'National characteristics data' from 'Key stage 4 performance'
| Total | Boys | Girls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total | FSM | FSM all other | Total | FSM | FSM all other | Total | FSM | FSM all other | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | ||
| Total | 46.7 | 50.2 | 50.9 | 48.8 | 46.3 | 34.9 | 38.6 | 39.1 | 36.9 | 34.8 | 48.6 | 52.3 | 53.6 | 51.9 | 49.6 | 44.0 | 47.4 | 48.1 | 46.3 | 44.0 | 32.0 | 35.5 | 36.2 | 34.4 | 32.4 | 46.0 | 49.6 | 50.8 | 49.4 | 47.4 | 49.5 | 53.1 | 53.9 | 51.4 | 48.6 | 37.9 | 41.8 | 42.1 | 39.5 | 37.3 | 51.3 | 55.2 | 56.6 | 54.5 | 51.9 | |
| Asian | Total | 51.2 | 54.5 | 55.8 | 54.6 | 53.1 | 43.8 | 47.1 | 48.0 | 46.6 | 44.8 | 52.7 | 56.0 | 57.7 | 56.8 | 55.4 | 48.6 | 51.9 | 53.0 | 52.2 | 50.9 | 40.9 | 43.9 | 45.1 | 43.9 | 42.4 | 50.1 | 53.5 | 55.0 | 54.4 | 53.3 | 54.0 | 57.1 | 58.7 | 57.2 | 55.5 | 46.9 | 50.2 | 51.0 | 49.4 | 47.3 | 55.3 | 58.6 | 60.6 | 59.3 | 57.8 |
| Any other Asian background | 54.5 | 57.4 | 58.6 | 57.0 | 54.3 | 45.0 | 46.4 | 48.6 | 47.9 | 44.5 | 55.9 | 59.1 | 60.7 | 59.2 | 57.0 | 51.1 | 54.5 | 55.6 | 54.3 | 51.6 | 41.2 | 42.8 | 45.3 | 45.5 | 42.0 | 52.6 | 56.4 | 57.8 | 56.5 | 54.3 | 58.3 | 60.5 | 62.0 | 60.0 | 57.4 | 49.5 | 50.3 | 52.6 | 50.7 | 47.5 | 59.5 | 62.2 | 63.8 | 62.3 | 60.0 | |
| Bangladeshi | 50.6 | 53.9 | 55.6 | 54.4 | 51.9 | 46.4 | 50.0 | 51.5 | 49.4 | 47.7 | 52.0 | 55.3 | 57.5 | 56.7 | 54.2 | 48.2 | 51.5 | 53.0 | 52.2 | 50.0 | 43.6 | 46.9 | 49.0 | 47.0 | 45.8 | 49.8 | 53.0 | 54.7 | 54.6 | 52.2 | 53.0 | 56.3 | 58.3 | 56.6 | 54.0 | 49.3 | 52.8 | 54.0 | 51.8 | 49.7 | 54.2 | 57.6 | 60.2 | 58.9 | 56.2 | |
| Chinese | no data | no data | no data | no data | 65.5 | no data | no data | no data | no data | 60.3 | no data | no data | no data | no data | 65.9 | no data | no data | no data | no data | 63.6 | no data | no data | no data | no data | 59.5 | no data | no data | no data | no data | 63.9 | no data | no data | no data | no data | 67.6 | no data | no data | no data | no data | 61.1 | no data | no data | no data | no data | 68.0 | |
