KS4 prior attainment - average KS4 prior attainment by student characteristics and region
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Data set details
- Theme
- School and college outcomes and performance
- Publication
- 16 to 19 performance
- API data set ID
- 019d9137-8890-76b5-8a80-54824375eeb8
How do I use this ID? - Release
- Academic year 2025/26
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 169,648
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Number of students
- Number of students with KS4 prior attainment
- Average KS4 prior attainment
- Filters
- Exam cohort
- Characteristic
- Time period
- 2021/22 to 2025/26
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | version | region_code | region_name | old_la_code | new_la_code | la_name | breakdown_topic | breakdown | establishment_type_group | establishment_type | exam_cohort | student_count | students_with_prior_count | prior_average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202526 | Academic year | Local authority | E92000001 | England | Provisional | E12000007 | London | 203 | E09000011 | Greenwich | SEN Provision | Education, health and care plan - Total | State-funded institutions | All state-funded schools and colleges | A level | 16 | 16 | 6.31515 |
| 202526 | Academic year | Local authority | E92000001 | England | Provisional | E12000007 | London | 203 | E09000011 | Greenwich | SEN Provision | Education, health and care plan - Total | State-funded institutions | All state-funded schools and colleges | Academic | 16 | 16 | 6.31515 |
| 202526 | Academic year | Local authority | E92000001 | England | Provisional | E12000007 | London | 203 | E09000011 | Greenwich | SEN Provision | Education, health and care plan - Total | State-funded institutions | All state-funded schools and colleges | T level | 0 | 0 | z |
| 202526 | Academic year | Local authority | E92000001 | England | Provisional | E12000007 | London | 203 | E09000011 | Greenwich | SEN Provision | Education, health and care plan - Total | State-funded institutions | All state-funded schools and colleges | Applied general | 6 | 6 | 4.24405 |
| 202526 | Academic year | Local authority | E92000001 | England | Provisional | E12000007 | London | 203 | E09000011 | Greenwich | SEN Provision | Education, health and care plan - Total | State-funded institutions | All state-funded schools and colleges | Tech level | 2 | 2 | 3.89285 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| breakdown | Characteristic |
| exam_cohort | Exam cohort |
| prior_average | Average KS4 prior attainment |
| student_count | Number of students |
| students_with_prior_count | Number of students with KS4 prior attainment |
Footnotes
- Figures for the total APS per entry student count 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.
- For 2024/25, final data is reported instead of the revised data normally presented for historical comparison. This is due to data quality issues affecting late results and Q grades in the 2024/25 revised data.
- T level data is not available prior to 2025/26.
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- KS4 prior attainment - average KS4 prior attainment by student characteristics and region
- API data set ID
- 019d9137-8890-76b5-8a80-54824375eeb8
- API data set version
- 2.0
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Major changes for version 2.0
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- ids were changed
- codes were changed
Deleted time periods
- 2020/21 (code:
AY)
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Changes to Exam cohort filter options
Updated
- End of 16-18 study (id:
tXW6E):- label changed to: End of 16-19 study
New
- T level (id:
CpjjI)
New time periods
- 2025/26 (code:
AY)
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If you have a specific enquiry about KS4 prior attainment - average KS4 prior attainment by student characteristics and region statistics and data:
Attainment statistics team
Email: Attainment.STATISTICS@education.gov.ukContact name: John Shale