Academic year 2023/24

Key stage 4 performance

GCSE results of pupils at the end of KS4 attending state-funded schools in England at national & LA level. This release includes pupil characteristic breakdowns

Get email alerts

Not the latest releaseView latest release: Academic year 2024/25All releases in this series

Download all data (ZIP)Create your own tables

• Produced by: Department for Education
• Published: 27 February 2025
• Last updated: 24 April 2025

3 updates

On this page

Skip in page navigation

Explore data used in this release

This page provides a range of routes to access data from within this statistical release to suit different users.

Download all data (ZIP)

This includes all data sets, guidance files and any supporting files

More options

• Featured tables

  Featured tables are pre-prepared tables created from a statistical release's data sets. They provide statistics that are regularly requested by users and can be adapted to switch between different categories.

• Data sets: download or create tables

  Data sets present comprehensive open data from which users can create their own tables using the EES table tool or download a zipped CSV file.

• Supporting files

  Supporting files provide an area for teams to supply non-standard files for download by users where required.

• Data guidance

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

• Data catalogue

  Alternatively use our data catalogue to search and filter for specific data sets from this release or our entire library, providing full data summaries, data previews and access to API data sets.

---

Featured tables

Featured tables are pre-prepared tables created from a statistical release's data sets. They provide statistics that are regularly requested by some users (such as local councils, regional government or government policy teams) and can be adapted to switch between different categories (such as different geographies, time periods or characteristics where available).

9 featured tables

• Headline attainment data by school type, 2018/19 to 2023/24, England

  The following attainment data broken down by school type: Average Attainment 8 score of all pupils, Average EBacc APS score per pupil, Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs, Percentage of pupils entering the English Baccalaureate

  View, edit or download

• Headline attainment measures by ethnic minor pupil characteristic, 2018/19 to 2023/24, state-funded schools, England

  Attainment for the following measures broken down by ethnic minor: Average Attainment 8 score of all pupils. Average EBacc APS score per pupil, Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs, Percentage of pupils entering the English Baccalaureate

  View, edit or download

• Attainment data by ethnicity and free school meal eligibility

  KS4 attainment data broken down by ethnicity and free school meal eligibility

  View, edit or download

• Headline measures for regions and local authorities

  Attainment 8, EBacc APS and other headline measures for regions and local authorities, state-funded schools (LA), 2023/24

  View, edit or download

• Total number of pupils at the end of key stage 4 by prior attainment, 2018/19 to 2023/24, state-funded schools, England

  Total number of pupils at the end of key stage 4 in High, Middle and Low prior attainment categories, 2018/19 to 2023/24, state-funded schools, England

  View, edit or download

• The number of pupils entering language exams in England between 2009/10 and 2023/24

  The number of pupils entering the following language exams between 2009/10 and 2023/24: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish, Urdu and Other Modern languages

  View, edit or download

• Map-Average A8 by LA

  Map-Average A8 by LA

  View, edit or download

• Regional and LA breakdown of headline measures for SEN description

  Regional and LA breakdown of headline measures for SEN description, State-funded schools, 2023/24

  View, edit or download

• Characteristics summary

  A summary of performance measures for different pupil characteristics in all state-funded schools from 2018/19 to 2023/24

  View, edit or download

---

Data sets: download or create tables

Data sets present comprehensive open data from which users can create their own tables using the EES table tool or download a zipped CSV file.

31 data sets available for download

Download all (ZIP)

• National data

  National

  National level performance measures by establishment type and some pupil characteristics since 2018/19, includes an extended timeseries of headline performance measures since 2009/10.

  • Number of rows: 2,061
  • Indicators:
    • Average Attainment 8 score
    • Average EBacc APS score
    • Average Progress 8 score
  • Filters:
    • Sex
    • KS2 prior attainment status
    • School admissions policy
  • Time period: 2009/10 to 2023/24

  Data set information page
  Create table

• National characteristics data

  National

  National level headline performance measures in state-funded schools broken down by pupil and school characteristics since 2018/19.

  • Number of rows: 10,292
  • Indicators:
    • Average Attainment 8 score
    • Average EBacc APS score
    • Average Progress 8 score
  • Filters:
    • Sex
    • Major ethnic group
    • Minor ethnic group
  • Time period: 2018/19 to 2023/24

  Data set information page
  Create table

• National characteristics summary

  National

  National level headline performance measures in state-funded schools by pupil characteristics since 2018/19.

