Data set from Key stage 4 performance

KS4 national data

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Published 20 October 2022

Last updated 20 October 2022

National level headline entry and attainment measures broken down by year, detailed school type, gender, prior attainment, school admission type and school religious denomination.

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Data set details

• Theme: School and college outcomes and performance
• Publication: Key stage 4 performance
• Release: Academic year 2021/22
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Average Attainment 8 score of all pupils
  • Average Attainment 8 score of all pupils for Ebacc element
  • Average Attainment 8 score of all pupils for English element
• Filters:
  • Attainment level assigned to pupil based on their KS2 results
  • Basis for admission into the school e.g. non-selective schools in other areas, selective schools
  • Gender
• Time period: 2009/10 to 2021/22

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	version	school_characteristic	breakdown	characteristic_gender	characteristic_prior_attainment	characteristic_admission_type	characteristic_religious_denomination	t_schools	t_pupils	t_att8	avg_att8	t_entbasics	pt_entbasics	t_l2basics_95	pt_l2basics_95	t_l2basics_94	pt_l2basics_94	t_ebacc_e_ptq_ee	pt_ebacc_e_ptq_ee	t_ebacc_95	pt_ebacc_95	t_ebacc_94	pt_ebacc_94	t_ebaccaps	avg_ebaccaps	t_inp8calc	t_p8score	avg_p8score	p8score_CI_low	p8score_CI_upp	t_p8eng	avg_p8eng	p8eng_CI_low	p8eng_CI_upp	t_p8mat	avg_p8mat	p8mat_CI_low	p8mat_CI_upp	t_p8ebac	avg_p8ebac	p8ebac_CI_low	p8ebac_CI_upp	t_p8open	avg_p8open	p8open_CI_low	p8open_CI_upp	t_entry_1	pt_entry_1	t_anypass	pt_anypass	t_ebaceng_e	pt_ebaceng_e	t_ebacmat_e	pt_ebacmat_e	t_ebac2sci_e	pt_ebac2sci_e	t_ebachum_e	pt_ebachum_e	t_ebaclan_e	pt_ebaclan_e	t_ebaceng_95	pt_ebaceng_95	t_ebacmat_95	pt_ebacmat_95	t_ebac2sci_95	pt_ebac2sci_95	t_ebachum_95	pt_ebachum_95	t_ebaclan_95	pt_ebaclan_95	t_ebaceng_94	pt_ebaceng_94	t_ebacmat_94	pt_ebacmat_94	t_ebac2sci_94	pt_ebac2sci_94	t_ebachum_94	pt_ebachum_94	t_ebaclan_94	pt_ebaclan_94	t_ebptseng_ll	avg_ebptseng_ll	t_ebptsmat	avg_ebptsmat	t_ebptssci	avg_ebptssci	t_ebptshum	avg_ebptshum	t_ebptslan	avg_ebptslan	t_att8_eng	avg_att8_eng	t_att8_mat	avg_att8_mat	t_att8_ebac	avg_att8_ebac	t_att8_open	avg_att8_open	t_att8_open_g	avg_att8_open_g	t_att8_open_ng	avg_att8_open_ng	t_ebac_fill	avg_ebac_fill	t_open_fill	avg_open_fill	t_ebaccsubjent_0	pt_ebaccsubjent_0	t_ebaccsubjent_1	pt_ebaccsubjent_1	t_ebaccsubjent_2	pt_ebaccsubjent_2	t_ebaccsubjent_3	pt_ebaccsubjent_3	t_ebaccsubjent_4	pt_ebaccsubjent_4	t_ent_comb_sci	pt_ent_comb_sci	t_eballsci_ptq_ee	pt_eballsci_ptq_ee	t_triplesci_e	pt_triplesci_e	t_ent_hist_geog	pt_ent_hist_geog	t_multilan_e	pt_multilan_e	t_entered_art	pt_entered_art	t_entered_music_qual	pt_entered_music_qual	t_entered_arts_qual	pt_entered_arts_qual
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	State-funded mainstream	Religious denomination	Boys	Total	Total	Church of England	175	16344	795235.5	48.7	16017	98	8121	49.7	11426	69.9	5624	34.4	2947	18	3849	23.5	69676.63	4.26	15341	-1594.64	-0.1	-0.13	-0.08	-3650.65	-0.24	-0.26	-0.21	1352.055	0.09	0.06	0.11	-774.543	-0.05	-0.08	-0.02	-3351.058	-0.22	-0.24	-0.19	16154	98.8	16094	98.5	15808	96.7	16064	98.3	15845	96.9	13525	82.8	6503	39.8	10248	62.7	9239	56.5	8154	51.5	7625	56.4	4126	63.4	12687	77.6	12336	75.5	10964	69.2	9439	69.8	4836	74.4	82366	5.04	80122	4.9	78347	4.79	65522	4.01	33353	2.04	165197	10.1	160244	9.8	234461	14.3	235333.5	14.4	197675.25	12.1	37658.25	2.3	45964	2.8	46213	2.8	250	1.5	118	0.7	185	1.1	1531	9.4	8636	52.8	11203	68.5	4644	28.4	4603	28.2	1517	9.3	418	2.6	4919	30.1	1448	8.9	6661	40.8