| Indian | 57.3 | 60.7 | 62.0 | 61.3 | 59.4 | 48.2 | 51.9 | 51.6 | 50.5 | 48.6 | 58.0 | 61.4 | 63.0 | 62.4 | 60.4 | 54.9 | 58.2 | 59.2 | 59.1 | 57.5 | 45.1 | 48.7 | 47.3 | 48.1 | 46.5 | 55.7 | 58.9 | 60.3 | 60.2 | 58.5 | 60.0 | 63.3 | 65.0 | 63.6 | 61.4 | 51.7 | 55.3 | 56.1 | 53.0 | 50.8 | 60.6 | 63.9 | 65.8 | 64.7 | 62.4 | |
| Pakistani | 46.2 | 49.3 | 50.5 | 49.1 | 47.0 | 41.0 | 44.7 | 45.3 | 43.8 | 42.2 | 47.4 | 50.6 | 52.2 | 50.9 | 48.9 | 43.6 | 46.8 | 47.9 | 46.4 | 44.7 | 38.4 | 41.6 | 42.8 | 40.9 | 39.4 | 44.9 | 48.1 | 49.5 | 48.3 | 46.7 | 48.9 | 51.9 | 53.4 | 51.9 | 49.5 | 43.8 | 47.6 | 47.8 | 46.9 | 45.0 | 50.1 | 53.1 | 55.2 | 53.7 | 51.3 | |
| Black | Total | 44.9 | 48.9 | 50.0 | 48.6 | 46.6 | 39.4 | 43.7 | 44.7 | 43.7 | 42.0 | 46.5 | 50.6 | 52.2 | 51.0 | 49.0 | 41.1 | 45.1 | 46.3 | 44.9 | 43.0 | 35.6 | 39.6 | 41.1 | 40.1 | 38.2 | 42.8 | 47.0 | 48.5 | 47.2 | 45.6 | 48.7 | 52.6 | 53.8 | 52.4 | 50.1 | 43.4 | 47.8 | 48.4 | 47.3 | 45.8 | 50.2 | 54.2 | 56.0 | 54.7 | 52.3 |
| Any other black background | 43.0 | 47.4 | 48.3 | 46.9 | 44.3 | 36.7 | 42.2 | 42.7 | 42.5 | 38.8 | 44.9 | 49.1 | 50.7 | 49.1 | 47.3 | 38.7 | 42.7 | 44.8 | 42.7 | 40.3 | 32.9 | 36.9 | 38.7 | 39.3 | 34.4 | 40.6 | 44.8 | 47.4 | 44.4 | 43.7 | 47.2 | 52.4 | 52.0 | 51.4 | 48.3 | 41.0 | 48.5 | 46.9 | 46.0 | 43.6 | 49.0 | 53.7 | 54.1 | 54.0 | 51.0 | |
| Black African | 47.4 | 50.9 | 52.2 | 50.9 | 48.7 | 42.3 | 45.8 | 47.5 | 46.3 | 44.7 | 48.8 | 52.5 | 54.1 | 53.0 | 50.7 | 43.7 | 47.4 | 48.5 | 47.3 | 45.3 | 38.6 | 41.9 | 43.8 | 42.8 | 41.1 | 45.1 | 49.2 | 50.3 | 49.3 | 47.4 | 51.0 | 54.3 | 55.9 | 54.5 | 52.0 | 46.1 | 49.7 | 51.1 | 49.9 | 48.3 | 52.3 | 55.8 | 57.8 | 56.5 | 53.8 | |
| Caribbean | 39.4 | 44.0 | 44.0 | 41.7 | 40.0 | 34.1 | 39.0 | 38.3 | 36.5 | 35.3 | 41.2 | 45.9 | 46.8 | 44.7 | 43.1 | 35.7 | 40.1 | 40.2 | 37.9 | 36.0 | 30.2 | 35.8 | 34.9 | 32.8 | 31.0 | 37.6 | 41.8 | 42.9 | 41.0 | 39.3 | 43.2 | 47.8 | 47.8 | 45.6 | 43.8 | 38.2 | 42.4 | 41.7 | 40.4 | 39.3 | 44.9 | 49.8 | 50.9 | 48.4 | 46.9 | |
