Data set from Key stage 4 performance

Key stage 2 to 4 transition matrices GCSE subjects

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Published 1 February 2024

Last updated 1 February 2024

National level distributions of GCSE grades achieved compared with KS2 scaled scores achieved broken down by subject, 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:
  • Total number of GCSE grades achieved
  • Total number of GCSE double grades achieved
  • Number of GCSE pupils with grade 1 achieved
• Filters:
  • GCSE subject entered
  • Key stage 2 scaled score group
  • Pupil characteristic disaggregation
• Time period: 2022/23

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	version	characteristic_type	characteristic_value	subjects	ks2_scaled_score_group	num_U	num_1	num_2	num_3	num_4	num_5	num_6	num_7	num_8	num_9	num_X	num_covid_impacted	all_grades	perc_1	perc_2	perc_3	perc_4	perc_5	perc_6	perc_7	perc_8	perc_9	perc_U	perc_X	per_covid_impacted	num_11	num_21	num_22	num_32	num_33	num_43	num_44	num_54	num_55	num_65	num_66	num_76	num_77	num_87	num_88	num_98	num_99	num_UU	num_XX	num_covid_impacted_double	all_double_grades	perc_UU	perc_11	perc_21	perc_22	perc_32	perc_33	perc_43	perc_44	perc_54	perc_55	perc_65	perc_66	perc_76	perc_77	perc_87	perc_88	perc_98	perc_99	perc_XX	per_covid_impacted_double
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	All Pupils	All Pupils	Ancient History	Less than 80	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	11.1	0	0	0	11.1	0	0	0	0	66.7	11.1	0	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	All Pupils	All Pupils	Ancient History	80 - 89.5	11	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	19	21.1	5.3	10.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	57.9	5.3	0	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	All Pupils	All Pupils	Ancient History	90 - 95.5	20	9	14	4	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	57	15.8	24.6	7	14	1.8	1.8	0	0	0	35.1	0	0	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	All Pupils	All Pupils	Ancient History	96 - 99.5	14	10	8	4	6	6	2	4	0	0	0	0	54	18.5	14.8	7.4	11.1	11.1	3.7	7.4	0	0	25.9	0	0	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	All Pupils	All Pupils	Ancient History	100 - 102	10	6	14	7	9	7	6	3	0	0	0	0	62	9.7	22.6	11.3	14.5	11.3	9.7	4.8	0	0	16.1	0	0	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 67 variables

Variable name	Variable description
all_double_grades	Total number of GCSE double grades achieved
all_grades	Total number of GCSE grades achieved
characteristic_value	Pupil characteristic disaggregation - Filter by Pupil characteristic disaggregation
ks2_scaled_score_group	Key stage 2 scaled score group - Filter by Key stage 2 scaled score group
num_1	Number of GCSE pupils with grade 1 achieved

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Footnotes

1. z = When an observation is not applicable
2. Grade U refers to pupils' results which are ungraded or unclassified.
3. Grade X refers to pupils who were absent or whose results are pending.
4. 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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