Data set from Key stage 4 performance

National characteristics by school types data

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Last updated 16 October 2025

National level performance measures by school type and by pupil characteristics since 2018/19.

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• Theme: School and college outcomes and performance
• Publication: Key stage 4 performance
• API data set ID: 18e39901-7fe3-8372-8b2b-33f7ae1e1d12; How do I use this ID?
• Release: Academic year 2024/25
• Number of rows: 9,853
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Average Attainment 8 score
  • Average Attainment 8 score for EBacc element
  • Average Attainment 8 score for English element
• Filters:
  • Disadvantaged status
  • Ethnicity
  • First language
• Time period: 2009/10 to 2024/25

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time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	version	establishment_type_group	breakdown_topic	sex	ethnicity_major	fsm_status	sen_provision	sen_status	disadvantage_status	first_language	prior_attainment	school_admission_type	school_count	pupil_count	attainment8_sum	attainment8_average	engmath_entering_total	engmath_entering_percent	engmath_95_total	engmath_95_percent	engmath_94_total	engmath_94_percent	ebacc_entering_total	ebacc_entering_percent	ebacc_95_total	ebacc_95_percent	ebacc_94_total	ebacc_94_percent	ebacc_aps_sum	ebacc_aps_average	progress8_pupil_count	progress8_sum	progress8_average	progress8_lower_95_ci	progress8_upper_95_ci	progress8eng_sum	progress8eng_average	progress8eng_lower_95_ci	progress8eng_upper_95_ci	progress8mat_sum	progress8mat_average	progress8mat_lower_95_ci	progress8mat_upper_95_ci	progress8ebacc_sum	progress8ebacc_average	progress8ebacc_lower_95_ci	progress8ebacc_upper_95_ci	progress8open_sum	progress8open_average	progress8open_lower_95_ci	progress8open_upper_95_ci	gcse_entering_total	gcse_entering_percent	gcse_91_total	gcse_91_percent	ebacceng_entering_total	ebacceng_entering_percent	ebaccmat_entering_total	ebaccmat_entering_percent	ebaccsci_entering_total	ebaccsci_entering_percent	ebacchum_entering_total	ebacchum_entering_percent	ebacclan_entering_total	ebacclan_entering_percent	ebacceng_95_total	ebacceng_95_percent	ebaccmat_95_total	ebaccmat_95_percent	ebaccsci_95_total	ebaccsci_95_percent	ebacchum_95_total	ebacchum_95_percent	ebacclan_95_total	ebacclan_95_percent	ebacceng_94_total	ebacceng_94_percent	ebaccmat_94_total	ebaccmat_94_percent	ebaccsci_94_total	ebaccsci_94_percent	ebacchum_94_total	ebacchum_94_percent	ebacclan_94_total	ebacclan_94_percent	ebacceng_aps_sum	ebacceng_aps_average	ebaccmat_aps_sum	ebaccmat_aps_average	ebaccsci_aps_sum	ebaccsci_aps_average	ebacchum_aps_sum	ebacchum_aps_average	ebacclan_aps_sum	ebacclan_aps_average	attainment8eng_sum	attainment8eng_average	attainment8mat_sum	attainment8mat_average	attainment8ebacc_sum	attainment8ebacc_average	attainment8open_sum	attainment8open_average	attainment8open_gcse_sum	attainment8open_gcse_average	attainment8open_nongcse_sum	attainment8open_nongcse_average	attainment8ebacc_slotfill_total	attainment8ebacc_slotfill_average	attainment8open_slotfill_total	attainment8open_slotfill_average	ebacc_entering_0pillar_total	ebacc_entering_0pillar_percent	ebacc_entering_1pillar_total	ebacc_entering_1pillar_percent	ebacc_entering_2pillar_total	ebacc_entering_2pillar_percent	ebacc_entering_3pillar_total	ebacc_entering_3pillar_percent	ebacc_entering_4pillar_total	ebacc_entering_4pillar_percent	ebaccsci_combpath_entering_total	ebaccsci_combpath_entering_percent	ebaccsci_indpath_entering_total	ebaccsci_indpath_entering_percent	sci_triple_entering_total	sci_triple_entering_percent	geoghist_entering_total	geoghist_entering_percent	lan_multiple_entering_total	lan_multiple_entering_percent	art_subject_entering_total	art_subject_entering_percent	music_qual_entering_total	music_qual_entering_percent	art_qual_entering_total	art_qual_entering_percent	ebacceng_91_total	ebacceng_91_percent	ebaccmat_91_total	ebaccmat_91_percent	ebaccsci_91_total	ebaccsci_91_percent	ebacchum_91_total	ebacchum_91_percent	ebacclan_91_total	ebacclan_91_percent	ebacc_91_total	ebacc_91_percent	gcse_five_engmath_total	gcse_five_engmath_percent	progress8_pupil_percent	progress8_adjusted_total	progress8_adjusted_percent	progress8original_sum	progress8original_average	progress8original_lower_95_ci	progress8original_upper_95_ci	valueaddedsci_pupil_count	valueaddedsci_pupil_percent	valueaddedsci_sum	valueaddedsci_average	valueaddedsci_lower_95_ci	valueaddedsci_upper_95_ci	valueaddedhum_pupil_count	valueaddedhum_pupil_percent	valueaddedhum_sum	valueaddedhum_average	valueaddedhum_lower_95_ci	valueaddedhum_upper_95_ci	valueaddedlan_pupil_count	valueaddedlan_pupil_percent	valueaddedlan_sum	valueaddedlan_average	valueaddedlan_lower_95_ci	valueaddedlan_upper_95_ci	qual_entries_sum	qual_entries_average	gcse_entries_sum	gcse_entries_average	qual_entries_without_discounting_sum	qual_entries_without_discounting_average
