Data set from A level and other 16 to 18 results

Entries and Results - A level by subject and student characteristics (end of 16-18 study)

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Published 4 November 2021

Last updated 4 November 2021

A level grades achieved, by subject 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
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Number at grade A.
  • Number at grade A*.
  • Number at grade B.
• Filters:
  • Characteristic
  • Subject
• Time period: 2018/19 to 2020/21

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	version	characteristic_type	characteristic_value	subject_area	subject_name	astar_grade_achieved	a_grade_achieved	b_grade_achieved	c_grade_achieved	d_grade_achieved	e_grade_achieved	u_grade_achieved	q_grade_achieved	total_students	perc_astar_grade_achieved	perc_a_grade_achieved	perc_b_grade_achieved	perc_c_grade_achieved	perc_d_grade_achieved	perc_e_grade_achieved	astar_a_grade_achieved	astar_b_grade_achieved	astar_c_grade_achieved	astar_d_grade_achieved	astar_e_grade_achieved	perc_astar_a_grade_achieved	perc_astar_b_grade_achieved	perc_astar_c_grade_achieved	perc_astar_d_grade_achieved	perc_astar_e_grade_achieved
201819	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Provisional	Gender	Male	Accounting and Finance	Total Accounting and finance	14	150	273	385	359	187	83	0	1451	0.964851826	10.33769814	18.81461061	26.53342522	24.74155755	12.88766368	164	437	822	1181	1368	11.30254997	30.11716058	56.6505858	81.39214335	94.27980703
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Provisional	Gender	Male	Accounting and Finance	Total Accounting and finance	66	241	340	405	274	118	12	0	1456	4.532967033	16.5521978	23.35164835	27.81593407	18.81868132	8.104395604	307	647	1052	1326	1444	21.08516484	44.43681319	72.25274725	91.07142857	99.17582418
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Provisional	Gender	Male	Accounting and Finance	Total Accounting and finance	119	268	341	332	224	114	20	0	1418	8.392101551	18.89985896	24.04795487	23.41325811	15.79689704	8.039492243	387	728	1060	1284	1398	27.29196051	51.33991537	74.75317348	90.55007052	98.58956276
201819	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Provisional	Gender	Female	Accounting and Finance	Total Accounting and finance	9	88	129	166	123	91	36	0	642	1.401869159	13.70716511	20.09345794	25.85669782	19.1588785	14.17445483	97	226	392	515	606	15.10903427	35.20249221	61.05919003	80.21806854	94.39252336
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Provisional	Gender	Female	Accounting and Finance	Total Accounting and finance	45	107	169	160	82	46	9	0	618	7.281553398	17.31391586	27.34627832	25.88996764	13.26860841	7.443365696	152	321	481	563	609	24.59546926	51.94174757	77.83171521	91.10032362	98.54368932

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 16 variables

Variable name	Variable description
a_grade_achieved	Number at grade A.
astar_grade_achieved	Number at grade A*.
b_grade_achieved	Number at grade B.
c_grade_achieved	Number at grade C.
characteristic_value	Characteristic

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Footnotes

1. EHC plans and statements of SEN are legal documents which detail the needs of the individual student, and the assistance they are to receive.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Includes students triggered for inclusion in performance tables who completed A levels during 16-18 study, after discounting of exams.

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