Retention - student characteristics and disadvantage status
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Data set details
- Theme
- School and college outcomes and performance
- Publication
- A level and other 16 to 18 results
- API data set ID
- 019d913a-35c8-72d5-a240-9ab935f08b87
How do I use this ID? - Release
- Academic year 2024/25
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 2,000
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- % retained
- % retained and assessed
- % returned and retained for a second year
- Filters
- Exam cohort
- Disadvantage status
- Characteristic
- Time period
- 2020/21 to 2024/25
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | version | breakdown_topic | breakdown | disadvantage_status | exam_cohort | qualification_level | year_1_student_count | year_2_student_count | retained_student_count | retained_assessed_student_count | retained_2nd_year_student_count | retained_percent | retained_assessed_percent | retained_2nd_year_percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202021 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Final | Sex | Female | Disadvantaged | A level | Level 3 | 19015 | 18777 | 17161 | 16962 | 16538 | 90.25 | 89.203 | 88.076 |
| 202122 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Revised | Sex | Female | Disadvantaged | A level | Level 3 | 19039 | 18956 | 17310 | 17088 | 16895 | 90.919 | 89.753 | 89.127 |
| 202223 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Revised | Sex | Female | Disadvantaged | A level | Level 3 | 19579 | 19462 | 17234 | 16945 | 16756 | 88.023 | 86.547 | 86.096 |
| 202324 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Revised | Sex | Female | Disadvantaged | A level | Level 3 | 20054 | 19903 | 17237 | 16946 | 16681 | 85.953 | 84.502 | 83.811 |
| 202425 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Revised | Sex | Female | Disadvantaged | A level | Level 3 | 18480 | 18362 | 16176 | 15990 | 15702 | 87.532 | 86.526 | 85.514 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| breakdown | Characteristic |
| disadvantage_status | Disadvantage status |
| exam_cohort | Exam cohort |
| retained_2nd_year_percent | % returned and retained for a second year |
| retained_assessed_percent | % retained and assessed |
Footnotes
- Figures for the total number of students may not match the sum of females and males, as not all institutions recorded the sex for every student.
- 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.
- EHC plans and statements of SEN are legal documents which detail the needs of the individual student, and the assistance they are to receive.
- A change to the trigger rules was introduced in 2020/21 such that students were no longer automatically reported after two years in 16-18 study. The introduction caused a fall in cohort size, particularly within the vocational and technical cohorts. A full impact analysis can be found in the methodology document.
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- API data set ID
- 019d913a-35c8-72d5-a240-9ab935f08b87
- API data set version
- 1.0
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Email: Attainment.STATISTICS@education.gov.ukContact name: John Shale