Key stage 4 absence and attainment overall
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This file contains the overall absence and attainment data at key stage 4.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Pupils and schools
- Publication
- The link between absence and attainment at KS2 and KS4
- Release
- Academic year 2018/19
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Number of eligible pupils
- Number of overall absence sessions
- Number of sessions possible
- Filters
- Attainment at key stage 4
- Time period
- 2018/19
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | version | school_type | key_stage | attainment_ks4 | eligible_pupils | sess_possible | sess_overall | sess_overall_percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201819 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Final | State-funded mainstream schools | Key stage 4 | Achieved grade 4 in English and maths | 107593 | 73093330 | 3811071 | 5.2 |
| 201819 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Final | State-funded mainstream schools | Key stage 5 | Achieved grade 9-5 in English and maths | 222234 | 150923474 | 5592186 | 3.7 |
| 201819 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Final | State-funded mainstream schools | Key stage 6 | Did not achieve grade 9-4 in English and maths | 158338 | 107532625 | 9492989 | 8.8 |
| 201819 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Final | State-funded mainstream schools | Key stage 7 | Total | 488165 | 331549429 | 18896246 | 5.7 |
| 201819 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Final | State-funded mainstream schools | Key stage 8 | Achieved grade 4 in all Ebacc components | 40397 | 27428303 | 1028523 | 3.7 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| attainment_ks4 | Attainment at key stage 4 |
| eligible_pupils | Number of eligible pupils |
| sess_overall | Number of overall absence sessions |
| sess_overall_percent | Overall absence rate |
| sess_possible | Number of sessions possible |
Footnotes
- Includes data for pupils in state-funded mainstream schools.
- Attainment categories within this analysis are mutually exclusive. Among pupils achieving a grade 4 in English and maths GCSEs, some will have achieved a grade 5 or above in one subject. Among those not achieving grade 9-4, some will have achieved a grade 4 or above in one subject.
- Overall absence is calculated over all of KS4. This is equivalent to years 10 and 11 over academic years 2017/18 to 2018/19. Only pupils for whom valid absence data exists for all academic years have been included.
- Attainment categories within this analysis are mutually exclusive. Among pupils achieving a grade 4 in all components of the English Baccalaureate, some will have achieved a grade 5 or above in some components. Among those not achieving grade 9-4, some pupils will have achieved a grade 4 or above in some components.
- Enrolment level absence information has been aggregated to pupil level using a unique pupil identifier, summing all absence and possible session data for each pupil regardless of which school the sessions were accrued at. See methodology.
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