Data set from Key stage 4 performance

Key stage 2 to 4 transition matrices KS4 measures

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Published 1 February 2024

Last updated 1 February 2024

National level EBacc entry, EBacc achievement (9-4), EBacc achievement (9-5), English and maths (9-4), English and maths (9-5) compared with KS2 scaled scores achieved broken down by gender, disadvantage, special educational needs (SEN) and English as an additional language (EAL). Pupils in state-funded mainstream and special schools, hospital schools and non-maintained special schools.

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Data set details

• Theme: School and college outcomes and performance
• Publication: Key stage 4 performance
• Release: Academic year 2022/23
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
  • Number of pupils not achieving grades 4 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
  • Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
• Filters:
  • Key stage 2 scaled score group
  • Pupil characteristic disaggregation
• Time period: 2022/23

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Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	version	characteristic_type	characteristic_value	ks2_scaled_score_group	ebacc_all_entered	ebacc_all_not_entered	ebacc_all_perc_entered	ebacc_all_perc_not_entered	ebacc_9-4_achieved	ebacc_9-4_not_achieved	ebacc_9-4_perc_achieved	ebacc_9-4_perc_not_achieved	ebacc_9-5_achieved	ebacc_9-5_not_achieved	ebacc_9-5_perc_achieved	ebacc_9-5_perc_not_achieved	basics_9-4_achieved	basics_9-4_not_achieved	basics_9-4_perc_achieved	basics_9-4_perc_not_achieved	basics_9-5_achieved	basics_9-5_not_achieved	basics_9-5_perc_achieved	basics_9-5_perc_not_achieved
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	All Pupils	All Pupils	Less than 80	453	12105	3.6	96.4	93	12465	0.7	99.3	42	12516	0.3	99.7	341	12217	2.7	97.3	137	12421	1.1	98.9
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	All Pupils	All Pupils	80 - 89.5	1602	18421	8	92	65	19958	0.3	99.7	24	19999	0.1	99.9	701	19322	3.5	96.5	159	19864	0.8	99.2
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	All Pupils	All Pupils	90 - 95.5	5691	34550	14.1	85.9	563	39678	1.4	98.6	171	40070	0.4	99.6	5602	34639	13.9	86.1	1297	38944	3.2	96.8
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	All Pupils	All Pupils	96 - 99.5	12224	44774	21.4	78.6	2363	54635	4.1	95.9	794	56204	1.4	98.6	19553	37445	34.3	65.7	5924	51074	10.4	89.6
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	All Pupils	All Pupils	100 - 102	17130	41759	29.1	70.9	5371	53518	9.1	90.9	2018	56871	3.4	96.6	30950	27939	52.6	47.4	12638	46251	21.5	78.5

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 22 variables

Variable name	Variable description
basics_9-4_achieved	Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
basics_9-4_not_achieved	Number of pupils not achieving grades 4 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
basics_9-4_perc_achieved	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
basics_9-4_perc_not_achieved	Percentage of pupils not achieving grades 4 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
basics_9-5_achieved	Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs

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Footnotes

1. z = When an observation is not applicable
2. For pupils at the end of KS4 in 2022/23, where pupils achieved qualifications in subjects between January 2020 and August 2021, we will not use results from these qualifications and these results are shown as covid impacted. The entries into the qualifications are still counted. 

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