Disadvantage gap index
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Data set details
- Theme
- School and college outcomes and performance
- Publication
- Key stage 2 attainment
- API data set ID
- 102f9901-7628-f374-bc64-906d075ee072
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- Academic year 2024/25
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 30
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Disadvantage gap index
- Total number of pupils
- Time period
- 2010/11 to 2024/25
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | version | disadvantage_status | disadvantage_gap_index | pupil_count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201011 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Final | Disadvantaged | 3.3408 | 151880 |
| 201011 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Final | Not known to be disadvantaged | 3.3408 | 394224 |
| 201112 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Final | Disadvantaged | 3.2339 | 157158 |
| 201112 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Final | Not known to be disadvantaged | 3.2339 | 379757 |
| 201213 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Final | Disadvantaged | 3.1588 | 164026 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| disadvantage_gap_index | Disadvantage gap index |
| pupil_count | Total number of pupils |
Footnotes
- Data is not available for 2020 and 2021 as assessments were cancelled in these years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Figures for 2025 are based on provisional data. Figures for other years are based on final data.
- Only includes pupils for whom a valid test or teacher assessment could be determined in maths and English in 2011, reading, writing and maths from 2012 to 2015 or a reading and maths valid scaled score from 2016-2019. This number may therefore differ from the total included in national test results which include pupils recorded as A - absent, U - unable to access test.
- 'All state funded' includes Local authority maintained, academy sponsor led, academy converter , free schools and state-funded special schools (including hospital schools).
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- Disadvantage gap index
- API data set ID
- 102f9901-7628-f374-bc64-906d075ee072
- API data set version
- 1.0
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