Data set from Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities in England

National - Key Stage 4 (KS4)

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Published 25 March 2021

Last updated 25 March 2021

Key stage 4 attainment by special educational need and social care group, 2016/17 to 2019/20

Data set details

Theme: Children's social care
Publication: Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities in England
Release: Reporting year 2020
Release type
Geographic levels: National
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: Social care group
Special Educational Needs status
Time period: 2016/17 to 2019/20

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	social_care_group	pupil_sen_status	version	t_pupils	t_att8	avg_att8	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
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	All pupils comparison	All pupils	Revised	561990	28195360.06	50.2	280420	49.9	400350	71.2	223510	39.8	119470	21.3	167710	29.8	2463875.43	4.38
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	All pupils comparison	No identified SEN	Revised	477950	25644501	53.7	266480	55.8	372820	78	212170	44.4	115900	24.2	161770	33.8	2256958.64	4.72
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	All pupils comparison	All SEN	Revised	82090	2522971.67	30.7	13760	16.8	27130	33.1	11330	13.8	3560	4.3	5940	7.2	204734.46	2.49
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	All pupils comparison	Statement or EHC plan	Revised	21840	331742.64	15.2	1420	6.5	3080	14.1	880	4	310	1.4	490	2.2	25810.97	1.18
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	All pupils comparison	SEN support	Revised	60250	2191229.03	36.4	12340	20.5	24050	39.9	10450	17.3	3260	5.4	5450	9	178923.49	2.97

Table showing first 5 of 17 variables
Variable name	Variable description
avg_att8	Average Attainment 8 score of all pupils
avg_ebaccaps	Average EBacc APS score per pupil
pt_ebacc_94	Percentage of pupils achieving the English Baccalaureate (grades 4 or above in English and maths, A*-C in unreformed subjects)
pt_ebacc_95	Percentage of pupils achieving the English Baccalaureate (grades 5 or above in English and maths, A*-C in unreformed subjects)
pt_ebacc_e_ptq_ee	Percentage of pupils entering the English Baccalaureate

The cancellation of summer 2020 GCSE exams and the new method of awarding grades has led to a set of pupil attainment statistics that are unlike previous years. Each of the pupil level attainment statistics have increased - more than would be expected in a typical year - between the 2018/19 and 2019/20 academic years. This reflects the change to the way GCSE grades were awarded rather than improvements in pupil performance. As a result the 2019/20 data should not be directly compared to attainment data from previous years for the purposes of measuring changes in student performance. More detailed information on the key stage 4 data published within this release is available in the accompanying methodology document.
Special educational needs (SEN) status is taken from both the school census and the alternative provision census. The key stage 4 data includes pupils for whom SEN status could not be determined. More detailed information on the SEN data published within this release is available in the accompanying methodology document.

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