Data set from 16 to 19 performance

Attainment and other performance measures - student characteristics

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Published 4 November 2021

Last updated 4 November 2021

Attainment metrics for all qualification cohorts, by student characteristics. Student characteristics include gender, ethnicity, disadvantage status, free school meal provision, first language and SEN provision.

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Data set details

• Theme: School and college outcomes and performance
• Publication: 16 to 19 performance
• Release: Academic year 2020/21
• Number of rows: 121
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • % achieving 3 A* to A
  • % achieving ≥ 2 A levels
  • % achieving ≥ 2 academic results
  • % achieving ≥ 2 substantial level 3 results
  • % achieving ≥ AAB
  • % achieving ≥ AAB for a minimum of 2 facilitating A levels
  • % level 2 students entered for technical certificate
  • % level 3 vocational students (excluding applied generals) who entered tech levels
  • % level 3 vocational students (excluding tech levels) who entered applied general
  • APS per 'Best 3' entries
  • APS per 'Best 3' entries (grade)
  • APS per A level entry
  • APS per academic entry
  • APS per applied general entry
  • APS per entry technical certificate students
  • APS per tech level entry
  • Average A level result
  • Average academic result
  • Average applied general result
  • Average tech level result
  • Average technical certificate result
  • Number of A level students
  • Number of academic students
  • Number of applied general students
  • Number of level 3 students
  • Number of potential 16-18 students
  • Number of students achieving technical baccalaureate
  • Number of students entered for any level 3 vocational (excluding applied generals)
  • Number of students entered for any level 3 vocational (excluding tech levels)
  • Number of students entered for ≥ 1 A level
  • Number of students entered for ≥ 1 A level or applied A level
  • Number of students with level 2 as highest attainment
  • Number of tech level students
  • Number of technical certificate students
• Filters:
  • Characteristic
• Time period: 2018/19 to 2020/21

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	version	characteristic_type	characteristic_value	number_of_students_potential	number_of_students_level3	number_of_students_alev	number_of_students_acad	number_of_students_agen	number_of_students_tlev	number_of_students_technicalcertificate	aps_per_entry_alev	aps_per_entry_acad	aps_per_entry_agen	aps_per_entry_tlev	aps_per_entry_technicalcertificate	aps_per_entry_grade_alev	aps_per_entry_grade_acad	aps_per_entry_grade_agen	aps_per_entry_grade_tlev	aps_per_entry_grade_technicalcertificate	pc_achieving_atleast_two_substantial_lev3	pc_achieving_atleast_two_alev	pc_achieving_atleast_two_substantial_lev3_acad	entered_for_one_or_more_alev_or_applied	aps_per_entry_best3	aps_per_entry_grade_best3	pc_achieving_3_astar_to_a_alev	pc_achieving_aab_or_better_alev	entered_for_one_or_more_alev	pc_achieving_aab_or_better_atleast_two_facilitating_alev	entered_any_level3_vocational_excluding_applied_generals	pc_level3_vocational_students_entered_tech_levels	entered_any_level3_vocational_excluding_tech_levels	pc_level3_vocational_students_entered_applied_generals	students_achieving_tech_bacc	number_of_students_highest_attainment_was_l2	pc_level2_vocational_students_entered_technicalcertificate
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Provisional	Gender	Female	245689	177993	149582	153041	46750	10315	1748	42.523	42.6937	34.548	32.1405	5.7012	B+	B+	Dist	Dist-	L2Merit-	94.504	89.005	88.5	117309	42.2708	B+	29.941	43.615	117309	27.623	47635	21.658	81016	57.911	64	14183	11.077
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Provisional	Gender	Male	234114	147147	121489	125360	39082	9898	1558	40.477	40.6612	30.8258	31.3018	5.5557	B	B	Dist-	Dist-	L2Merit-	93.545	87.92	87.113	95294	40.2139	B	27.52	38.713	95294	29.691	48684	20.35	76255	52.439	139	16610	8.639
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Provisional	Gender	Female	297465	180890	150512	154076	42407	12141	4861	40.2158	40.3277	32.8427	29.8864	5.7577	B	B	Dist-	Merit+	L2Merit-	88.977	86.937	86.437	119905	39.5807	B	22.736	34.675	119905	23.207	62034	19.575	88958	47.871	53	39303	10.536
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Provisional	Gender	Male	304332	147152	121086	125358	36532	9826	3770	38.6311	38.7354	29.4429	29.5995	5.6425	B	B	Merit+	Merit+	L2Merit-	88.519	85.494	84.718	94913	38.0511	B-	22.129	32.01	94912	25.493	63160	15.572	87754	42.345	171	47270	7.125
201819	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Provisional	Gender	Female	304005	183718	158250	161568	34281	10874	3026	34.325	34.6617	29.7882	28.2155	5.7828	C+	C+	Merit+	Merit+	L2Merit-	84.749	82.297	82.133	125877	33.682	C+	11.461	19.956	125865	14.509	67249	16.17	88175	39.047	42	42757	6.191