  • Number of rows: 316
  • Indicators:
    • Average Attainment 8 score
    • Average EBacc APS score
    • Average Progress 8 score
  • Filters:
    • Pupil characteristic
  • Time period: 2018/19 to 2023/24

  Data set information page
  Create table

• Local authority data

  Local authority, National, Regional

  Local authority and regional level performance measures in state-funded schools since 2018/19.

  • Number of rows: 2,934
  • Indicators:
    • Average Attainment 8 score
    • Average EBacc APS score
    • Average Progress 8 score
  • Filters:
    • Sex
  • Time period: 2018/19 to 2023/24

  Data set information page
  Create table

• Local authority characteristics data

  Local authority, National, Regional

  Local authority and regional headline performance measures in state-funded schools by pupil characteristics since 2018/19.

  • Number of rows: 70,973
  • Indicators:
    • Average Attainment 8 score
    • Average EBacc APS score
    • Average Progress 8 score
  • Filters:
    • Sex
    • Major ethnic group
    • Minor ethnic group
  • Time period: 2018/19 to 2023/24

  Data set information page
  Create table

• Subject pupil level data

  National

  National level pupil entries and achievements across subjects by establishment type for pupils at the end of KS4 in 2023/24.

  • Number of rows: 13,519
  • Indicators:
    • Number of pupils achieving the grade
    • Percentage of pupils achieving the grade
  • Filters:
    • Sex
    • School admissions policy
    • School religious character
  • Time period: 2023/24

  Data set information page
  Create table

• Subject pupil level characteristic data

  National

  National level pupil entries and achievements across subjects in state-funded schools by pupil characteristics for pupils at the end of KS4 in 2023/24.

  • Number of rows: 25,989
  • Indicators:
    • Percentage of pupils achieving the grade
    • Number of pupils achieving the grade
  • Filters:
    • Sex
    • Pupil characteristic
    • Grade
  • Time period: 2023/24

  Data set information page
  Create table

• Subject pupil level local authority data

  Local authority, National, Regional

  Local authority and regional level pupil entries and achievements across subjects in state-funded schools for pupils at the end of KS4 in 2023/24.

  • Number of rows: 99,150
  • Indicators:
    • Number of pupils achieving the grade
    • Percentage of pupils achieving the grade
  • Filters:
    • Sex
    • Qualification
    • Subject
  • Time period: 2023/24

  Data set information page
  Create table

• Subject entry level data

  National

  National level number of GCSE entries achieving each grade across subjects in all schools for pupils at the end of KS4 in 2023/24.

  • Number of rows: 610
  • Indicators:
    • Number of exams achieving the grade
  • Filters:
    • Subject
    • Grade
  • Time period: 2023/24

  Data set information page
  Create table

• Subject timeseries data

  National

  National level percentage of GCSE (and equivalent for unreformed GCSEs) entries achieving each grade across subjects in all schools for pupils at the end of KS4 in each year since 2009/10.

  • Number of rows: 37,050
  • Indicators:
    • Percentage of entries achieving the grade
    • Number of entries in the subject
  • Filters:
    • Sex
    • Subject
    • Grade
  • Time period: 2009/10 to 2023/24

  Data set information page
  Create table

• Subject year of entry data

  National

  National level percentage of GCSE entries in pupils’ penultimate and final year in all schools for pupils at the end of KS4 in 2023/24.

  • Number of rows: 108
  • Indicators:
    • Percentage of pupils
    • Number of pupils
  • Filters:
    • School year when the exam was sat
    • Subject
  • Time period: 2023/24

  Data set information page
  Create table

• Local authority district and region of pupil residence data

  Local authority district, National, Regional

  Pupil residency based local authority district, regional, and national level headline performance measures in state-funded schools in 2023/24.

  • Number of rows: 308
  • Indicators:
    • Average Attainment 8 score
    • Average EBacc APS score
    • Average Progress 8 score
  • Time period: 2023/24

  Data set information page
  Create table

• IDACI decile and degree of rurality of pupil residence data

  National, Regional

  Pupil residency based regional and national level headline performance measures in state-funded schools by regional characteristics in 2023/24.

  • Number of rows: 479
  • Indicators:
    • Average Attainment 8 score
    • Average EBacc APS score
    • Average Progress 8 score
  • Filters:
    • Income Deprivation Affecting Children Indices (IDACI) decile
    • Rurality - Pupil residency
    • Degree of rurality - pupil residency
  • Time period: 2023/24

  Data set information page
  Create table

• Local authority district and region of school location data by FSM and disadvantage status

  Local authority district, National, Regional

  School location based regional and national level performance measures in state-funded schools by pupil characteristics in 2023/24.

