Data set from A level and other 16 to 18 results

Attainment and other performance measures - student characteristics and disadvantage status

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Published 30 March 2023

Last updated 30 March 2023

Attainment metrics for all qualification cohorts, by a combination of disadvantage status and other student characteristics. 

Other student characteristics include gender, ethnicity, first language, SEN provision, and KS4 prior attainment.

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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 2021/22
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • % achieving ≥ 2 A levels
  • % achieving ≥ 2 academic results
  • % achieving ≥ 2 substantial level 3 results
• Filters:
  • Characteristic
  • Characteristic disadvantage
• Time period: 2017/18 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	characteristic_type	characteristic_value	characteristic_disadvantage	number_of_students_potential	number_of_students_level3	number_of_students_alev	number_of_students_acad	number_of_students_agen	number_of_students_tlev	aps_per_entry_alev	aps_per_entry_grade_alev	aps_per_entry_acad	aps_per_entry_grade_acad	aps_per_entry_agen	aps_per_entry_grade_agen	aps_per_entry_tlev	aps_per_entry_grade_tlev	pc_achieving_atleast_two_substantial_lev3	pc_achieving_atleast_two_alev	pc_achieving_atleast_two_substantial_lev3_acad	entered_for_one_or_more_alev_or_applied	aps_per_entry_best3	aps_per_entry_grade_best3	pc_achieving_3_astar_to_a_alev	pc_achieving_aab_or_better_alev	entered_for_one_or_more_alev	pc_achieving_aab_or_better_atleast_two_facilitating_alev	entered_any_level3_vocational_excluding_applied_generals	pc_level3_vocational_students_entered_tech_levels	entered_any_level3_vocational_excluding_tech_levels	pc_level3_vocational_students_entered_applied_generals	number_of_students_highest_entry_was_l2	pc_level2_vocational_students_entered_technicalcertificate	number_of_students_technicalcertificate	aps_per_entry_technicalcertificate	aps_per_entry_grade_technicalcertificate	version
201718	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Gender	Female	Disadvantaged	68794	27706	23644	24003	5806	1778	28.642	C	28.7811	C	28.1416	Merit+	26.0652	Merit	74.533	70.546	70.012	16664	28.66	C	4.321	9.283	16543	5.628	18724	9.496	22099	26.386	15221	32.468	5261	5.8975	L2Merit	Revised
201819	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Gender	Female	Disadvantaged	68801	29363	22777	23185	8666	2777	29.2883	C	29.4113	C	28.8722	Merit+	26.4922	Merit	79.341	73.925	73.112	16026	29.1306	C	4.524	9.803	16024	6.303	17090	16.249	22351	38.88	14401	5.069	811	5.6987	L2Merit-	Revised
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Gender	Female	Disadvantaged	70739	30204	21489	21980	10438	3483	35.5497	B-	35.5542	B-	31.1053	Dist-	27.65	Merit+	81.857	79.822	78.435	15682	34.6754	C+	11.58	20.074	15682	11.873	16827	20.699	22963	45.621	14998	8.948	1557	5.6445	L2Merit-	Final
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Gender	Female	Disadvantaged	50396	28391	20496	20930	11245	2600	37.4321	B-	37.4529	B-	32.2366	Dist-	29.2053	Merit+	89.479	82.958	81.71	14564	36.9422	B-	15.744	26.463	14564	15.271	11815	22.023	19724	57.179	5053	9.163	521	5.5493	L2Merit-	Final
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Gender	Female	Disadvantaged	65300	32750	21113	21456	15419	3358	34.0592	C+	34.1122	C+	30.9684	Dist-	27.8163	Merit+	94.388	82.12	81.278	14223	34.2005	C+	10.567	19.314	14223	10.68	9803	34.255	21529	71.638	1994	8.375	172	5.791	L2Merit-	Revised

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 35 variables

Variable name	Variable description
aps_per_entry_acad	APS per academic entry
aps_per_entry_agen	APS per applied general entry
aps_per_entry_alev	APS per A level entry
aps_per_entry_best3	APS per 'Best 3' entries
aps_per_entry_grade_acad	Average academic result

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Footnotes

1. Includes students triggered for inclusion in performance tables.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. EHC plans and statements of SEN are legal documents which detail the needs of the individual student, and the assistance they are to receive.

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