Data set from Key stage 4 performance

National multi-academy trusts data by trust characteristics

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Published 27 February 2025

Last updated 27 February 2025

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

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Data set details

• Theme: School and college outcomes and performance
• Publication: Key stage 4 performance
• Release: Academic year 2023/24
• Number of rows: 745
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Average Attainment 8 score
  • Average EBacc APS score
  • Average Progress 8 score
  • Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs
  • Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs
  • Percentage of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs
  • Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc
  • Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc
  • Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc
  • Number of pupils at the end of KS4
  • Number of schools
  • Sum of Attainment 8 scores
  • Sum of EBacc APS scores
  • Sum of Progress 8 scores
  • Number of pupils included in Progress 8 measure
  • Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs
  • Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs
  • Number of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs
  • Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc
  • Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc
  • Number of pupils entering the EBacc
  • Progress 8 lower 95% confidence interval
  • Progress 8 upper 95% confidence interval
• Filters:
  • Performance tables eligibility of the academy
  • Academy type
  • Number of mainstream academies in the trust
  • Number of years the academy has been in the trust
• Time period: 2021/22 to 2023/24

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Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	version	establishment_type_group	mat_performance_tables_eligilbity	trust_type	breakdown_topic	breakdown	trust_size_mainstream	years_in_trust	t_schools	t_pupils	t_att8	avg_att8	t_entbasics	pt_entbasics	t_l2basics_95	pt_l2basics_95	t_l2basics_94	pt_l2basics_94	t_ebacc_e_ptq_ee	pt_ebacc_e_ptq_ee	t_ebacc_95	pt_ebacc_95	t_ebacc_94	pt_ebacc_94	t_ebaccaps	avg_ebaccaps	t_inp8calc	t_p8score	avg_p8score	p8score_ci_low	p8score_ci_upp
202324	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	All multi-academy trust schools	Eligible	Multi-academy trusts	Total	Total	Total	Total	1307	238163	10761734.14	45.2	233214	97.9	104337	43.8	151498	63.6	102552	43.1	40918	17.2	59804	25.1	958654.99	4.03	222177	-10377.997	-0.05	-0.05	-0.04
202324	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	All multi-academy trust schools	Eligible	Multi-academy trusts	Number of mainstream academies in trust	10 to 19	10 to 19	Total	194	33826	1507236.66	44.6	33132	97.9	14301	42.3	21124	62.4	14018	41.4	5597	16.5	8214	24.3	134039.85	3.96	31399	-1570.654	-0.05	-0.07	-0.03
202324	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	All multi-academy trust schools	Eligible	Multi-academy trusts	Number of mainstream academies in trust	20+	20+	Total	209	36195	1613387.5	44.6	35398	97.8	16020	44.3	22754	62.9	17513	48.4	6460	17.8	9560	26.4	145512.74	4.02	33181	214.438	0.01	-0.01	0.02
202324	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	All multi-academy trust schools	Eligible	Multi-academy trusts	Number of mainstream academies in trust	3 to 5	3 to 5	Total	543	102429	4666052.55	45.6	100269	97.9	45080	44	65569	64	42378	41.4	17331	16.9	25108	24.5	413273.7	4.03	96161	-4846.833	-0.05	-0.06	-0.04
202324	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	All multi-academy trust schools	Eligible	Multi-academy trusts	Number of mainstream academies in trust	6 to 9	6 to 9	Total	361	65713	2975057.43	45.3	64415	98	28936	44	42051	64	28643	43.6	11530	17.5	16922	25.8	265828.7	4.05	61436	-4174.948	-0.07	-0.08	-0.06

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 27 variables

Variable name	Variable description
avg_att8	Average Attainment 8 score
avg_ebaccaps	Average EBacc APS score
avg_p8score	Average Progress 8 score
establishment_type_group	Academy type
mat_performance_tables_eligilbity	Performance tables eligibility of the academy
p8score_ci_low	Progress 8 lower 95% confidence interval
p8score_ci_upp	Progress 8 upper 95% confidence interval
pt_ebacc_94	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc
pt_ebacc_95	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc
pt_ebacc_e_ptq_ee	Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc
pt_entbasics	Percentage of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs
pt_l2basics_94	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs
pt_l2basics_95	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs
t_att8	Sum of Attainment 8 scores
t_ebacc_94	Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc
t_ebacc_95	Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc
t_ebacc_e_ptq_ee	Number of pupils entering the EBacc
t_ebaccaps	Sum of EBacc APS scores
t_entbasics	Number of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs
t_inp8calc	Number of pupils included in Progress 8 measure
t_l2basics_94	Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs
t_l2basics_95	Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs
t_p8score	Sum of Progress 8 scores
t_pupils	Number of pupils at the end of KS4
t_schools	Number of schools
trust_size_mainstream	Number of mainstream academies in the trust
years_in_trust	Number of years the academy has been in the trust

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Footnotes

1. Pupils at university technical colleges (UTCs), studio schools and further education colleges with key stage 4 provision typically attend that school for only 2 years, compared to 5 years for pupils in most secondary schools. These establishments also offer specialist curriculum. As a result, the Progress 8 data for these schools is not directly comparable with the Progress 8 data for other schools. The government’s position is that it is not appropriate to expect the same rates of EBacc entry from these types of provision and that each school should decide on a case by case basis whether its specialist curriculum is compatible with the full EBacc. This should be borne in mind when reviewing the performance data for these types of provisions.
2. A Progress 8 score of 1.0 means pupils make on average a grade more progress than the national average of pupils with similar KS2 prior attainment in mainstream schools. Progress 8 should be interpreted alongside the associated confidence intervals. If the confidence intervals cross 0, then progress is not significantly different compared to pupils with similar KS2 prior attainment in mainstream schools.
3. Multi-academy trusts (MAT) were eligible for the MAT performance measures if they had at least three mainstream academies with results at KS4 and those academies had been in the MAT for at least three full academic years (since 12 September 2021).

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