Data set from Key stage 4 performance

KS4 local authority district and region of school location data by FSM and disadvantage status

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Published 4 November 2021

Last updated 4 November 2021

Local authority district level headline entry and attainment measures for the latest year including pupil free school meal eligibility and disadvantaged status. State-funded school pupils only.

Data set details

Theme: School and college outcomes and performance
Publication: Key stage 4 performance
Release: Academic year 2020/21
Release type
Geographic levels: Local authority district, National, Regional
Indicators: Average Attainment 8 score of all pupils
Average Attainment 8 score of all pupils for Ebacc element
Average Attainment 8 score of all pupils for English element
Filters: Disadvantaged status
Free school meal eligibility
Time period: 2020/21

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	level_methodology	version	characteristic_disadvantage	characteristic_fsm	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
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	School location	Revised	Total	FSM	3947	107787	4214205.05	39.1	100563	93.3	32196	29.9	54811	50.9	27741	25.7	9990	9.3	16353	15.2	354763.01	3.29	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	102530	95.1	101678	94.3	97695	90.6	101293	94	97704	90.6	79305	73.6	33809	31.4	48481	45	38364	35.6	32745	33.5	31505	39.7	17414	51.5	69476	64.5	60485	56.1	52318	53.5	44745	56.4	23845	70.5	447808	4.15	401841.75	3.73	397275	3.69	322062	2.99	162326.63	1.51	903277	8.4	803683.5	7.5	1190291.63	11	1316952.92	12.2	963162.17	8.9	353790.75	3.3	279459	2.6	282734	2.6
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	School location	Revised	Total	FSM all other	3973	467836	25092059.22	53.6	458421	98	266781	57	360824	77.1	194979	41.7	114042	24.4	153568	32.8	2205404.97	4.71	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	461081	98.6	460332	98.4	453744	97	459526	98.2	454104	97.1	393679	84.1	225289	48.2	332345	71	292036	62.4	265019	58.4	256599	65.2	155281	68.9	400686	85.6	376237	80.4	348616	76.8	311082	79	191333	84.9	2579514.03	5.51	2416203.38	5.16	2413643.16	5.16	2141696.75	4.58	1267754.53	2.71	5174198.06	11.1	4832406.76	10.3	7372016.67	15.8	7713437.73	16.5	6347001.73	13.6	1366436	2.9	1342561	2.9	1349518	2.9
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	School location	Revised	Disadvantaged	Total	3972	151902	6115083.81	40.3	142642	93.9	48169	31.7	80715	53.1	40956	27	15313	10.1	24702	16.3	516495.22	3.4	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	145195	95.6	144124	94.9	138804	91.4	143613	94.5	138876	91.4	113442	74.7	49500	32.6	71716	47.2	56967	37.5	48849	35.2	47004	41.4	26005	52.5	101296	66.7	88609	58.3	77051	55.5	66132	58.3	35495	71.7	648586	4.27	583782.5	3.84	577446.5	3.8	471775	3.11	239942.63	1.58	1307650	8.6	1167565	7.7	1731698.13	11.4	1908170.68	12.6	1410162.68	9.3	498008	3.3	398648	2.6	403347	2.7
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	School location	Revised	Disadvantaged all other	Total	3955	423721	23191180.46	54.7	416342	98.3	250808	59.2	334920	79	181764	42.9	108719	25.7	145219	34.3	2043672.76	4.82	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	418416	98.7	417886	98.6	412635	97.4	417206	98.5	412932	97.5	359542	84.9	209598	49.5	309110	73	273433	64.5	248915	60.3	241100	67.1	146690	70	368866	87.1	348113	82.2	323883	78.4	289695	80.6	179683	85.7	2378736.03	5.61	2234262.63	5.27	2233471.66	5.27	1991983.75	4.7	1190138.53	2.81	4769825.06	11.3	4468525.26	10.5	6830610.17	16.1	7122219.97	16.8	5900001.22	13.9	1222218.75	2.9	1223372	2.9	1228905	2.9
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	School location	Revised	Total	Total	3987	575623	29306264.27	50.9	558984	97.1	298977	51.9	415635	72.2	222720	38.7	124032	21.5	169921	29.5	2560167.98	4.45	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	563611	97.9	562010	97.6	551439	95.8	560819	97.4	551808	95.9	472984	82.2	259098	45	380826	66.2	330400	57.4	297764	54	288104	60.9	172695	66.7	470162	81.7	436722	75.9	400934	72.7	355827	75.2	215178	83	3027322.03	5.26	2818045.13	4.9	2810918.16	4.88	2463758.75	4.28	1430081.16	2.48	6077475.06	10.6	5636090.26	9.8	8562308.3	14.9	9030390.65	15.7	7310163.9	12.7	1720226.75	3	1622020	2.8	1632252	2.8

