KS4 subject pupil level data
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| National level entries and grade thresholds for the latest year broken down by subject, gender, detailed school type and qualification type e.g. GCSEs, AS levels and vocational. |
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Data set details
- Theme
- School and college outcomes and performance
- Publication
- Key stage 4 performance
- Release
- Academic year 2021/22
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- The number of pupils achieving the designated grade
- The percentage of pupils achieving the designated grade
- Filters
- Basis for admission into the school
- Gender
- Religious denomination of school
- Time period
- 2021/22
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | version | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | gender | school_type | admission_type | religious_denomination | subject | qualification_type | grade | number_achieving | percentage_achieving |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202122 | Academic year | Revised | National | E92000001 | England | Boys | All schools | Total | Total | Ancient History | GCSE | 9 to 1 | 577 | 94 |
| 202122 | Academic year | Revised | National | E92000001 | England | Girls | All schools | Total | Total | Ancient History | GCSE | 9 to 1 | 418 | 92 |
| 202122 | Academic year | Revised | National | E92000001 | England | Total | All schools | Total | Total | Ancient History | GCSE | 9 to 1 | 995 | 93 |
| 202122 | Academic year | Revised | National | E92000001 | England | Boys | All schools | Total | Total | Ancient History | GCSE | 9 to 4 | 486 | 79 |
| 202122 | Academic year | Revised | National | E92000001 | England | Girls | All schools | Total | Total | Ancient History | GCSE | 9 to 4 | 348 | 77 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| admission_type | Basis for admission into the school |
| gender | Gender |
| grade | The grade a pupil achieves |
| number_achieving | The number of pupils achieving the designated grade |
| percentage_achieving | The percentage of pupils achieving the designated grade |
Footnotes
- Combined Science GCSE is a Double Award and is included in this table for the purpose of comparison with other Science subjects.
- Any Design and Technology includes Design and Technology Engineering and Product Design qualifications.
- State-funded special schools include local authority maintained special schools, academy sponsor led special schools, academy special schools and special free schools. They exclude independent special schools and non-maintained special schools.
- Pupils also registered at an institution normally included within the Secondary School Performance Tables (state funded mainstream schools) are excluded from the Alternative Provision data. This methodology has been retained for attainment data in 2020 and 2021 even though the school performance tables have been cancelled.
- Academies and free schools include sponsored academies, converter academies, free schools studio schools and university technical colleges (UTCs).
- Non selective schools in highly selective areas: Includes all non-selective schools in local authorities with a high level of selection (where 25% or more of state-funded secondary places are in state-funded selective schools). These local authorities are Bexley, Buckinghamshire, Kent, Lincolnshire, Medway, Slough, Southend-on-Sea, Sutton, Torbay, Trafford and Wirral.
- All schools include state-funded schools, independent schools, independent special schools, non-maintained special schools, hospital schools, pupil referral units and alternative provision. Alternative provision includes academy and free school alternative provision. Since September 2013, general further education colleges and sixth-form colleges have been able to directly enrol 14 to 16 year-olds. 2014/15 was the first year in which colleges have pupils at the end of key stage 4. From 2016 onwards, entries and achievements for these pupils are included in figures as state-funded schools.
- Selective schools admit pupils wholly or mainly with reference to ability. These schools are formally designated as grammar schools.
- : = When data is unavailable for other reasons
- All independent schools include non-maintained special schools, independent special schools and independent schools.
- Discounting has been applied where pupils have taken the same subject more than once. In 2021/22, with the return of the exam series, we have reintroduced first entry rules for discounting. Further information can be found in the secondary accountability guidance. For more on the discounting methodology prior to 2020, read the Discounting and Early Entry Guidance.
- All State-funded special schools include community special schools, foundation special schools, special sponsored academies, special converter academies and special free schools.
- Non selective schools in other areas: Includes all non-selective schools that are not in highly selective areas, including those in areas with some selection.
- Religious character is taken from the GIAS (Get information about schools) website and is the legal designation of each school. Any state-funded mainstream schools who do not have their religious character recorded on the GIAS website are recorded in 'no religious character'. Religious character is taken from GIAS and are given as at 12 September at the start of the academic year, and is the legal designation of each school.
- Hospital, PRU & AP schools include Community Hospital School, Foundation Hospital School, Pupil Referral Unit, sponsored academies, convertor academies, free school and alternative provision.
- State-funded mainstream schools include academies, free schools, city technology colleges and further education colleges with provision for 14 to 16 year-olds. They exclude state-funded special schools, independent schools, independent special schools, non-maintained special schools, hospital schools and alternative provision (including pupil referral units, AP free schools and AP academies as well as state-funded AP placements in other institutions). Further education colleges with 14-16 provision are included in the total figure for all state-funded schools but not in the breakdowns by religious character or school admissions; therefore, figures by religious character or school admissions will not add up to the figure for all state-funded mainstream schools.
- All entries and achievements are for AS levels and applied AS levels with the exception of the mathematics (FSMQ) category which covers all Free Standing Mathematics Qualifications.
- z = When an observation is not applicable
- Since 2014/15, the early entry policy where only a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification is counted in performance measures was extended to all subjects.
- In 2017, new reformed GCSEs (which use the 9-1 grade scale) were introduced into secondary school performance tables in a phased approach. Unreformed subjects continued to be graded using the A* to G system. Information on how the 9 to 1 scale and the A* to G scale are different and not directly comparable is available in the secondary accountability measures guidance. From 2020 onwards all GCSEs are now reformed and use the 9-1 grading scale.
- Since September 2013, general further education (FE) colleges and sixth-form colleges have been able to directly enrol 14- to 16-year-olds. Entries and achievements for these pupils are included in figures as state-funded schools. As FE colleges do not complete the school census, pupils at the end of key stage 4 attending FE colleges are included in the all pupils lines but not in the majority of the characteristics breakdowns. Therefore, there are some cases where the individual characteristics breakdowns will not add up to the all pupils figure. Pupils in FE colleges are included in the free school meals and disadvantaged figures from 2015/16 onwards.
- Any science includes Astronomy, Electronics, Environmental Science and Geology.
- All state-funded schools include local authority maintained mainstream schools, academies, free schools, city technology colleges, further education colleges with provision for 14 to 16 year-olds and state-funded special schools. They exclude independent schools, independent special schools, non-maintained special schools, hospital schools, pupil referral units and alternative provision. Alternative provision includes academy and free school alternative provision.
- Includes schools that were open before 12 September of the academic year.
- Only GCSEs and established GCSE equivalents (Cambridge International certificates and Edexcel level 1/2 certificates) are included in this data. Excludes Double Awards.
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