202425	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Provisional	All state-funded	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	4104	625673	28749291.43	45.9	600061	95.9	282570	45.2	403520	64.5	253431	40.5	116324	18.6	160553	25.7	2551096.91	4.08	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	606209	96.9	603485	96.5	585613	93.6	602207	96.2	588829	94.1	507683	81.1	287270	45.9	376889	60.2	318796	51	281734	47.8	259766	51.2	173704	60.5	463406	74.1	434919	69.5	386910	65.7	321382	63.3	209251	72.8	3056113	4.88	2842440.16	4.54	2791097.33	4.46	2338217	3.74	1487602.14	2.38	6147375	9.8	5684891.32	9.1	8408873.39	13.4	8508151.72	13.6	7164520.22	11.5	1343631.5	2.1	1704766	2.7	1711419	2.7	21977	3.5	8931	1.4	10595	1.7	48630	7.8	282109	45.1	442863	70.8	145977	23.3	145717	23.3	45171	7.2	21517	3.4	241961	38.7	41093	6.6	284365	45.4	581817	93	590972	94.5	578169	98.2	492580	97	283084	98.5	246604	39.4	374345	59.8	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	4900407.49	7.8	4524812	7.2	4940890	7.9
202425	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Provisional	All state-funded	Sex	Boys	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	3892	320708	14100901.42	44	304941	95.1	140045	43.7	200685	62.6	117733	36.7	50198	15.7	70239	21.9	1257014.87	3.92	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	308552	96.2	306828	95.7	296558	92.5	306388	95.5	299059	93.2	257942	80.4	132358	41.3	173576	54.1	166577	51.9	141371	47.3	124793	48.4	73482	55.5	221562	69.1	224387	70	194596	65.1	157267	61	90547	68.4	1458797	4.55	1473932.52	4.6	1409324.57	4.39	1140117	3.56	650571.64	2.03	2935602	9.2	2947865.04	9.2	4189116.89	13.1	4028317.49	12.6	3378488.49	10.5	649829	2	862454	2.7	862702	2.7	13536	4.2	5199	1.6	5802	1.8	26915	8.4	151523	47.2	223401	69.7	75667	23.6	75486	23.5	28056	8.7	9094	2.8	90273	28.1	21523	6.7	115829	36.1	293721	91.6	300689	93.8	292906	97.9	248280	96.3	130066	98.3	114106	35.6	182243	56.8	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	2485009.91	7.7	2286025	7.1	2505749	7.8
202425	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Provisional	All state-funded	Sex	Girls	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	3853	304965	14648390.01	48	295120	96.8	142525	46.7	202835	66.5	135698	44.5	66126	21.7	90314	29.6	1294082.04	4.24	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	297657	97.6	296657	97.3	289055	94.8	295819	97	289770	95	249741	81.9	154912	50.8	203313	66.7	152219	49.9	140363	48.4	134973	54	100222	64.7	241844	79.3	210532	69	192314	66.4	164115	65.7	118704	76.6	1597316	5.24	1368507.64	4.49	1381772.76	4.53	1198100	3.93	837030.5	2.74	3211773	10.5	2737026.28	9	4219756.5	13.8	4479834.23	14.7	3786031.73	12.4	693802.5	2.3	842312	2.8	848717	2.8	8441	2.8	3732	1.2	4793	1.6	21715	7.1	130586	42.8	219462	72	70310	23.1	70231	23	17115	5.6	12423	4.1	151688	49.7	19570	6.4	168536	55.3	288096	94.5	290283	95.2	285263	98.4	244300	97.8	153018	98.8	132498	43.4	192102	63	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	2415397.58	7.9	2238787	7.3	2435141	8
202425	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Provisional	All state-funded	Ethnicity	Total	Asian / Asian British	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	3397	80859	4262199.32	52.7	78823	97.5	45981	56.9	59668	73.8	43124	53.3	22127	27.4	28687	35.5	387338.22	4.79	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	79279	98	79093	97.8	77948	96.4	78972	97.7	78532	97.1	69002	85.3	48114	59.5	57573	71.2	50121	62	47140	60	39939	57.9	31503	65.5	66798	82.6	62631	77.5	58167	74.1	47704	69.1	36820	76.5	447212	5.53	424034	5.24	422357	5.22	344761	4.26	263312.13	3.26	896621	11.1	848068	10.5	1270210.13	15.7	1247300.19	15.4	1112940.19	13.8	134360	1.7	229923	2.8	230854	2.9	1717	2.1	331	0.4	591	0.7	4949	6.1	30147	37.3	50535	62.5	28004	34.6	27992	34.6	4175	5.2	3770	4.7	24517	30.3	3450	4.3	29804	36.9	77590	96	77861	96.3	77351	98.5	67410	97.7	47374	98.5	41896	51.8	56481	69.9	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	677709.68	8.4	637662	7.9	680814	8.4
202425	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Provisional	All state-funded	Sex by ethnicity	Boys	Asian / Asian British	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	2930	41405	2093741.04	50.6	40080	96.8	22937	55.4	29742	71.8	19958	48.2	9628	23.3	12572	30.4	190256.29	4.6	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	40357	97.5	40218	97.1	39520	95.4	40177	97	39868	96.3	34663	83.7	22276	53.8	26871	64.9	25971	62.7	23582	59.2	18967	54.7	13473	60.5	32164	77.7	32005	77.3	28956	72.6	22965	66.3	16060	72.1	213828	5.16	219196.25	5.29	213238	5.15	166024	4.01	116017.13	2.8	428879	10.4	438392.5	10.6	631940.13	15.3	594529.41	14.4	528615.66	12.8	65913.75	1.6	115944	2.8	116271	2.8	1128	2.7	215	0.5	401	1	3115	7.5	16588	40.1	25854	62.4	14020	33.9	14009	33.8	2471	6	1634	3.9	9157	22.1	1646	4	12496	30.2	39231	94.7	39525	95.5	39125	98.1	33514	96.7	21881	98.2	19301	46.6	27618	66.7	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	342721.62	8.3	320945	7.8	344502	8.3

