National - Key Stage 4 (KS4) - API
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Data set details
- Theme
- Children's social care
- Publication
- Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities in England
- API data set ID
- 019d4320-2bde-7059-8d7a-b685013eb1e6
How do I use this ID? - Release
- Reporting year 2025
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 1,000
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Average Attainment 8 score of all pupils
- Average EBacc APS score per pupil
- Average Progress 8 score of all pupils
- Filters
- Ethnicity
- Length of period of care
- Placement
- Time period
- 2018/19 to 2024/25
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | social_care_group | sen_provision | ethnicity_major | placement | period_of_care_length | version | pupil_count | attainment8_sum | attainment8_average | engmath_95_total | engmath_95_percent | engmath_94_total | engmath_94_percent | ebacc_entering_total | ebacc_entering_percent | ebacc_95_total | ebacc_95_percent | ebacc_94_total | ebacc_94_percent | ebacc_aps_sum | ebacc_aps_average | progress8_pupil_count | progress8_sum | progress8_average | progress8_lower_95_ci | progress8_upper_95_ci |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202425 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | CLA 12 months at 31 March | All pupils | All pupils | All pupils | 1. Less than 12 months (0-11 months looked after) | Revised | 0 | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | z | x | x | x | x | x |
| 202425 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | CLA at 31 March | All pupils | All pupils | All pupils | 1. Less than 12 months (0-11 months looked after) | Revised | 1350 | 15461.5 | 11.4 | 60 | 4.2 | 130 | 9.2 | 70 | 5.3 | 10 | 0.8 | 20 | 1.4 | 1270.42 | 0.94 | x | x | x | x | x |
| 202425 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | CLA at any point | All pupils | All pupils | All pupils | 1. Less than 12 months (0-11 months looked after) | Revised | 1830 | 23559 | 12.9 | 110 | 5.9 | 210 | 11.4 | 120 | 6.6 | 20 | 1.2 | 40 | 2 | 1938.1 | 1.06 | x | x | x | x | x |
| 202425 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | CLA less than 12 months at 31 March | All pupils | All pupils | All pupils | 1. Less than 12 months (0-11 months looked after) | Revised | 1350 | 15461.5 | 11.4 | 60 | 4.2 | 130 | 9.2 | 70 | 5.3 | 10 | 0.8 | 20 | 1.4 | 1270.42 | 0.94 | x | x | x | x | x |
| 202324 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | CLA 12 months at 31 March | All pupils | All pupils | All pupils | 1. Less than 12 months (0-11 months looked after) | Final | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| attainment8_average | Average Attainment 8 score of all pupils |
| attainment8_sum | Total sum of pupils Attainment 8 scores |
| ebacc_94_percent | Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the English Baccalaureate |
| ebacc_94_total | Total number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the English Baccalaureate |
| ebacc_95_percent | Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the English Baccalaureate |
Footnotes
- Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer examination series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes set up to award grades. The method to award grades was different in 2021 to that in 2020. The changes to the way GCSE grades were awarded in these two years means 2019/20 and 2020/21 pupil attainment data should not be directly compared to pupil attainment data from previous or later years for the purposes of measuring year on year changes in pupil performance. More detailed information on the Key Stage 4 data published within this release is available in the accompanying methodology.
- Within this release comparisons are made with 2024 and with 2019. We will compare to 2024 due to it being last year’s data, and to 2019 because it was the last year that summer exams were taken before the Covid-19 pandemic. Users need to exercise extreme caution when considering comparisons over time, as they may not reflect changes in pupil performance alone. More detailed information on the Key Stage 4 data published within this release is available in the accompanying methodology.
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- National - Key Stage 4 (KS4) - API
- API data set ID
- 019d4320-2bde-7059-8d7a-b685013eb1e6
- API data set version
- 1.0
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Children Looked After Data Team
Email: CLA.STATS@education.gov.ukContact name: Bree Waine