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	State-funded mainstream	Religious denomination	Boys	Total	Total	Hindu	2	158	9555.75	60.5	156	98.7	122	77.2	135	85.4	130	82.3	66	41.8	93	58.9	906.81	5.74	141	126.234	0.9	0.66	1.13	68.71	0.49	0.22	0.75	204.205	1.45	1.2	1.7	155.82	1.11	0.83	1.38	83.043	0.59	0.32	0.86	156	98.7	155	98.1	156	98.7	156	98.7	156	98.7	154	97.5	130	82.3	126	79.7	129	81.6	116	74.4	112	72.7	78	60	138	87.3	144	91.1	138	88.5	131	85.1	97	74.6	941	5.96	1020	6.46	970	6.14	886	5.61	654	4.14	1882	11.9	2040	12.9	2908	18.4	2725.75	17.3	2597	16.4	128.75	0.8	461	2.9	461	2.9	2	1.3	0	0	0	0	2	1.3	24	15.2	91	57.6	65	41.1	65	41.1	7	4.4	5	3.2	31	19.6	21	13.3	38	24.1
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	State-funded mainstream	Religious denomination	Boys	Total	Total	Jewish	9	697	39367.5	56.5	677	97.1	481	69	578	82.9	271	38.9	165	23.7	192	27.5	3493.48	5.01	639	194.599	0.3	0.2	0.41	67.975	0.11	-0.02	0.23	356.755	0.56	0.44	0.68	242.275	0.38	0.25	0.51	-19.397	-0.03	-0.16	0.1	688	98.7	665	95.4	667	95.7	683	98	677	97.1	524	75.2	348	49.9	546	78.3	514	73.7	473	69.9	406	77.5	230	66.1	606	86.9	605	86.8	546	80.6	442	84.4	251	72.1	4035	5.79	4068.75	5.84	3969	5.69	3122	4.48	1797	2.58	8108	11.6	8137.5	11.7	11843.5	17	11278.5	16.2	10458.5	15	820	1.2	1888	2.7	1911	2.7	11	1.6	6	0.9	15	2.2	68	9.8	326	46.8	439	63	238	34.1	237	34	54	7.7	79	11.3	145	20.8	53	7.6	184	26.4
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	State-funded mainstream	Religious denomination	Boys	Total	Total	Muslim	7	745	39931.75	53.6	743	99.7	575	77.2	663	89	647	86.8	129	17.3	204	27.4	3837.78	5.15	700	390.486	0.56	0.45	0.66	677.835	0.97	0.85	1.09	1028.445	1.47	1.36	1.58	665.475	0.95	0.83	1.07	-501.168	-0.72	-0.84	-0.6	744	99.9	743	99.7	740	99.3	743	99.7	742	99.6	704	94.5	672	90.2	628	84.3	610	81.9	505	68.1	418	59.4	174	25.9	687	92.2	683	91.7	620	83.6	505	71.7	253	37.6	4551	6.11	4550	6.11	4272	5.73	3555	4.77	1827	2.45	9107	12.2	9100	12.2	12496.5	16.8	9228.25	12.4	8036.5	10.8	1191.75	1.6	2197	2.9	1792	2.4	2	0.3	0	0	1	0.1	16	2.1	79	10.6	557	74.8	185	24.8	185	24.8	38	5.1	56	7.5	43	5.8	0	0	582	78.1
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	State-funded mainstream	Religious denomination	Boys	Total	Total	No religious character	2497	240184	11355262.6	47.3	235492	98	114758	47.8	162253	67.6	82704	34.4	39883	16.6	53659	22.3	996313.11	4.15	226348	-39917.619	-0.18	-0.18	-0.17	-76212.545	-0.34	-0.34	-0.33	14065.51	0.06	0.06	0.07	-20880.865	-0.09	-0.1	-0.09	-76758.436	-0.34	-0.35	-0.33	237424	98.9	236513	98.5	231968	96.6	236103	98.3	232605	96.8	199580	83.1	94320	39.3	142737	59.4	132962	55.4	115189	49.5	105950	53.1	56709	60.1	180562	75.2	177246	73.8	156871	67.4	132185	66.2	67672	71.7	1173117	4.88	1154405.26	4.81	1127539.25	4.69	931852	3.88	463431.76	1.93	2354320	9.8	2308810.52	9.6	3363444.63	14	3328687.45	13.9	2630947.45	11	697740	2.9	675000	2.8	672944	2.8	3660	1.5	2042	0.9	2963	1.2	22172	9.2	126643	52.7	169522	70.6	63086	26.3	62894	26.2	23146	9.6	5723	2.4	80985	33.7	20577	8.6	112888	47

