes and performance
Publication: A level and other 16 to 18 results
Release: Academic year 2021/22
Release type
Geographic levels: National
Indicators: % achieving ≥ 2 A levels
% achieving ≥ 2 academic results
% achieving ≥ 2 substantial level 3 results
Filters: Characteristic
Time period: 2017/18 to 2021/22

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	version	characteristic_type	characteristic_value	number_of_students_potential	number_of_students_level3	number_of_students_alev	number_of_students_acad	number_of_students_agen	number_of_students_tlev	aps_per_entry_alev	aps_per_entry_grade_alev	aps_per_entry_acad	aps_per_entry_grade_acad	aps_per_entry_agen	aps_per_entry_grade_agen	aps_per_entry_tlev	aps_per_entry_grade_tlev	pc_achieving_atleast_two_substantial_lev3	pc_achieving_atleast_two_alev	pc_achieving_atleast_two_substantial_lev3_acad	entered_for_one_or_more_alev_or_applied	aps_per_entry_best3	aps_per_entry_grade_best3	pc_achieving_3_astar_to_a_alev	pc_achieving_aab_or_better_alev	entered_for_one_or_more_alev	pc_achieving_aab_or_better_atleast_two_facilitating_alev	entered_any_level3_vocational_excluding_applied_generals	pc_level3_vocational_students_entered_tech_levels	entered_any_level3_vocational_excluding_tech_levels	pc_level3_vocational_students_entered_applied_generals	number_of_students_highest_entry_was_l2	pc_level2_vocational_students_entered_technicalcertificate	number_of_students_technicalcertificate	aps_per_entry_technicalcertificate	aps_per_entry_grade_technicalcertificate
201718	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	Gender	Female	295272	178186	162983	165902	24028	6917	33.9635	C+	34.2967	C+	29.8163	Merit+	27.7942	Merit+	83.784	81.015	81.063	128776	34.058	C+	11.879	20.582	128214	14.728	71660	9.653	86229	28.018	40921	35.256	15770	5.9486	L2Merit
201819	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	Gender	Female	291629	179886	154797	158031	36366	10717	34.5797	C+	34.9117	C+	30.3141	Dist-	28.4177	Merit+	86.814	83.078	82.932	121283	34.4018	C+	12.136	20.975	121272	15.208	65099	16.463	88175	41.405	38978	6.116	2763	5.8131	L2Merit-
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Final	Gender	Female	298128	181646	150650	154217	42574	12722	40.3303	B	40.4911	B	32.8516	Dist-	29.8345	Merit+	89.004	86.891	86.392	119873	39.7118	B	23.165	35.157	119873	23.602	64665	19.677	91150	46.907	40613	10.241	4902	5.7537	L2Merit-
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Final	Gender	Female	250108	180426	149730	153205	48613	10806	42.5788	B+	42.7468	B+	34.4504	Dist	32.0565	Dist-	93.341	88.936	88.425	117342	42.3277	B+	30.194	43.849	117342	27.801	50487	21.407	85147	57.293	14721	10.706	1767	5.706	L2Merit-
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	Gender	Female	293413	198381	156137	159064	65170	13202	39.5202	B	39.6967	B	33.2308	Dist-	30.632	Dist-	96.826	88.702	88.383	118154	39.858	B	22.934	35.367	118154	21.661	40014	32.996	90280	72.211	5707	9.55	561	5.9443	L2Merit

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 34 variables
Variable name	Variable description
aps_per_entry_acad	APS per academic entry
aps_per_entry_agen	APS per applied general entry
aps_per_entry_alev	APS per A level entry
aps_per_entry_best3	APS per 'Best 3' entries
aps_per_entry_grade_acad	Average academic result

Footnotes

Includes students triggered for inclusion in performance tables.
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.

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