Data set from Key stage 4 performance

KS4 national data

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Published 4 November 2021

Last updated 4 November 2021

National level headline entry and attainment measures broken down by year, detailed school type, gender, prior attainment, school admission type and school religious denomination.

Data set details

Theme: School and college outcomes and performance
Publication: Key stage 4 performance
Release: Academic year 2020/21
Release type
Geographic levels: National
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: Attainment level assigned to pupil based on their KS2 results
Basis for admission into the school e.g. non-selective schools in other areas, selective schools
Gender
Time period: 2009/10 to 2020/21

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	version	school_characteristic	breakdown	characteristic_gender	characteristic_prior_attainment	characteristic_admission_type	characteristic_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
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	State-funded mainstream	Religious denomination by prior attainment	Boys	High prior	Total	Church of England	169	2491	183765.5	73.8	2486	99.8	2346	94.2	2459	98.7	1615	64.8	1372	55.1	1528	61.3	17005.88	6.83	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	2489	99.9	2488	99.9	2483	99.7	2488	99.9	2483	99.7	2210	88.7	1792	71.9	2375	95.3	2427	97.4	2373	95.6	2098	94.9	1556	86.8	2464	98.9	2474	99.3	2455	98.9	2167	98.1	1708	95.3	17915	7.19	18793	7.54	18574	7.46	16326	6.55	11852.75	4.76	35852	14.4	37586	15.1	56260.25	22.6	54067.25	21.7	51136.5	20.5	2930.75	1.2	7435	3	7439	3	2	0.1	3	0.1	3	0.1	100	4	768	30.8	715	28.7	1768	71	1767	70.9	361	14.5	176	7.1	661	26.5
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	State-funded mainstream	Religious denomination by prior attainment	Girls	High prior	Total	Church of England	167	2242	170357	76	2239	99.9	2162	96.4	2224	99.2	1504	67.1	1369	61.1	1461	65.2	15716.3	7.01	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	2240	99.9	2240	99.9	2235	99.7	2239	99.9	2228	99.4	1991	88.8	1697	75.7	2206	98.4	2175	97	2128	95.5	1924	96.6	1579	93	2223	99.2	2230	99.5	2207	99.1	1966	98.7	1654	97.5	17426	7.77	16444	7.33	16522.5	7.37	15335	6.84	12048.75	5.37	34884	15.6	32888	14.7	50932.75	22.7	51652.25	23	48833	21.8	2819.25	1.3	6683	3	6691	3	2	0.1	5	0.2	3	0.1	53	2.4	675	30.1	864	38.5	1364	60.8	1364	60.8	248	11.1	160	7.1	1273	56.8
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	State-funded mainstream	Religious denomination by prior attainment	Total	High prior	Total	Church of England	181	4733	354122.5	74.8	4725	99.8	4508	95.2	4683	98.9	3119	65.9	2741	57.9	2989	63.2	32722.18	6.91	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	4729	99.9	4728	99.9	4718	99.7	4727	99.9	4711	99.5	4201	88.8	3489	73.7	4581	96.8	4602	97.2	4501	95.5	4022	95.7	3135	89.9	4687	99	4704	99.4	4662	99	4133	98.4	3362	96.4	35341	7.47	35237	7.44	35096.5	7.42	31661	6.69	23901.5	5.05	70736	14.9	70474	14.9	107193	22.6	105719.5	22.3	99969.5	21.1	5750	1.2	14118	3	14130	3	4	0.1	8	0.2	6	0.1	153	3.2	1443	30.5	1579	33.4	3132	66.2	3131	66.2	609	12.9	336	7.1	1934	40.9
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	State-funded mainstream	Religious denomination by prior attainment	Boys	Low prior	Total	Church of England	170	4649	162306.5	34.9	4567	98.2	620	13.3	1877	40.4	641	13.8	64	1.4	200	4.3	13092.8	2.82	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	4601	99	4567	98.2	4477	96.3	4583	98.6	4451	95.7	3575	76.9	803	17.3	1315	28.3	1003	21.6	765	17.2	902	25.2	225	28	2689	57.8	2274	48.9	1816	40.8	1658	46.4	408	50.8	17066	3.67	15460	3.33	15382	3.31	12247	2.63	3021	0.65	34335	7.4	30920	6.7	45308	9.7	51743.5	11.1	37540.5	8.1	14203	3.1	12705	2.7	12998	2.8	59	1.3	58	1.2	69	1.5	800	17.2	3022	65	4065	87.4	386	8.3	384	8.3	272	5.9	32	0.7	1716	36.9
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	State-funded mainstream	Religious denomination by prior attainment	Girls	Low prior	Total	Church of England	173	4301	167882.25	39	4239	98.6	767	17.8	1989	46.2	945	22	149	3.5	408	9.5	13346.74	3.1	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	4265	99.2	4254	98.9	4180	97.2	4247	98.7	4170	97	3366	78.3	1266	29.4	2017	46.9	912	21.2	798	19.1	1012	30.1	488	38.5	3150	73.2	2105	48.9	1816	43.5	1712	50.9	788	62.2	18593	4.32	14249	3.31	14830	3.45	12249	2.85	5330	1.24	37355	8.7	28498	6.6	44517.5	10.4	57511.75	13.4	42703.5	9.9	14808.25	3.4	11997	2.8	12329	2.9	44	1	35	0.8	69	1.6	501	11.6	2707	62.9	3856	89.7	314	7.3	314	7.3	174	4	54	1.3	2415	56.1