  • Number of rows: 1,550
  • Indicators:
    • Average Attainment 8 score
    • Average EBacc APS score
    • Average Progress 8 score
  • Filters:
    • Disadvantaged status
    • Free school meals status
  • Time period: 2023/24

  Data set information page
  Create table

• Degree of rurality of school location data

  National, Regional

  School location based regional and national level headline performance measures in state-funded schools by regional degree of rurality in 2023/24.

  • Number of rows: 68
  • Indicators:
    • Average Attainment 8 score
    • Average EBacc APS score
    • Average Progress 8 score
  • Filters:
    • Degree of rurality - school location
  • Time period: 2023/24

  Data set information page
  Create table

• Parliamentary constituency of school location data

  National, Parliamentary constituency

  School location based parliamentary constituency and national level headline performance measures in state-funded schools in 2023/24.

  • Number of rows: 544
  • Indicators:
    • Average Attainment 8 score
    • Average EBacc APS score
    • Average Progress 8 score
  • Time period: 2023/24

  Data set information page
  Create table

• Local authority alternative provision data

  Local authority, National, Regional

  Local authority and regional level performance measures in alternative provision in 2023/24.

  • Number of rows: 164
  • Indicators:
    • Average Attainment 8 score
    • Average Attainment 8 score for EBacc element
    • Average Attainment 8 score for English element
  • Time period: 2023/24

  Data set information page
  Create table

• GCSE subject alternative provision data

  National

  National level number of GCSE entries achieving each grade across subjects in alternative provision for pupils at the end of KS4 in 2023/24.

  • Number of rows: 584
  • Indicators:
    • Number of pupils achieving the grade
  • Filters:
    • Subject
    • Grade
  • Time period: 2023/24

  Data set information page
  Create table

• Vocational subject alternative provision data

  National

  National level pupil entries and achievements across subjects in alternative provision for pupils at the end of KS4 in 2023/24.

  • Number of rows: 48
  • Indicators:
    • Number of pupils achieving the grade
    • Percentage of pupils achieving the grade
  • Filters:
    • Grade
    • Subject
  • Time period: 2023/24

  Data set information page
  Create table

• National academies data

  National

  National level headline performance measures in academies by the number of years the academies have been open in 2023/24.

  • Number of rows: 39
  • Indicators:
    • Average Attainment 8 score
    • Average EBacc APS score
    • Average Progress 8 score
  • Filters:
    • The number of academic years the school has been open
    • School type
  • Time period: 2023/24

  Data set information page
  Create table

• Key stage 2 to 4 transition matrices GCSE subjects

  National

  National level number of GCSE entries achieving each grade across subjects in state-funded schools by pupil characteristics, including KS2 scaled score, for pupils at the end of KS4 in 2023/24.

  • Number of rows: 4,000
  • Indicators:
    • Total number of entries
    • Number of grade 1s
    • Number of grade 2s
  • Filters:
    • Key stage 2 scaled score group
    • Pupil characteristic
    • Subject
  • Time period: 2023/24

  Data set information page
  Create table

• Key stage 2 to 4 transition matrices KS4 measures

  National

  National level English and maths achievement measures and EBacc measures in state-funded schools by pupil characteristics, including KS2 scaled score, in 2023/24.

  • Number of rows: 117
  • Indicators:
    • Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs
    • Number of pupils not achieving grades 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs
    • Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs
  • Filters:
    • Key stage 2 scaled score group
    • Pupil characteristic
  • Time period: 2023/24

  Data set information page
  Create table

• Disadvantage gap index data

  National

  Disadvantaged attainment gap index in state-funded schools since 2009/10.

  • Number of rows: 14
  • Indicators:
    • Disadvantaged attainment gap index
  • Time period: 2010/11 to 2023/24

  Data set information page
  Create table

• Average GCSE grades for English and Maths

  National

  Average English language and maths grades in state-funded schools since 2022/23, includes comparison in 2018/19.

  • Number of rows: 12
  • Indicators:
    • Average GCSE grade
  • Filters:
    • Subject
  • Time period: 2018/19 to 2023/24

  Data set information page
  Create table

• National multi-academy trusts data by pupil characteristics

  National

  National level headline performance measures in multi-academy trusts by pupil characteristics and eligibility for MAT performance tables since 2021/22.

  • Number of rows: 1,913
  • Indicators:
    • Average Attainment 8 score
    • Average EBacc APS score
    • Average Progress 8 score
  • Filters:
    • Performance tables eligibility of the academy
    • Academy type
    • Sex
  • Time period: 2021/22 to 2023/24

  Data set information page
  Create table

• National multi-academy trusts data by trust characteristics

  National

  National level headline performance measures in multi-academy trusts by academy/trust characteristics and eligibility for MAT performance tables since 2021/22.

