Data set from Key stage 4 performance

KS4 subject year of entry data

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Published 4 November 2021

Last updated 4 November 2021

National level numbers and proportions of pupils entering GCSE subjects in penultimate and final years in all schools.

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Data set details

• Theme: School and college outcomes and performance
• Publication: Key stage 4 performance
• Release: Academic year 2020/21
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • The number of pupils entering each exam
  • The number of pupils entering each exam in their final school year
  • The number of pupils entering each exam in their penultimate school year
• Filters:
  • The subject pupils are entered for
• Time period: 2020/21

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	version	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	table	school_type	school_admission_type	school_religious_denomination	subject	2021_overall	2021_final_year	2021_penultimate_year	percentage_final_of_overall	percentage_penultimate_of_overall
202021	Academic year	Revised	National	E92000001	England	S6	All schools	Total	Total	Total	4533315	4432381	8765	97.8	0.2
202021	Academic year	Revised	National	E92000001	England	S6	All schools	Total	Total	Ancient History	1081	1078	0	99.7	0
202021	Academic year	Revised	National	E92000001	England	S6	All schools	Total	Total	Art and Design	194169	189396	717	97.5	0.4
202021	Academic year	Revised	National	E92000001	England	S6	All schools	Total	Total	Biblical Hebrew	609	106	0	17.4	0
202021	Academic year	Revised	National	E92000001	England	S6	All schools	Total	Total	Biology	167301	166342	104	99.4	0.1

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 6 variables

Variable name	Variable description
2021_final_year	The number of pupils entering each exam in their final school year
2021_overall	The number of pupils entering each exam
2021_penultimate_year	The number of pupils entering each exam in their penultimate school year
percentage_final_of_overall	The percentage of pupils entering each exam in their final school year
percentage_penultimate_of_overall	The percentage of pupils entering each exam in their penultimate school year

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Footnotes

1. All schools include state-funded schools, independent schools, independent special schools, non-maintained special schools, hospital schools, pupil referral units and alternative provision. Alternative provision includes academy and free school alternative provision. Since September 2013, general further education colleges and sixth-form colleges have been able to directly enrol 14 to 16 year-olds. 2014/15 was the first year in which colleges have pupils at the end of key stage 4. From 2016 onwards, entries and achievements for these pupils are included in figures as state-funded schools.
2. From 2017, the new GCSE in Food preparation and nutrition was introduced. This replaces D & T: Food Technology which was previously included in the Design and Technology subject group.
3. Some zero percentages may represent small numbers due to rounding.
4. z = When an observation is not applicable
5. From 2017, Core Science, Double Science, Additional and Further Science no longer count in the English Baccalaureate.
6. : = When data is unavailable for other reasons
7. Discounting has been applied where pupils have taken the same subject more than once. In 2020/21, only one entry per subject is counted and we count the entry with the highest grade for results received in summer 2021. Previously only the first entry grade would count and this is still the case for any results received before summer 2021. Further information can be found in the secondary accountability guidance. Where pupils have already entered for an exam within the same subject in an earlier year, first entry rules are still being used. For more on the discounting methodology prior to 2020, read the Discounting and Early Entry Guidance at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores
8. From 2014/15, all subject mappings which are classed as Computer Science count towards the English Baccalaureate. In 2013/14, AS Levels and Cambridge International Certificates in Computer Science did not count towards the English Baccalaureate.

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