Data set from A level and other 16 to 18 results

Attainment and other performance measures - time series

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Published 13 November 2025

Last updated 13 November 2025

Attainment timeseries data for all students and by disadvantaged status.

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Data set details

• Theme: School and college outcomes and performance
• Publication: A level and other 16 to 18 results
• Release: Academic year 2024/25 Provisional
• Number of rows: 50
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Number of students at end of 16-18 study
  • Number of level 3 students
  • Number of A level students
• Filters:
  • Characteristic
• Time period: 2015/16 to 2024/25

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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	number_of_students_potential	number_of_students_level3	number_of_students_alev	number_of_students_acad	number_of_students_agen	number_of_students_tlev	number_of_students_technicalcertificate	aps_per_entry_alev	aps_per_entry_grade_alev	aps_per_entry_acad	aps_per_entry_grade_acad	aps_per_entry_agen	aps_per_entry_grade_agen	aps_per_entry_tlev	aps_per_entry_grade_tlev	aps_per_entry_technicalcertificate	aps_per_entry_grade_technicalcertificate
201516	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	Disadvantage	Disadvantaged	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
201516	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	Disadvantage	Non-Disadvantaged	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
201516	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	Disadvantage	Unknown disadvantaged status	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
201516	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	All Students	All state-funded students	x	401,222	193,155	289,261	124,269	69,129	x	30.44	C	30.63	C	34.66	Dist	30.76	Dist-	x	x
201516	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	All Students	All students	x	440,455	225,732	328,373	125,325	69,318	x	31.79	C+	32.11	C+	34.69	Dist	30.77	Dist-	x	x

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 18 variables

Variable name	Variable description
aps_per_entry_acad	APS per academic entry
aps_per_entry_agen	APS per applied general entry
aps_per_entry_alev	APS per A level entry
aps_per_entry_grade_acad	Average academic result
aps_per_entry_grade_agen	Average applied general result

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Footnotes

1. Disadvantage status is as reported at the end of key stage 4. Analysis involving disadvantage status includes students at state-funded schools and colleges only.
2. A change to the trigger rules was introduced in 2020/21  such that students were no longer automatically reported after two years in 16-18 study. The introduction caused a fall in cohort size, particularly within the vocational and technical cohorts. A full impact analysis can be found in the methodology document.

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Attainment statistics team

Email: Attainment.STATISTICS@education.gov.uk
Contact name: John Shale

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