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 35 variables

Variable name	Variable description
aps_per_entry_acad	APS per academic entry
aps_per_entry_agen	APS per applied general entry
aps_per_entry_alev	APS per A level entry
aps_per_entry_best3	APS per 'Best 3' entries
aps_per_entry_grade_acad	Average academic result
aps_per_entry_grade_agen	Average applied general result
aps_per_entry_grade_alev	Average A level result
aps_per_entry_grade_best3	APS per 'Best 3' entries (grade)
aps_per_entry_grade_technicalcertificate	Average technical certificate result
aps_per_entry_grade_tlev	Average tech level result
aps_per_entry_technicalcertificate	APS per entry technical certificate students
aps_per_entry_tlev	APS per tech level entry
characteristic_value	Characteristic
entered_any_level3_vocational_excluding_applied_generals	Number of students entered for any level 3 vocational (excluding applied generals)
entered_any_level3_vocational_excluding_tech_levels	Number of students entered for any level 3 vocational (excluding tech levels)
entered_for_one_or_more_alev	Number of students entered for ≥ 1 A level
entered_for_one_or_more_alev_or_applied	Number of students entered for ≥ 1 A level or applied A level
number_of_students_acad	Number of academic students
number_of_students_agen	Number of applied general students
number_of_students_alev	Number of A level students
number_of_students_highest_attainment_was_l2	Number of students with level 2 as highest attainment
number_of_students_level3	Number of level 3 students
number_of_students_potential	Number of potential 16-18 students
number_of_students_technicalcertificate	Number of technical certificate students
number_of_students_tlev	Number of tech level students
pc_achieving_3_astar_to_a_alev	% achieving 3 A* to A
pc_achieving_aab_or_better_alev	% achieving ≥ AAB
pc_achieving_aab_or_better_atleast_two_facilitating_alev	% achieving ≥ AAB for a minimum of 2 facilitating A levels
pc_achieving_atleast_two_alev	% achieving ≥ 2 A levels
pc_achieving_atleast_two_substantial_lev3	% achieving ≥ 2 substantial level 3 results
pc_achieving_atleast_two_substantial_lev3_acad	% achieving ≥ 2 academic results
pc_level2_vocational_students_entered_technicalcertificate	% level 2 students entered for technical certificate
pc_level3_vocational_students_entered_applied_generals	% level 3 vocational students (excluding tech levels) who entered applied general
pc_level3_vocational_students_entered_tech_levels	% level 3 vocational students (excluding applied generals) who entered tech levels
students_achieving_tech_bacc	Number of students achieving technical baccalaureate

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Footnotes

1. EHC plans and statements of SEN are legal documents which detail the needs of the individual student, and the assistance they are to receive.
2. Disadvantage status is as reported at the end of key stage 4. Analysis involving disadvantage status includes students at state-funded schools and colleges only.
3. Figures for the total number of students may not match the sum of females and males, as not all institutions recorded the gender for every student.

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