  • Number of rows: 745
  • Indicators:
    • Average Attainment 8 score
    • Average EBacc APS score
    • Average Progress 8 score
  • Filters:
    • Performance tables eligibility of the academy
    • Academy type
    • Number of mainstream academies in the trust
  • Time period: 2021/22 to 2023/24

  Data set information page
  Create table

• Key stage 4 institution level 2024 final data - Schools and colleges (performance)

  School

  School and college performance tables data in 2023/24.

  • Number of rows: 57,090
  • Indicators:
    • Average Attainment 8 score
    • Average EBacc APS score
    • Average Progress 8 score
  • Filters:
    • Pupil characteristic
  • Time period: 2023/24

  Data set information page
  Create table

• Key stage 4 institution level 2024 final data - Schools and colleges (subject entries and grades)

  School

  Subject entries and grades achieved in schools/colleges in the performance tables data for 2023/24.

  • Number of rows: 749,564
  • Indicators:
    • Number of entries at grade
    • Number of pupils at the end of KS4
  • Filters:
    • Subject
    • Grade
  • Time period: 2023/24

  Data set information page
  Create table

• Key stage 4 institution level 2024 final data - Schools and colleges (school and college information)

  School

  Information about the schools included in the school and college performance tables data in 2023/24, includes the Progress 8 banding.

  • Number of rows: 5,709
  • Indicators:
    • Progress 8 banding
    • School type
    • Religious denomination
  • Time period: 2023/24

  Data set information page
  Create table

• Key stage 4 institution level 2024 - Multi-academy trusts (performance)

  MAT

  Multi-academy trust performance tables data. Performance measures in multi-academy trusts that are eligible for the performance tables in 2023/24.

  • Number of rows: 705
  • Indicators:
    • Number of pupils at the end of KS4
    • Average Attainment 8 score (weighted average)
    • Average EBacc APS score (weighted average)
  • Filters:
    • Disadvantaged status
  • Time period: 2023/24

  Data set information page
  Create table

• Key stage 4 institution level 2024 - Multi-academy trusts (trust information)

  MAT

  Multi-academy trust level characteristics, includes the Progress 8 banding

  • Number of rows: 470
  • Indicators:
    • Number of pupils at the end of KS4
    • Percentage of pupils who are disadvantaged
    • Percentage of pupils who are not disadvantaged
  • Filters:
    • Performance tables eligibility of the academy
  • Time period: 2023/24

  Data set information page
  Create table

---

Supporting files

Supporting files provide an area for teams to supply non-standard files for download by users where required.

4 supporting data files

• Key stage 4 performance provisional 2023-24

  All data and metadata files associated with the provisional KS4 performance release which was originally published on December 5th 2024.

  Download (zip, 7 Mb)

• School level qualification achievements

  Number of entries into subjects/qualifications achieving each grade in each school.

  Download (xlsx, 37 Mb)

• School level qualification entries

  Number of entries into subjects/qualifications in each school, includes school details

  Download (xlsx, 384 Kb)

• KS4 Ready Reckoner model values

  KS2 prior attainment groups, scaled score ranges and standard deviations underlying the KS4 Ready Reckoner app

  Download (xlsx, 14 Kb)

---

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 data covers the performance of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 (KS4) in 2023/24. The data covers the main headline measures of:

• Progress 8
• Attainment 8
• Percentage of pupils achieving 9-5 in English and maths
• Percentage of pupils entering the English Baccalaureate
• EBacc Average Points Score (EBacc APS) 

The data also covers numerous additional measures, depending on the data file.

The publication methodology 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 data covers the GCSE results of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 (KS4) in 2023/24. The data is split by establishment type, as well as some data being split by pupil characteristics such as disadvantage status, free school meal status, special educational needs status and ethnicity. The data covers statistics at national, regional, local authority, local authority district and parliamentary constituency level.

File formats and conventions

The data is rounded to either 1 or 2 decimal places, depending on which measure you are looking at. Some of the raw data totals go up to 3 decimal places. No suppression has been applied. 

---

Contact us

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

Attainment statistics team

Email: Attainment.STATISTICS@education.gov.uk
Contact name: Liam Hamilton

Press office

If you have a media enquiry:

Telephone: 020 7783 8300

Public enquiries

If you have a general enquiry about the Department for Education (DfE) or education:

Phone: 0370 000 2288

Opening times

Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 5.30pm (closed on bank holidays)