Data set from Key stage 4 performance

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Published 27 February 2025

Last updated 27 February 2025

National level performance measures by establishment type and some pupil characteristics since 2018/19, includes an extended timeseries of headline performance measures since 2009/10.

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• Theme: School and college outcomes and performance
• Publication: Key stage 4 performance
• Release: Academic year 2023/24
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Average Attainment 8 score
  • Average EBacc APS score
  • Average Progress 8 score
• Filters:
  • Sex
  • KS2 prior attainment status
  • School admissions policy
• Time period: 2009/10 to 2023/24

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	version	establishment_type_group	breakdown	sex	prior_attainment	admission_type	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
202324	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	Academies and free schools	Prior attainment	Boys	High prior	Total	Total	2495	54824	3573531.03	65.2	54566	99.5	47528	86.7	52155	95.1	33541	61.2	23006	42	27940	51	330790.69	6.03	54823	-3391.64	-0.06	-0.07	-0.05	-14951.165	-0.27	-0.29	-0.26	11375.19	0.21	0.2	0.22	537.677	0.01	0	0.02	-12830.848	-0.23	-0.25	-0.22	54659	99.7	54639	99.7	54322	99.1	54593	99.6	54338	99.1	49479	90.3	36316	66.2	49271	89.9	50570	92.2	47275	87	41739	84.4	26719	73.6	52448	95.7	53555	97.7	52038	95.8	45234	91.4	31148	85.8	353495.88	6.45	376767	6.87	363850.38	6.64	316139	5.77	210642.27	3.84	707886.76	12.9	753534	13.7	1096262.88	20	1015847.39	18.5	931085.14	17	84762.25	1.5	162339	3	161921	3	196	0.4	140	0.3	169	0.3	2247	4.1	18531	33.8	21987	40.1	32351	59	32285	58.9	7118	13	2728	5	13973	25.5	4808	8.8	17577	32.1
202324	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	Academies and free schools	Prior attainment	Boys	Low prior	Total	Total	2428	54732	1437322.75	26.3	52265	95.5	3641	6.7	11834	21.6	8427	15.4	451	0.8	1241	2.3	119767.64	2.19	54703	-4629.43	-0.08	-0.1	-0.07	-10983.46	-0.2	-0.21	-0.19	6433.625	0.12	0.11	0.13	-590.684	-0.01	-0.02	0	-11832.011	-0.22	-0.23	-0.2	53083	97	52317	95.6	50389	92.1	52514	95.9	50601	92.5	40958	74.8	10024	18.3	9569	17.5	6081	11.1	3971	7.8	4276	10.4	2373	23.7	19722	36	16276	29.7	11105	21.9	8365	20.4	3435	34.3	162281	2.97	143066	2.61	141395	2.58	97603	1.78	32854	0.6	327580	6	286132	5.2	400094	7.3	423516.75	7.7	309951.5	5.7	113565.25	2.1	136417	2.5	137908	2.5	1988	3.6	1178	2.2	1681	3.1	8021	14.7	33437	61.1	47913	87.5	2689	4.9	2668	4.9	3644	6.7	568	1	18390	33.6	3068	5.6	24392	44.6
202324	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	Academies and free schools	Prior attainment	Boys	Mid prior	Total	Total	2502	125442	5654699.27	45.1	123963	98.8	56142	44.8	89561	71.4	48602	38.7	12945	10.3	23310	18.6	500110.22	3.99	125432	-14628.058	-0.12	-0.12	-0.11	-34679.34	-0.28	-0.29	-0.27	17744.485	0.14	0.13	0.15	-2023.689	-0.02	-0.03	-0.01	-37501.084	-0.3	-0.31	-0.29	124496	99.2	124178	99	122269	97.5	124137	99	122482	97.6	109331	87.2	52915	42.2	73307	58.4	70542	56.2	54699	44.7	49741	45.5	20706	39.1	97591	77.8	101095	80.6	86292	70.5	67622	61.9	29986	56.7	593665	4.73	595611	4.75	564931.88	4.5	464258	3.7	217258	1.73	1191236	9.5	1191222	9.5	1670016.75	13.3	1602224.52	12.8	1314532.52	10.5	287692	2.3	358508	2.9	357308	2.8	1161	0.9	1008	0.8	1330	1.1	8908	7.1	64433	51.4	95574	76.2	26909	21.5	26799	21.4	12453	9.9	2291	1.8	34695	27.7	7588	6	46863	37.4
