Data set from Key stage 4 performance

Subject year of entry data

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Published 1 February 2024

Last updated 1 February 2024

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 2022/23
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • The percentage of pupils
  • The number of pupils
• Filters:
  • The school year in which the exam was sat
  • The subject pupils are entered for
• Time period: 2022/23

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	version	establishment_type	qualification_type	subject	test_year	number_pupils	percentage
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	All schools	GCSE	All Subjects	Total	4736497	z
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	All schools	GCSE	All Subjects	Final year	4647655	98.1
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	All schools	GCSE	All Subjects	Penultimate year	82927	1.8
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	All schools	GCSE	Ancient History	Total	1219	z
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	All schools	GCSE	Ancient History	Final year	1202	98.6

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 4 variables

Variable name	Variable description
number_pupils	The number of pupils
percentage	The percentage of pupils
subject	The subject pupils are entered for
test_year	The school year in which the exam was sat

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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. Some zero percentages may represent small numbers due to rounding.
3. z = When an observation is not applicable
4. Discounting has been applied where pupils have taken the same subject more than once. In 2021/22, with the return of the exam series, first entry rules were reintroduced for discounting. Further information can be found in the secondary accountability guidance. For more on the discounting methodology read the Discounting and Early Entry Guidance.
5. Some percentages may not add up to exactly 100% due to rounding. 

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