Entries - vocational qualifications by subject and student characteristics (end of 16-18 study)
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Vocational qualification entries, by Ofqual subject area and student characteristics.
Student characteristics include gender, ethnicity, disadvantage status, free school meal provision, first language and SEN provision.
Includes students triggered for inclusion in performance tables who completed A levels during 16-18 study, after discounting of exams.
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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 2020/21
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Total number of students
- Filters
- Characteristic
- Exam cohort
- Ofqual subject area
- Time period
- 2018/19 to 2020/21
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | version | exam_cohort | characteristic_type | characteristic_value | ofqual_tier_1 | ofqual_tier_2 | student_count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201819 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Provisional | Applied General | Ethnicity | White | 07 - Retail and Commercial Enterprise | All | 542 |
| 201819 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Provisional | Applied General | Ethnicity | White | 09 - Arts, Media and Publishing | 09.2 - Crafts, creative arts and design | 1479 |
| 201819 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Provisional | Applied General | Ethnicity | White | 15 - Business, Administration, Finance and Law | 15.1 - Accounting and finance | 3524 |
| 201819 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Provisional | Applied General | Ethnicity | White - Any other White background | 02 - Science and Mathematics | 02.1 - Science | 421 |
| 201819 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Provisional | Applied General | Ethnicity | White - Gypsy Roma | 08 - Leisure, Travel and Tourism | 08.2 - Travel and tourism | 0 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| characteristic_value | Characteristic |
| exam_cohort | Exam cohort |
| ofqual_tier_2 | Ofqual subject area |
| student_count | Total number of students |
Footnotes
- Includes students triggered for inclusion in performance tables who completed a vocational qualification during 16-18 study, after discounting of exams.
- EHC plans and statements of SEN are legal documents which detail the needs of the individual student, and the assistance they are to receive.
- 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.
- 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.
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