202324	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	Academies and free schools	Total	Boys	Total	Total	Total	2505	252134	11379404.32	45.1	246923	97.9	113835	45.1	162688	64.5	97039	38.5	39103	15.5	56119	22.3	1016530.87	4.03	234958	-22649.128	-0.1	-0.1	-0.09	-60613.965	-0.26	-0.26	-0.25	35553.3	0.15	0.15	0.16	-2076.696	-0.01	-0.02	0	-62163.943	-0.26	-0.27	-0.26	248825	98.7	247427	98.1	242369	96.1	247644	98.2	243450	96.6	212238	84.2	107476	42.6	139849	55.5	135461	53.7	113277	46.5	101333	47.7	55796	51.9	179830	71.3	181649	72	158996	65.3	128244	60.4	71166	66.2	1178506.88	4.67	1190770.75	4.72	1143414.26	4.53	930720	3.69	512340.27	2.03	2366295.76	9.4	2381541.5	9.4	3395574.13	13.5	3235992.93	12.8	2725071.68	10.8	510921.25	2	702141	2.8	700615	2.8	3984	1.6	2625	1	3650	1.4	21287	8.4	123549	49	177245	70.3	66209	26.3	65973	26.2	24804	9.8	7020	2.8	72236	28.6	16695	6.6	95412	37.8
202324	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	Academies and free schools	Prior attainment	Girls	High prior	Total	Total	2529	60164	4045666.46	67.2	59844	99.5	53035	88.2	57875	96.2	39663	65.9	30739	51.1	35692	59.3	374266.92	6.22	60162	7346.382	0.12	0.11	0.13	16763.235	0.28	0.27	0.29	-9277.52	-0.15	-0.17	-0.14	1654.501	0.03	0.01	0.04	14015.469	0.23	0.22	0.25	59963	99.7	59948	99.6	59530	98.9	59872	99.5	59426	98.8	54073	89.9	43421	72.2	56897	94.6	54125	90	51357	86.4	47434	87.7	36130	83.2	58688	97.5	58367	97	56846	95.7	50440	93.3	40032	92.2	422020.76	7.01	393164	6.53	394090	6.55	365323	6.07	276929.88	4.6	845434.52	14.1	786328	13.1	1210766.38	20.1	1203137.56	20	1103532.81	18.3	99604.75	1.7	177516	3	177393	2.9	255	0.4	182	0.3	305	0.5	1821	3	17938	29.8	27099	45	32330	53.7	32314	53.7	5337	8.9	3624	6	30510	50.7	5207	8.7	33454	55.6

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 130 variables

Variable name	Variable description
admission_type	School admissions policy
avg_att8	Average Attainment 8 score
avg_att8_ebac	Average Attainment 8 score for EBacc element
avg_att8_eng	Average Attainment 8 score for English element
avg_att8_mat	Average Attainment 8 score for maths element

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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. 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.
4. Progress 8 was not published in 2020 or 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
5. 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.
6. 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).
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Subjects included in the 'entered art' indicator include: Applied Art and Design, Art and Design, Drama, Media/Film/TV, Music, Dance and Performing Arts.
10. Changes were made to the methodology for calculating performance data due to the commitment not to use qualification results awarded between January 2020 and August 2021 in future measures. GCSE exams returned in 2022 and grades were awarded at a midpoint between 2021 and pre-pandemic grading. In 2023, there was a return to pre-pandemic grading, with some protections. Comparisons to 2020, 2021, and 2022 should be made with caution.
11. In 2017, new reformed GCSEs (which use the 9-1 grade scale) were introduced into secondary school performance tables in a phased approach. Unreformed subjects continued to be graded using the A* to G system. From 2020 onwards all GCSEs are now reformed and use the 9-1 grading scale.

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