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 179 variables

Variable name	Variable description
art_qual_entering_percent	Percentage of pupils entering any arts qualification
art_qual_entering_total	Number of pupils entering any arts qualification
art_subject_entering_percent	Percentage of pupils entering any arts subject
art_subject_entering_total	Number of pupils entering any arts subject
attainment8_average	Average Attainment 8 score

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Footnotes

1. Establishment types included in the establishment type groupings can be found in the glossary: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/glossary
2. Pupils at university technical colleges (UTCs), studio schools and further education colleges with key stage 4 provision typically attend that school for only 2 years, compared to 5 years for pupils in most secondary schools. These establishments also offer specialist curriculum. As a result, the Progress 8 data for these schools is not directly comparable with the Progress 8 data for other schools. 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. This should be borne in mind when reviewing the performance data for these types of provisions.
3. Further education colleges with key stage 4 provision do not complete the school census. Therefore, their pupils are not included in the majority of characteristics breakdowns. Since 2015/16, their pupils have been included in free school meals and disadvantaged breakdowns.
4. Selective areas include local authorities where more than 25% of state-funded secondary places are in selective schools. These local authorities are Bexley, Buckinghamshire, Kent, Lincolnshire, Medway, Slough, Southend-on-Sea, Sutton, Torbay, Trafford and Wirral.
5. Sub totals for EAL and SEN breakdowns may not sum to the grand total due to a small number of pupils with missing information.
6. Unclassified includes pupils for whom the information was not obtained, refused or could not be determined.
7. Progress 8 is not being published in 2024/25  as KS4 pupils in this year do not have KS2 assessments due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Progress 8 was also not published in 2020 or 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
8. A Progress 8 score of 1.0 means pupils make on average a grade more progress than the national average of pupils with similar KS2 prior attainment in mainstream schools. Progress 8 should be interpreted alongside the associated confidence intervals. If the confidence intervals cross 0, then progress is not significantly different compared to pupils with similar KS2 prior attainment in mainstream schools.
9. EBacc science includes double award GCSE for pupils on the combined science pathway or the average of a pupil's best two science grades for pupils on the single science pathway (i.e., where pupils enter three of biology, chemistry, computer science, and physics).
10. The open element of Attainment 8 contains the three highest point scores in any three other subjects eligible for performance tables, 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.
11. For the number of slots filled, entries that were awarded U grades or other qualifications scoring 0 points are counted as a non-filled slot.
12. Subjects included in the 'entered art' indicator include: Applied Art and Design, Art and Design, Drama, Media/Film/TV, Music, Dance and Performing Arts.

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• API data set name: National characteristics by school types data
• API data set ID: 18e39901-7fe3-8372-8b2b-33f7ae1e1d12
• API data set version: 1.0.1

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