Data set from A level and other 16 to 18 results

Attainment and other performance measures - region and student characteristics

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Published 13 November 2025

Last updated 13 November 2025

Attainment by region or local authority and student characteristics. Student characteristics include sex, ethnicity, disadvantage status, free school meal provision, 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: A level and other 16 to 18 results
• Release: Academic year 2024/25 Provisional
• Number of rows: 21,086
• Geographic levels: Local authority, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Number of students at end of 16-18 study
  • Number of level 3 students
  • % achieving ≥ 2 substantial level 3 results
• Filters:
  • Characteristic
• Time period: 2020/21 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	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	characteristic_type	characteristic_value	establishment_type	establishment_type_group	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
202021	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	Final	E12000008	South East	850	E10000014	Hampshire	Sex	Female	All state-funded schools and colleges	State-funded institutions	7409	5253	4530	4556	1327	452	41.6053	B	41.7054	B+	36.2738	Dist	33.7161	Dist	92.557	86.821	86.348	3481	40.225	B	24.476	37.489	3481	20.195	1952	23.156	2628	51.446	433	12.471	61	5.8216	L2Merit-
202021	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	Final	E12000006	East of England	919	E10000015	Hertfordshire	Sex	Female	All state-funded schools and colleges	State-funded institutions	6289	4333	3782	3868	1124	170	43.3391	B+	43.5117	B+	33.4553	Dist	33.1716	Dist-	96.746	91.935	91.701	3116	43.5804	B+	31.579	46.117	3116	29.076	1266	13.428	2219	50.789	378	1.852	7	5.75	L2Merit-
202021	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	Final	E12000008	South East	886	E10000016	Kent	Sex	Female	All state-funded schools and colleges	State-funded institutions	6944	5100	3810	4388	1710	327	41.7236	B+	42.3401	B+	33.6122	Dist	31.597	Dist-	94.725	86.01	84.959	2774	42.4501	B+	28.911	43.367	2774	26.965	1150	28.435	2450	69.837	458	13.1	63	5.1896	L2Pass+
202021	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	Final	E12000002	North West	888	E10000017	Lancashire	Sex	Female	All state-funded schools and colleges	State-funded institutions	5135	3361	2594	2621	804	265	42.7093	B+	42.7603	B+	35.5818	Dist	32.3139	Dist-	86.79	91.326	90.729	2259	41.4195	B	25.587	40.239	2259	21.204	1313	20.183	1734	46.367	279	13.262	38	6.1119	L2Merit
202021	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	Final	E12000004	East Midlands	855	E10000018	Leicestershire	Sex	Female	All state-funded schools and colleges	State-funded institutions	2400	1733	1497	1501	375	191	40.9996	B	41.0011	B	35.5209	Dist	35.5342	Dist	95.499	92.919	92.672	1227	41.1763	B	24.287	37.245	1227	21.271	553	34.539	730	51.644	141	5.674	12	5.9348	L2Merit

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 34 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_best3	APS per 'Best 3' entries
aps_per_entry_grade_acad	Average academic result

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Footnotes

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. EHC plans and statements of SEN are legal documents which detail the needs of the individual student, and the assistance they are to receive.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. A level facilitating subjects are: biology, chemistry, physics, maths, further maths, geography, history, English literature, modern and classical languages.
7. 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).
8. 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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