Academic year 2023/24

Key stage 4 destination measures

Pupils sustaining an education, apprenticeship or employment destination after GCSEs in England. Includes disadvantage, ethnicity and other breakdowns.

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  • Key stage 4 leavers national level destinations

    National

    Key stage 4 study leavers national level destinations data by student characteristics, provider type and qualification level

    Number of rows
    5,846
    Indicators
    • Number of institutions
    • Number of pupils completing key stage 4
    • Sustained education, employment & apprenticeships
    Filters
    • Data type
    • Institution group
    • Student characteristics
    Time period
    2009/10 to 2022/23
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  • Key stage 4 leavers local authority level destinations

    Local authority, Local authority district, Parliamentary constituency, Regional

    Key stage 4 study leavers local authority level destinations data by location, student characteristics, provider type and qualification level

    Number of rows
    188,650
    Indicators
    • Activity not captured
    • Advanced and Higher apprenticeships (level 3 and above)
    • Further education
    Filters
    • Data type
    • Institution group
    • Student characteristic
    Time period
    2016/17 to 2022/23
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  • Key stage 4 leavers institution level destinations

    School

    Key stage 4 study leavers institution level destinations data by location, student characteristics and provider type

    Number of rows
    43,994
    Indicators
    • Number of pupils completing key stage 4
    • Sustained education, employment & apprenticeships
    • Sustained education destination
    Filters
    • Data type
    • Institution group
    • Student characteristic
    Time period
    2022/23
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Data guidance

Description of the data sets included in this release, including information on data sources, coverage, quality and any data conventions used.

Description

This document describes the data included in the ‘KS4 destination measures: 2023/24’ Official Statistics release’s underlying data files. This data is released under the terms of the Open Government License (opens in a new tab) (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) and is intended to meet at least 3 stars for Open Data (opens in a new tab) (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab).

The publication methodology, available on the publication report, should be referenced alongside this data. It provides information on the data sources, their coverage and quality as well as explaining methodology used in producing the data.

Coverage

This release provides information on destinations from:

  • state-funded mainstream schools
  • state-funded special schools (including non-maintained special schools)
  • alternative provision

This information is based on data from the National Pupil Database and the Longitudinal Education Outcomes dataset.

File formats and conventions

The Code of Practice for Statistics requires us to take reasonable steps to ensure that our published or disseminated statistics protect confidentiality. Where appropriate we apply disclosure control to protect confidentiality. 

The following symbols have been used in this publication: 

( 0 ) zero 

( c ) small number suppressed to preserve confidentiality or for accountability reasons 

( z ) not applicable 

(x) not available

( low ) positive % less than 0.5 

Small cohorts 

At institutional level, where cohorts are less than 6, all data are suppressed. This is to ensure that schools are not held to account for small cohorts of pupils rather than for confidentiality reasons. 

This does not apply to levels of data other than institutional level.

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If you have a specific enquiry about Key stage 4 destination measures statistics and data:

Destination measures

Email: Destination.MEASURES@education.gov.uk
Contact name: Daniel Brown

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Telephone: 020 7783 8300

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