| Chinese | Total | 64.3 | 67.6 | 69.2 | 66.1 | no data | 57.9 | 62.8 | 66.5 | 58.4 | no data | 64.8 | 68.0 | 69.4 | 66.8 | no data | 62.7 | 65.4 | 67.4 | 63.5 | no data | 53.2 | 59.8 | 63.3 | 57.9 | no data | 63.3 | 65.9 | 67.7 | 64.0 | no data | 65.9 | 69.7 | 70.8 | 68.9 | no data | 62.6 | 66.2 | 68.9 | 59.1 | no data | 66.2 | 70.0 | 71.0 | 69.7 | no data |
| Chinese | 64.3 | 67.6 | 69.2 | 66.1 | no data | 57.9 | 62.8 | 66.5 | 58.4 | no data | 64.8 | 68.0 | 69.4 | 66.8 | no data | 62.7 | 65.4 | 67.4 | 63.5 | no data | 53.2 | 59.8 | 63.3 | 57.9 | no data | 63.3 | 65.9 | 67.7 | 64.0 | no data | 65.9 | 69.7 | 70.8 | 68.9 | no data | 62.6 | 66.2 | 68.9 | 59.1 | no data | 66.2 | 70.0 | 71.0 | 69.7 | no data | |
| Mixed | Total | 47.6 | 50.8 | 51.3 | 49.4 | 46.7 | 36.9 | 40.5 | 40.9 | 38.9 | 36.7 | 50.3 | 53.7 | 54.9 | 53.5 | 51.1 | 44.9 | 47.7 | 48.4 | 46.8 | 44.4 | 33.5 | 37.4 | 37.9 | 36.1 | 34.0 | 47.7 | 50.6 | 52.0 | 50.9 | 49.0 | 50.3 | 54.0 | 54.3 | 52.1 | 49.1 | 40.2 | 43.7 | 43.9 | 41.8 | 39.4 | 52.9 | 56.7 | 57.9 | 56.2 | 53.3 |
| Any other mixed background | 49.2 | 52.1 | 53.0 | 51.2 | 48.8 | 39.3 | 42.2 | 43.2 | 41.0 | 38.9 | 51.5 | 54.5 | 56.0 | 54.7 | 52.6 | 46.8 | 49.4 | 50.1 | 48.6 | 46.6 | 36.3 | 39.8 | 40.6 | 37.9 | 35.9 | 49.2 | 51.8 | 53.0 | 52.3 | 50.7 | 51.8 | 54.9 | 55.9 | 53.9 | 51.2 | 42.5 | 44.8 | 45.8 | 44.3 | 42.2 | 53.9 | 57.3 | 59.0 | 57.2 | 54.7 | |
| White and Asian | 53.2 | 55.9 | 56.2 | 54.8 | 51.7 | 38.9 | 42.2 | 42.5 | 41.4 | 38.8 | 55.5 | 58.5 | 59.6 | 58.2 | 55.4 | 51.0 | 52.5 | 53.4 | 52.3 | 49.4 | 36.5 | 39.1 | 39.4 | 38.6 | 35.9 | 53.3 | 55.2 | 56.9 | 55.9 | 53.3 | 55.5 | 59.4 | 59.2 | 57.5 | 54.2 | 41.4 | 45.6 | 46.0 | 44.4 | 41.9 | 57.7 | 61.9 | 62.4 | 60.9 | 57.6 | |
| White and Black African | 47.4 | 51.1 | 50.6 | 49.0 | 46.4 | 40.2 | 43.4 | 42.5 | 41.4 | 38.8 | 49.4 | 53.3 | 53.5 | 52.4 | 50.3 | 44.2 | 47.1 | 47.6 | 46.2 | 44.4 | 36.8 | 39.2 | 39.6 | 38.5 | 36.4 | 46.2 | 49.4 | 50.4 | 49.7 | 48.4 | 50.6 | 54.9 | 53.7 | 51.8 | 48.5 | 43.5 | 47.4 | 45.4 | 44.5 | 41.2 | 52.5 | 57.1 | 56.8 | 55.1 | 52.3 | |
