Data set from Key stage 4 performance

KS4 subject entry level data

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Published 4 November 2021

Last updated 4 November 2021

National level entries and grades for the latest year for GCSE subjects for all schools.

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Data set details

• Theme: School and college outcomes and performance
• Publication: Key stage 4 performance
• Release: Academic year 2020/21
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • The number of exams graded as 1
  • The number of exams graded as 11
  • The number of exams graded as 2
• Filters:
  • The subject pupils are entered for
• Time period: 2020/21

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	version	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	table	school_type	school_admission_type	school_religious_denomination	subject	qualification_type	total_exam_entries	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	99	98	88	87	77	76	66	65	55	54	44	43	33	32	22	21	11	U	X
202021	Academic year	Revised	National	E92000001	England	S3	All Schools	Total	Total	Ancient History	GCSE	1081	198	175	161	160	124	101	71	41	27	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	19	4
202021	Academic year	Revised	National	E92000001	England	S3	All Schools	Total	Total	Any classical study	GCSE	13990	6279	2676	2103	1313	768	482	198	89	44	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	13	25
202021	Academic year	Revised	National	E92000001	England	S3	All Schools	Total	Total	Any design & technology	GCSE	132051	9434	12251	16091	20278	21626	21829	16560	8635	3593	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	1293	461
202021	Academic year	Revised	National	E92000001	England	S3	All Schools	Total	Total	Any modern language	GCSE	296563	36320	34433	39549	36210	58322	45085	29349	11269	3649	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	1200	1177
202021	Academic year	Revised	National	E92000001	England	S3	All Schools	Total	Total	Any science	GCSE	990659	96728	100280	109112	103283	76932	46952	22281	10589	5071	6402	5404	9547	11216	18007	19350	27438	23884	53059	41081	53423	39685	37072	24749	21004	11433	9078	5484	2115

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 30 variables

Variable name	Variable description
1	The number of exams graded as 1
11	The number of exams graded as 11
2	The number of exams graded as 2
21	The number of exams graded as 21
22	The number of exams graded as 22

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Footnotes

1. Grade U refers to pupils' results which are ungraded or unclassified.
2. 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.
3. z = When an observation is not applicable
4. Grade X refers to pupils who were absent or whose results are pending.
5. 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.
6. : = When data is unavailable for other reasons
7. Only GCSEs and established GCSE equivalents (Cambridge International certificates and Edexcel level 1/2 certificates) are included in this data. Excludes Double Awards.
8. In 2017, new reformed GCSEs (which use the 9-1 grade scale) were introduced into secondary school performance tables in a phased approach. Unreformed subjects continued to be graded using the A* to G system. Information on how the 9 to 1 scale and the A* to G scale are different and not directly comparable is available in the secondary accountability measures guidance. In 2020 and 2021, all GCSEs are now reformed and use the 9-1 grading scale.
9. Discounting has been applied where pupils have taken the same subject more than once. In 2020/21, only one entry per subject is counted and we count the entry with the highest grade for results received in summer 2021. Previously only the first entry grade would count and this is still the case for any results received before summer 2021. Further information can be found in the secondary accountability guidance. Where pupils have already entered for an exam within the same subject in an earlier year, first entry rules are still being used. For more on the discounting methodology prior to 2020, read the Discounting and Early Entry Guidance at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores
10. Combined Science GCSE is a Double Award and is included in this table for the purpose of comparison with other Science subjects.
11. Any Design and Technology includes Design and Technology Engineering and Product Design qualifications.

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