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 101 variables
Variable name	Variable description
avg_att8	Average Attainment 8 score of all pupils
avg_att8_ebac	Average Attainment 8 score of all pupils for Ebacc element
avg_att8_eng	Average Attainment 8 score of all pupils for English element
avg_att8_mat	Average Attainment 8 score of all pupils for mathematics element
avg_att8_open	Average Attainment 8 score of all pupils for open element

Footnotes

Progress 8 data is not being published using 2020/21 data because of the cancellation of GCSE exams. Calculating Progress 8 has an element of modelling (estimating the average Attainment 8 score for pupils with similar prior attainment) and with the lack of exam data, the Progress 8 measure is not meaningful as a measure of Progress for 2021. This is the second year that Progress 8 data has not been published due to the cancellation of exams.
Stevenage district boundary was changed in 2014. The local authority district code was changed from E07000101 to E07000243 to reflect this.
Disadvantaged all other includes pupils for whom free school meal eligibility, Special Educational Needs status (SEN provision) or SEN primary need could not be determined.
East Hertfordshire district boundary was changed in 2014. The local authority district code was changed from E07000097 to E07000242 to reflect this.
Northumberland district boundary was changed in 2014. The local authority district code was changed from E06000048 to E06000057 to reflect this.
Some zero percentages may represent small numbers due to rounding.
Sub totals may not sum to the grand total due to a small number of pupils with missing information e.g. for FSM, SEN, EAL and those where ethnicity is not recorded.
z = When an observation is not applicable
In 2020 and 2021, all GCSEs in England have been reformed and use the new 9 to 1 grading system (rather than A*-G). Year on year comparisons will be limited until these qualifications are consistently included from 2020 onwards. However, results for 2020 and 2021 are not comparable with earlier years due to the cancellation of exams (due to COVID-19) and the changes to the way GCSE grades were awarded.
Welwyn Hatfield district boundary was changed in 2013. The local authority district code was changed from E07000104 to E07000241 to reflect this.
Gateshead district boundary was changed in 2014. The local authority district code was changed from E08000020 to E08000037 to reflect this.
From 2014/15, disadvantaged pupils include pupils known to be eligible for free school meals (FSM) in any spring, autumn, summer, alternative provision or pupil referral unit census from year 6 to year 11 or are looked after children for at least one day or are adopted from care.
EBacc sciences includes the double award GCSE in combined science, and single GCSEs in biology, chemistry, physics and computer science.
Data has been provided based on both the pupil’s location and the school’s location. At local authority level there may be differences in the totals because of a small number of schools where the school is maintained by a different local authority to the one in which they are located.
A Progress 8 score of 1.0 means pupils in the group make on average approximately a grade more progress than the national average; a score of -0.5 means they make on average approximately half a grade less progress than average. Progress 8 scores should be interpreted alongside the associated confidence intervals. If the lower bound of the confidence interval is greater than zero, it can be interpreted as meaning that the group achieves greater than average progress compared to pupils in mainstream schools nationally and that this is statistically significant. If the upper bound is negative, this means that the group achieves lower than average progress compared to pupils in mainstream schools nationally and that this is statistically significant.
: = When data is unavailable for other reasons
The residency of 673 pupils living in England in 2020/21 is unknown due to missing or invalid postcode information. Pupils not resident in England and pupils with missing or invalid postcode information are excluded from the figures in presented.
All state-funded schools include local authority maintained mainstream schools, academies, free schools, city technology colleges, further education colleges with provision for 14 to 16 year-olds and state-funded special schools. They exclude independent schools, independent special schools, non-maintained special schools, hospital schools, pupil referral units and alternative provision. Alternative provision includes academy and free school alternative provision.
St Albans district boundary was changed in 2013. The local authority district code was changed from E07000100 to E07000240 to reflect this.
Northamptonshire district boundary was changed in 2021. The local authority district code was changed from E10000021 to E06000061 (North Northamptonshire) and E06000062 (West Northamptonshire).
Free school meals (FSM) does not relate to pupils who actually received free school meals but those who are eligible to receive free school meals. Pupils not eligible for free school meals or unclassified pupils are described as ‘All other pupils’.

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