| White and Black Caribbean | 41.0 | 44.8 | 45.0 | 42.1 | 39.1 | 32.4 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 34.6 | 32.2 | 44.0 | 47.9 | 48.8 | 46.6 | 43.7 | 37.3 | 41.4 | 41.7 | 39.0 | 36.4 | 28.0 | 33.4 | 33.5 | 31.7 | 29.8 | 40.6 | 44.6 | 45.6 | 43.2 | 40.8 | 44.4 | 48.1 | 48.1 | 45.1 | 41.8 | 36.5 | 40.4 | 40.3 | 37.3 | 34.6 | 47.2 | 51.0 | 52.0 | 49.9 | 46.6 | |
| Other | Total | 47.3 | 50.6 | 51.7 | 49.6 | 47.0 | 42.4 | 44.8 | 46.0 | 43.6 | 41.1 | 48.9 | 52.7 | 54.3 | 52.8 | 50.7 | 44.5 | 47.2 | 48.8 | 46.8 | 44.0 | 39.1 | 41.7 | 43.2 | 40.6 | 38.4 | 46.3 | 49.2 | 51.4 | 50.1 | 47.5 | 50.3 | 54.3 | 54.8 | 52.9 | 50.2 | 45.8 | 48.2 | 48.9 | 47.1 | 44.0 | 51.8 | 56.4 | 57.5 | 56.0 | 54.4 |
| Any other ethnic group | 47.3 | 50.6 | 51.7 | 49.6 | 47.0 | 42.4 | 44.8 | 46.0 | 43.6 | 41.1 | 48.9 | 52.7 | 54.3 | 52.8 | 50.7 | 44.5 | 47.2 | 48.8 | 46.8 | 44.0 | 39.1 | 41.7 | 43.2 | 40.6 | 38.4 | 46.3 | 49.2 | 51.4 | 50.1 | 47.5 | 50.3 | 54.3 | 54.8 | 52.9 | 50.2 | 45.8 | 48.2 | 48.9 | 47.1 | 44.0 | 51.8 | 56.4 | 57.5 | 56.0 | 54.4 | |
| Unclassified | Total | 40.4 | 41.4 | 45.1 | 42.7 | 42.1 | 34.0 | 37.9 | 39.2 | 37.1 | 35.0 | 41.5 | 42.0 | 46.6 | 44.3 | 44.4 | 37.9 | 39.6 | 43.3 | 40.5 | 40.2 | 31.7 | 36.2 | 36.3 | 34.3 | 32.4 | 38.9 | 40.2 | 45.0 | 42.2 | 42.8 | 43.1 | 43.4 | 47.0 | 45.1 | 44.1 | 36.2 | 39.8 | 42.1 | 39.9 | 37.8 | 44.4 | 44.0 | 48.3 | 46.6 | 46.1 |
| Unclassified | 40.4 | 41.4 | 45.1 | 42.7 | 42.1 | 34.0 | 37.9 | 39.2 | 37.1 | 35.0 | 41.5 | 42.0 | 46.6 | 44.3 | 44.4 | 37.9 | 39.6 | 43.3 | 40.5 | 40.2 | 31.7 | 36.2 | 36.3 | 34.3 | 32.4 | 38.9 | 40.2 | 45.0 | 42.2 | 42.8 | 43.1 | 43.4 | 47.0 | 45.1 | 44.1 | 36.2 | 39.8 | 42.1 | 39.9 | 37.8 | 44.4 | 44.0 | 48.3 | 46.6 | 46.1 | |
| White | Total | 46.1 | 49.7 | 50.2 | 47.9 | 45.2 | 32.0 | 35.8 | 36.1 | 33.5 | 31.3 | 48.2 | 52.0 | 53.1 | 51.2 | 48.7 | 43.5 | 47.0 | 47.4 | 45.5 | 43.0 | 29.3 | 32.9 | 33.4 | 31.3 | 29.3 | 45.6 | 49.3 | 50.3 | 48.7 | 46.6 | 48.9 | 52.6 | 53.2 | 50.3 | 47.4 | 34.9 | 38.9 | 39.0 | 35.9 | 33.5 | 50.8 | 54.8 | 56.0 | 53.7 | 50.9 |
