Attainment and other performance measures - student characteristics and disadvantage status
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Attainment by a combination of disadvantage status and other student characteristics. Other student characteristics include sex, ethnicity, first language, special educational needs (SEN) provision, and KS4 prior attainment.
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Data set details
- Theme
- School and college outcomes and performance
- Publication
- 16 to 19 performance
- Release
- Academic year 2023/24
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 400
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Number of students at end of 16-18 study
- Number of A level students
- APS per A level entry
- Average A level result
- % achieving ≥ 2 A levels
- Number of academic students
- APS per academic entry
- Average academic result
- % achieving ≥ 2 academic results
- Number of applied general students
- APS per applied general entry
- Average applied general result
- Number of tech level students
- APS per tech level entry
- Average tech level result
- Number of technical certificate students
- APS per technical certificate entry
- Average technical certificate result
- Number of students entered for ≥ 1 A level
- % achieving ≥ AAB for a minimum of 2 facilitating A levels
- Number of students entered for ≥ 1 A level or applied A level
- APS per 'Best 3' entries
- APS per 'Best 3' entries (grade)
- % achieving 3 A* to A
- % achieving ≥ AAB
- Number of level 2 vocational students (without approved level 3 entry)
- % level 2 students vocational students entered for technical certificate
- Number of level 3 students
- % achieving ≥ 2 substantial level 3 results
- Number of students entered for any level 3 vocational (excluding applied generals)
- % level 3 vocational students (excluding applied generals) who entered tech levels
- Number of students entered for any level 3 vocational (excluding tech levels)
- % level 3 vocational students (excluding tech levels) who entered applied general
- Filters
- Characteristic
- Characteristic disadvantage
- Time period
- 2019/20 to 2023/24
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | version | characteristic_type | characteristic_value | characteristic_disadvantage | number_of_students_potential | number_of_students_level3 | number_of_students_alev | number_of_students_acad | number_of_students_agen | number_of_students_tlev | 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 | pc_achieving_atleast_two_substantial_lev3 | pc_achieving_atleast_two_alev | pc_achieving_atleast_two_substantial_lev3_acad | entered_for_one_or_more_alev_or_applied | aps_per_entry_best3 | aps_per_entry_grade_best3 | pc_achieving_3_astar_to_a_alev | pc_achieving_aab_or_better_alev | entered_for_one_or_more_alev | pc_achieving_aab_or_better_atleast_two_facilitating_alev | entered_any_level3_vocational_excluding_applied_generals | pc_level3_vocational_students_entered_tech_levels | entered_any_level3_vocational_excluding_tech_levels | pc_level3_vocational_students_entered_applied_generals | number_of_students_highest_entry_was_l2 | pc_level2_vocational_students_entered_technicalcertificate | number_of_students_technicalcertificate | aps_per_entry_technicalcertificate | aps_per_entry_grade_technicalcertificate |
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| 201920 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Final | Sex | Female | Disadvantaged | 70739 | 30204 | 21489 | 21980 | 10438 | 3483 | 35.5497 | B- | 35.5542 | B- | 31.1053 | Dist- | 27.65 | Merit+ | 81.857 | 79.822 | 78.435 | 15682 | 34.6754 | C+ | 11.58 | 20.074 | 15682 | 11.873 | 16827 | 20.699 | 22963 | 45.621 | 14998 | 8.948 | 1557 | 5.6445 | L2Merit- |
| 202021 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Final | Sex | Female | Disadvantaged | 50396 | 28391 | 20496 | 20930 | 11245 | 2600 | 37.4321 | B- | 37.4529 | B- | 32.2366 | Dist- | 29.2053 | Merit+ | 89.479 | 82.958 | 81.71 | 14564 | 36.9422 | B- | 15.744 | 26.463 | 14564 | 15.271 | 11815 | 22.023 | 19724 | 57.179 | 5053 | 9.163 | 521 | 5.5493 | L2Merit- |
| 202122 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Revised | Sex | Female | Disadvantaged | 65300 | 32750 | 21113 | 21456 | 15419 | 3358 | 34.0592 | C+ | 34.1122 | C+ | 30.9684 | Dist- | 27.8163 | Merit+ | 94.388 | 82.12 | 81.278 | 14223 | 34.2005 | C+ | 10.567 | 19.314 | 14223 | 10.68 | 9803 | 34.255 | 21529 | 71.638 | 1994 | 8.375 | 172 | 5.791 | L2Merit- |
| 202223 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Revised | Sex | Female | Disadvantaged | 64501 | 31782 | 21072 | 21474 | 14990 | 3063 | 30.4476 | C | 30.5211 | C | 28.6892 | Merit+ | 25.7716 | Merit | 89.563 | 80.258 | 79.203 | 14101 | 30.765 | C | 6.078 | 12.382 | 14101 | 7.425 | 10331 | 29.649 | 21895 | 68.605 | 5286 | 8.4 | 479 | 5.482 | L2Pass+ |
