Data set from Key stage 4 performance

KS4 local authority characteristics data

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Published 20 October 2022

Last updated 20 October 2022

Local authority and regional level headline entry and attainment measures for the latest year broken down by gender, major ethnicity, free school meal eligibility, special educational need status and description, disadvantaged status and first language. State-funded schools only.

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Data set details

• Theme: School and college outcomes and performance
• Publication: Key stage 4 performance
• Release: Academic year 2021/22
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Average Attainment 8 score of all pupils
  • Average EBacc APS score per pupil
  • Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
• Filters:
  • Disadvantaged status
  • English as an Additional Language status
  • Free school meal eligibility
• Time period: 2018/19 to 2021/22

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	version	school_characteristic	breakdown	characteristic_gender	characteristic_ethnic_major	characteristic_free_school_meals	characteristic_sen_status	characteristic_sen_description	characteristic_disadvantage	characteristic_first_language	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
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Revised	State-funded schools (LA)	Ethnic major	Girls	Other	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	1531	5466	293703.5	53.7	5349	97.9	3130	57.3	4016	73.5	3241	59.3	1650	30.2	2168	39.7	26783.93	4.9	4401	3177.265	0.72	0.68	0.76
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Revised	State-funded schools (LA)	Ethnic major	Boys	Chinese	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	783	1204	77457.13	64.3	1167	96.9	936	77.7	1046	86.9	712	59.1	510	42.4	593	49.3	7206.25	5.99	959	774.251	0.81	0.72	0.9
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Revised	State-funded schools (LA)	Ethnic major	Girls	Asian	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	2417	32133	1846539.89	57.5	31601	98.3	20775	64.7	25755	80.2	18518	57.6	10931	34	13722	42.7	166524.5	5.18	29202	21280.195	0.73	0.71	0.74
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Revised	State-funded schools (LA)	Ethnic major	Boys	Unclassified	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	1689	5649	230929.5	40.9	5157	91.3	2296	40.6	3255	57.6	1674	29.6	777	13.8	1051	18.6	20320.91	3.6	4941	-2707.151	-0.55	-0.59	-0.51
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Revised	State-funded schools (LA)	Ethnic major	Boys	Black	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	2232	17894	807684.5	45.1	17117	95.7	7971	44.5	11561	64.6	7139	39.9	2711	15.2	3957	22.1	71108.22	3.97	15844	-1146.249	-0.07	-0.09	-0.05

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 25 variables

Variable name	Variable description
avg_att8	Average Attainment 8 score of all pupils
avg_ebaccaps	Average EBacc APS score per pupil
characteristic_disadvantage	Disadvantaged status
characteristic_ethnic_major	Major ethnic group
characteristic_first_language	English as an Additional Language status

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Footnotes

1. Local authority, region and the total (state-funded sector) figures cover achievements in state-funded schools only. They do not include pupils recently arrived from overseas and so will not match with state-funded figures in the national tables. 'England' includes all pupils from 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.
2. English includes 'pupils whose first language is English’ includes 'not known but believed to be English'.
3. Other than English includes ‘pupils whose first language is other than English’ includes 'not known but believed to be other than English'.
4. Statement/EHC plan indicates whether a pupil a pupil has a statement of SEN or an education, health and care (EHC) plan when a formal assessment has been made.
5. SEN support indicates whether a pupil has extra or different help given from that provided as part of the school’s usual curriculum. The class teacher and SEN coordinator (SENCO) may receive advice or support from outside specialists. This category replaces the former ‘school action’ and ‘school action plus’ categories.
6. 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 and results for 2022 are not comparable with previous years due to the changes relating to grading assessments.
7. 'Any SEN' indicates whether a pupil has learning difficulties or disabilities that make it harder for them to learn than most children of the same age. This includes 'SEN with a statement 'EHC plan' or 'SEN support'.
8. 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. Data is not being supressed in 2022 at local authority or national level.
9. 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.
10. In 2021, two new local authorities were introduced (North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire) which replaced Northamptonshire.
11. 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.
12. City of London does not have any state funded secondary schools, therefore there are no entries present in the data for this local authority.
13. 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. For 2013/14 and earlier years, they include pupils known to be eligible for FSM in any spring, autumn, summer, alternative provision or pupil referral unit census from year 6 to year 11 or are looked after children.
14. 'No identified SEN' includes pupils whom could not obtained, refused, unclassified or could not be determined.
15. : = When data is unavailable for other reasons
16. 'Total' includes pupils for whom Free School Meal eligibility (FSM), Special Educational Needs status (SEN provision) or SEN primary need could not be determined. This figure also includes pupils at further education colleges: as FE colleges do not complete the school census, we do not have matched pupil characteristics data of pupils in FE colleges and therefore these pupils are not included in characteristics breakdowns. This means that there are some cases where the individual characteristics breakdowns will not add up to the all pupils figure.
17. 'No SEN' includes pupils whom could not obtained, refused, unclassified or could not be determined.
18. Following special educational needs and disability (SEND) reforms in 2014/15, SEN pupils are categorised as 'SEN with a statement or Education, health and care (EHC) plan' and 'SEN support'. SEN support replaces 'school action' and 'school action plus' (grouped as SEN without a statement up to and including 2013/14) but some pupils remain with these provision types in first year of transition. More detailed information on the reforms can be found at this link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25
19. z = When an observation is not applicable
20. Unclassified includes pupils whom ethnicity was not obtained, refused or could not be determined.
21. 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’.
22. Any science includes Astronomy, Electronics, Environmental Science and Geology.
23. In 2019, two new local authorities were created from a merger of others. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole was created on 1 April 2019 from areas that were previously administered by the unitary authorities of Bournemouth and Poole, and the district of Christchurch. Dorset was created on 1 April 2019 from the districts of Weymouth and Portland, West Dorset, North Dorset, Purbeck and East Dorset. 2019 data is not comparable to previous years.
24. 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.

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