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 127 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.
All independent schools include non-maintained special schools, independent special schools and independent schools.
All State-funded special schools include community special schools, foundation special schools, special sponsored academies, special converter academies and special free schools.
Selective schools admit pupils wholly or mainly with reference to ability. These schools are formally designated as grammar schools.
Local authority (LA) maintained mainstream schools include community schools, voluntary aided schools, voluntary controlled schools and foundation schools. Schools fully or partially under local authority control that are state-funded, mainly by the Dedicated Schools Grant.
All schools include state-funded schools, 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. Since September 2013, general further education colleges and sixth-form colleges have been able to directly enrol 14 to 16 year-olds. 2014/15 was the first year in which colleges have pupils at the end of key stage 4. From 2016 onwards, entries and achievements for these pupils are included in figures as state-funded schools.
Some zero percentages may represent small numbers due to rounding.
The open element contains the three highest point scores in any three other subjects, 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.
Since September 2013, general further education (FE) colleges and sixth-form colleges have been able to directly enrol 14- to 16-year-olds. Entries and achievements for these pupils are included in figures as state-funded schools. As FE colleges do not complete the school census, pupils at the end of key stage 4 attending FE colleges are included in the all pupils lines but not in the majority of the characteristics breakdowns. Therefore, there are some cases where the individual characteristics breakdowns will not add up to the all pupils figure. Pupils in FE colleges are included in the free school meals and disadvantaged figures from 2015/16 onwards.
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.
EBacc sciences includes the double award GCSE in combined science, and single GCSEs in biology, chemistry, physics and computer science.
Religious character is taken from the GIAS (Get information about schools) website and is the legal designation of each school. Any state-funded mainstream schools who do not have their religious character recorded on the GIAS website are recorded in 'no religious character'. Religious character is taken from GIAS and are given as at 12 September at the start of the academic year, and is the legal designation of each school.
Most secondary schools educate pupils from year 7 (age 11 to 12) to year 11 (age 15 to 16). Some schools and colleges, such as university technical colleges (UTCs), studio schools or further education colleges with key stage 4 provision, differ in their age range and specialisms and this should be borne in mind when reviewing the performance tables data for these types of provision. For example, Progress 8 measures the progress made by pupils from the end of year 6 (end of primary school) through to the end of year 11, covering a period of five years. In UTCs, studio schools and some other academies, pupils typically start in year 10, rather than in year 7 as is the case for most secondary schools. This means that, by the end of year 11, pupils in these schools will have typically attended that school for only 2 years, compared to 5 years for pupils in most secondary schools. As a result, the Progress 8 data for these schools is not directly comparable with the Progress 8 data for other schools. UTCs, studio schools and some FE colleges with KS4 provision provide a specialist technical and professional education. 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.
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.
Non selective schools in other areas: Includes all non-selective schools that are not in highly selective areas, including those in areas with some selection.
State-funded mainstream schools include academies, free schools, city technology colleges and further education colleges with provision for 14 to 16 year-olds. They exclude state-funded special schools, independent schools, independent special schools, non-maintained special schools, hospital schools and alternative provision (including pupil referral units, AP free schools and AP academies as well as state-funded AP placements in other institutions). Further education colleges with 14-16 provision are included in the total figure for all state-funded schools but not in the breakdowns by religious character or school admissions; therefore, figures by religious character or school admissions will not add up to the figure for all state-funded mainstream schools.
: = When data is unavailable for other reasons
Average number of slots filled that contains U grades or other qualifications scoring 0 points are counted as a non-filled slot.
Academies and free schools include sponsored academies, converter academies, free schools studio schools and university technical colleges (UTCs).
c = a cell that has been suppressed due to low number of pupils. Suppression was applied where deemed necessary for all data up to 2018/19. For 2019/20, DfE suppression policy changed. For 2020 and 2021 results where a geographical area contains only one school (for example Isles of Scilly) the data for that area has been suppressed. This is in line with the announcement that school level data would not be published using either summer 2020 or summer 2021 exam grades awarded.
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.
Subjects included in the 'entered art' indicators include: Applied Art and Design, Art and Design, Drama, Media/Film/TV, Music, Dance and Performing Arts.
Non selective schools in highly selective areas: Includes all non-selective schools in local authorities with a high level of selection (where 25% or more of state-funded secondary places are in state-funded selective schools). These local authorities are Bexley, Buckinghamshire, Kent, Lincolnshire, Medway, Slough, Southend-on-Sea, Sutton, Torbay, Trafford and Wirral.
State-funded special schools include local authority maintained special schools, academy sponsor led special schools, academy special schools and special free schools. They exclude independent special schools and non-maintained special schools.
Hospital, PRU & AP schools include Community Hospital School, Foundation Hospital School, Pupil Referral Unit, sponsored academies, convertor academies, free school and alternative provision.

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