| 202324 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Revised | Sex | Female | Disadvantaged | 66429 | 33823 | 21395 | 21837 | 16072 | 3275 | 30.7691 | C | 30.7985 | C | 28.3311 | Merit+ | 25.2536 | Merit | 85.365 | 79.205 | 78.046 | 13970 | 31.3882 | C | 7.215 | 13.443 | 13970 | 8.475 | 11531 | 28.419 | 23866 | 67.443 | 10879 | 8.99 | 1192 | 5.5163 | L2Merit- |
Variables in this data set
| 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_best3 | APS per 'Best 3' entries |
| aps_per_entry_grade_acad | Average academic result |
| aps_per_entry_grade_agen | Average applied general result |
| aps_per_entry_grade_alev | Average A level result |
| aps_per_entry_grade_best3 | APS per 'Best 3' entries (grade) |
| aps_per_entry_grade_technicalcertificate | Average technical certificate result |
| aps_per_entry_grade_tlev | Average tech level result |
| aps_per_entry_technicalcertificate | APS per technical certificate entry |
| aps_per_entry_tlev | APS per tech level entry |
| characteristic_disadvantage | Characteristic disadvantage |
| characteristic_value | Characteristic |
| entered_any_level3_vocational_excluding_applied_generals | Number of students entered for any level 3 vocational (excluding applied generals) |
| entered_any_level3_vocational_excluding_tech_levels | Number of students entered for any level 3 vocational (excluding tech levels) |
| entered_for_one_or_more_alev | Number of students entered for ≥ 1 A level |
| entered_for_one_or_more_alev_or_applied | Number of students entered for ≥ 1 A level or applied A level |
| number_of_students_acad | Number of academic students |
| number_of_students_agen | Number of applied general students |
| number_of_students_alev | Number of A level students |
| number_of_students_highest_entry_was_l2 | Number of level 2 vocational students (without approved level 3 entry) |
| number_of_students_level3 | Number of level 3 students |
| number_of_students_potential | Number of students at end of 16-18 study |
| number_of_students_technicalcertificate | Number of technical certificate students |
| number_of_students_tlev | Number of tech level students |
| pc_achieving_3_astar_to_a_alev | % achieving 3 A* to A |
| pc_achieving_aab_or_better_alev | % achieving ≥ AAB |
| pc_achieving_aab_or_better_atleast_two_facilitating_alev | % achieving ≥ AAB for a minimum of 2 facilitating A levels |
| pc_achieving_atleast_two_alev | % achieving ≥ 2 A levels |
| pc_achieving_atleast_two_substantial_lev3 | % achieving ≥ 2 substantial level 3 results |
| pc_achieving_atleast_two_substantial_lev3_acad | % achieving ≥ 2 academic results |
| pc_level2_vocational_students_entered_technicalcertificate | % level 2 students vocational students entered for technical certificate |
| pc_level3_vocational_students_entered_applied_generals | % level 3 vocational students (excluding tech levels) who entered applied general |
| pc_level3_vocational_students_entered_tech_levels | % level 3 vocational students (excluding applied generals) who entered tech levels |
Footnotes
- Figures for the total number of students may not match the sum of females and males, as not all institutions recorded the sex for every student.
- 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.
- EHC plans and statements of SEN are legal documents which detail the needs of the individual student, and the assistance they are to receive.
- Covers students at the end of advanced level study who were entered for at least one A level, applied single A level, applied double A level or combined A/AS level during 16-18 study, excluding critical thinking and general studies. This measure only includes A level students who have entered less than a total of size 1 in other academic, applied general and tech level qualifications.
- Covers students at the end of advanced level study who were entered for at least one A level, excluding critical thinking and general studies. Excludes those students who have entered only applied A levels or applied AS levels. This measure only includes A level students who have entered less than a total of size 1 in other academic, applied general and tech level qualifications.
- A level facilitating subjects are: biology, chemistry, physics, maths, further maths, geography, history, English literature, modern and classical languages.
- A maximum of 60 points are available for A level, 50 points for applied general and tech level and 8 points for technical certificates. More information on points, APS bands and grade boundaries can be found in the technical guide for 16 to 18 accountability measures (opens in new tab).
- 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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