Student counts - vocational qualifications by subject and student characteristics (end of 16-18 study)
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Vocational qualification student counts, by Ofqual subject area and student characteristics.
Student characteristics include gender, ethnicity, disadvantage status, free school meal provision, first language, special educational needs (SEN) provision, and KS4 prior attainment.
Includes students triggered for inclusion in performance tables who completed A levels during 16-18 study, after discounting of exams.
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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 2022/23
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Number of students
- Number of students achieving a pass
- Percent of students achieving a pass
- Filters
- Characteristic
- Exam cohort
- Ofqual subject area
- Time period
- 2018/19 to 2022/23
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | exam_cohort | characteristic_type | characteristic_value | ofqual_tier_1 | ofqual_tier_2 | student_count | student_pass | perc_student_pass | version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201819 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Applied General | Gender | Female | All | All | 36366 | 35536 | 97.718 | Revised |
| 201920 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Applied General | Gender | Female | All | All | 42574 | 41999 | 98.649 | Final |
| 202021 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Applied General | Gender | Female | All | All | 48613 | 48152 | 99.052 | Final |
| 202122 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Applied General | Gender | Female | All | All | 65170 | 64259 | 98.602 | Revised |
| 202223 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Applied General | Gender | Female | All | All | 65588 | 64346 | 98.106 | Revised |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| characteristic_value | Characteristic |
| exam_cohort | Exam cohort |
| ofqual_tier_2 | Ofqual subject area |
| perc_student_pass | Percent of students achieving a pass |
| student_count | Number of students |
Footnotes
- Figures for the total number of students may not match the sum of females and males, as not all institutions recorded the gender 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.
- Includes students triggered for inclusion in performance tables who completed a vocational qualification during 16-18 study, after discounting of exams.
- 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, particular within the vocational and technical cohorts. A full impact analysis can be found in the methodology document.
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