| Any other white background | 46.8 | 50.7 | 52.1 | 50.8 | 48.4 | 39.0 | 42.8 | 43.2 | 41.4 | 38.7 | 47.6 | 51.6 | 53.4 | 52.4 | 50.4 | 44.2 | 47.8 | 49.3 | 48.4 | 46.1 | 36.9 | 39.5 | 40.8 | 39.1 | 36.5 | 45.0 | 48.8 | 50.6 | 50.1 | 48.1 | 49.5 | 53.7 | 55.0 | 53.2 | 50.8 | 41.5 | 46.4 | 45.8 | 44.0 | 41.1 | 50.3 | 54.6 | 56.4 | 54.8 | 52.9 | |
| Gypsy/Roma | 19.1 | 23.3 | 22.7 | 21.0 | 20.3 | 16.9 | 21.1 | 19.6 | 17.9 | 16.1 | 20.2 | 24.6 | 25.1 | 24.4 | 25.1 | 16.7 | 21.2 | 21.0 | 18.3 | 19.0 | 13.8 | 19.0 | 17.7 | 15.3 | 15.1 | 18.2 | 22.4 | 23.3 | 21.6 | 23.5 | 21.4 | 25.6 | 24.5 | 23.6 | 21.5 | 20.2 | 23.1 | 21.5 | 20.4 | 17.1 | 22.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 27.3 | 26.8 | |
| Traveller of Irish heritage | 26.6 | 31.8 | 30.7 | 29.2 | 26.8 | 22.2 | 25.1 | 23.8 | 22.7 | 21.2 | 32.3 | 40.2 | 39.8 | 37.0 | 38.1 | 22.7 | 27.8 | 29.2 | 24.3 | 26.9 | 18.6 | 23.3 | 19.8 | 19.1 | 21.3 | 27.8 | 35.8 | 41.0 | 30.8 | 38.7 | 31.6 | 35.4 | 32.8 | 33.2 | 26.8 | 26.8 | 27.3 | 29.0 | 25.8 | 21.0 | 38.0 | 43.0 | 38.1 | 41.7 | 37.6 | |
| White British | 46.2 | 49.7 | 50.2 | 47.7 | 44.9 | 31.8 | 35.6 | 35.8 | 33.2 | 30.9 | 48.2 | 52.1 | 53.1 | 51.1 | 48.6 | 43.6 | 47.0 | 47.4 | 45.3 | 42.8 | 29.0 | 32.6 | 33.1 | 30.9 | 28.8 | 45.7 | 49.4 | 50.3 | 48.6 | 46.5 | 48.9 | 52.5 | 53.1 | 50.2 | 47.1 | 34.7 | 38.6 | 38.7 | 35.5 | 33.0 | 50.9 | 54.9 | 56.1 | 53.6 | 50.8 | |
| White Irish | 52.1 | 55.6 | 55.7 | 54.7 | 50.7 | 37.0 | 38.3 | 37.4 | 37.4 | 31.9 | 54.3 | 58.3 | 58.9 | 58.3 | 54.8 | 49.7 | 52.3 | 52.9 | 51.8 | 48.7 | 33.0 | 35.8 | 35.5 | 33.2 | 30.2 | 52.0 | 55.1 | 56.1 | 55.8 | 53.0 | 54.7 | 59.0 | 58.5 | 57.8 | 52.7 | 41.0 | 41.4 | 39.5 | 42.0 | 33.8 | 56.8 | 61.4 | 61.8 | 61.1 | 56.7 | |
Footnotes
- 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.
- z = When an observation is not applicable
Source: Key stage 4 performance, National characteristics data
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