Data set from A level and other 16 to 18 results

Retention - institution type and gender

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Published 18 April 2024

Last updated 18 April 2024

Retention metrics for all qualification cohorts, by institution type and student gender.

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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 2022/23
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • % retained
  • % retained and assessed
  • % returned and retained for a second year
• Filters:
  • Cohort
  • Gender
  • Institution type
• Time period: 2018/19 to 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	characteristic_gender	school_type_group	school_type	exam_cohort	level_of_study	student_count_year_1	student_count_year_2	retained	retained_and_assessed	returned_and_retained	perc_retained	perc_retained_and_assessed	perc_returned_and_retained
201819	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	Female	All state-funded	All state-funded mainstream providers	A level	Level 3	133146	131838	121861	119572	112747	91.524	89.805	85.519
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Final	Female	All state-funded	All state-funded mainstream providers	A level	Level 3	128190	125721	118420	116569	111957	92.379	90.935	89.052
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Final	Female	All state-funded	All state-funded mainstream providers	A level	Level 3	123674	122680	116646	115728	113809	94.317	93.575	92.769
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	Female	All state-funded	All state-funded mainstream providers	A level	Level 3	126737	126141	120576	119666	118474	95.139	94.421	93.922
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	Female	All state-funded	All state-funded mainstream providers	A level	Level 3	130587	129854	122143	121007	119856	93.534	92.664	92.301

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 8 variables

Variable name	Variable description
characteristic_gender	Gender
exam_cohort	Cohort
perc_retained	% retained
perc_retained_and_assessed	% retained and assessed
perc_returned_and_retained	% returned and retained for a second year

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Footnotes

1. 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.
2. Totals may be less than the sum of separate institution types as students who attend multiple institutions during 16 to 18 study are only included once in aggregations of those institutions. 
3. 'All state-funded mainstream schools' includes city technology colleges (CTCs) and state-funded special schools. Figures for these institution types are not shown separately in the table. Excludes pupil referral units (PRUs), alternative provision (AP), hospital schools, non-maintained special schools, independent schools, independent special schools and independent schools approved to take pupils with special educational needs (SEN). 
4. 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, particular within the vocational and technical cohorts. A full impact analysis can be found in the methodology document.

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