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 130 variables

Variable name	Variable description
avg_att8	Average Attainment 8 score of all pupils
avg_att8_ebac	Average Attainment 8 score of all pupils for Ebacc element
avg_att8_eng	Average Attainment 8 score of all pupils for English element
avg_att8_mat	Average Attainment 8 score of all pupils for mathematics element
avg_att8_open	Average Attainment 8 score of all pupils for open element

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Footnotes

1. A Progress 8 score of 1.0 means pupils in the group make on average approximately a grade more progress than the national average; a score of -0.5 means they make on average approximately half a grade less progress than average. Progress 8 scores should be interpreted alongside the associated confidence intervals. If the lower bound of the confidence interval is greater than zero, it can be interpreted as meaning that the group achieves greater than average progress compared to pupils in mainstream schools nationally and that this is statistically significant. If the upper bound is negative, this means that the group achieves lower than average progress compared to pupils in mainstream schools nationally and that this is statistically significant.
2. In 2020 and 2021, all GCSEs in England have been reformed and use the new 9 to 1 grading system (rather than A*-G). Year on year comparisons will be limited until these qualifications are consistently included from 2020 onwards. However, results for 2020 and 2021 are not comparable with earlier years due to the cancellation of exams (due to COVID-19) and the changes to the way GCSE grades were awarded and results for 2022 are not comparable with previous years due to the changes relating to grading assessments.
3. c = a cell that has been suppressed due to low number of pupils. Suppression was applied where deemed necessary for all data up to 2018/19. For 2019/20, DfE suppression policy changed. For 2020 and 2021 results where a geographical area contains only one school (for example Isles of Scilly) the data for that area has been suppressed. This is in line with the announcement that school level data would not be published using either summer 2020 or summer 2021 exam grades awarded. Data is not being supressed in 2022 at local authority or national level.
4. State-funded special schools include local authority maintained special schools, academy sponsor led special schools, academy special schools and special free schools. They exclude independent special schools and non-maintained special schools.
5. Local authority (LA) maintained mainstream schools include community schools, voluntary aided schools, voluntary controlled schools and foundation schools. Schools fully or partially under local authority control that are state-funded, mainly by the Dedicated Schools Grant.
6. Academies and free schools include sponsored academies, converter academies, free schools studio schools and university technical colleges (UTCs).
7. Non selective schools in highly selective areas: Includes all non-selective schools in local authorities with a high level of selection (where 25% or more of state-funded secondary places are in state-funded selective schools). These local authorities are Bexley, Buckinghamshire, Kent, Lincolnshire, Medway, Slough, Southend-on-Sea, Sutton, Torbay, Trafford and Wirral.
8. 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.
9. Most secondary schools educate pupils from year 7 (age 11 to 12) to year 11 (age 15 to 16). Some schools and colleges, such as university technical colleges (UTCs), studio schools or further education colleges with key stage 4 provision, differ in their age range and specialisms and this should be borne in mind when reviewing the performance tables data for these types of provision. For example, Progress 8 measures the progress made by pupils from the end of year 6 (end of primary school) through to the end of year 11, covering a period of five years. In UTCs, studio schools and some other academies, pupils typically start in year 10, rather than in year 7 as is the case for most secondary schools. This means that, by the end of year 11, pupils in these schools will have typically attended that school for only 2 years, compared to 5 years for pupils in most secondary schools. As a result, the Progress 8 data for these schools is not directly comparable with the Progress 8 data for other schools. UTCs, studio schools and some FE colleges with KS4 provision provide a specialist technical and professional education. The government’s position is that it is not appropriate to expect the same rates of EBacc entry from these types of provision and that each school should decide on a case by case basis whether its specialist curriculum is compatible with the full EBacc.
10. Selective schools admit pupils wholly or mainly with reference to ability. These schools are formally designated as grammar schools.
11. In 2020 and 2021 Progress 8 data was not published because of the cancellation of GCSE exams (due to COVID-19). Calculating Progress 8 has an element of modelling (estimating the average Attainment 8 score for pupils with similar prior attainment) and with the lack of exam data, the Progress 8 measure is not meaningful as a measure of Progress for 2021. Progress 8 has been reintroduced in 2022.
12. : = When data is unavailable for other reasons
13. All independent schools include non-maintained special schools, independent special schools and independent schools.
14. All State-funded special schools include community special schools, foundation special schools, special sponsored academies, special converter academies and special free schools.
15. EBacc sciences includes the double award GCSE in combined science, and single GCSEs in biology, chemistry, physics and computer science.
16. Non selective schools in other areas: Includes all non-selective schools that are not in highly selective areas, including those in areas with some selection.
17. Religious character is taken from the GIAS (Get information about schools) website and is the legal designation of each school. Any state-funded mainstream schools who do not have their religious character recorded on the GIAS website are recorded in 'no religious character'. Religious character is taken from GIAS and are given as at 12 September at the start of the academic year, and is the legal designation of each school.
18. Hospital, PRU & AP schools include Community Hospital School, Foundation Hospital School, Pupil Referral Unit, sponsored academies, convertor academies, free school and alternative provision.
19. State-funded mainstream schools include academies, free schools, city technology colleges and further education colleges with provision for 14 to 16 year-olds. They exclude state-funded special schools, independent schools, independent special schools, non-maintained special schools, hospital schools and alternative provision (including pupil referral units, AP free schools and AP academies as well as state-funded AP placements in other institutions). Further education colleges with 14-16 provision are included in the total figure for all state-funded schools but not in the breakdowns by religious character or school admissions; therefore, figures by religious character or school admissions will not add up to the figure for all state-funded mainstream schools.
20. Average number of slots filled that contains U grades or other qualifications scoring 0 points are counted as a non-filled slot.
21. z = When an observation is not applicable
22. Since September 2013, general further education (FE) colleges and sixth-form colleges have been able to directly enrol 14- to 16-year-olds. Entries and achievements for these pupils are included in figures as state-funded schools. As FE colleges do not complete the school census, pupils at the end of key stage 4 attending FE colleges are included in the all pupils lines but not in the majority of the characteristics breakdowns. Therefore, there are some cases where the individual characteristics breakdowns will not add up to the all pupils figure. Pupils in FE colleges are included in the free school meals and disadvantaged figures from 2015/16 onwards.
23. All state-funded schools include local authority maintained mainstream schools, academies, free schools, city technology colleges, further education colleges with provision for 14 to 16 year-olds and state-funded special schools. They exclude 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.
24. The open element contains the three highest point scores in any three other subjects, including English language or literature (if not counted in the English slot), further GCSE qualifications (including English Baccalaureate subjects) or any other non-GCSE qualifications on the DfE approved list.

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