Data set from Key stage 4 performance

National characteristics summary

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Published 27 February 2025

Last updated 27 February 2025

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

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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: 316
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Average Attainment 8 score
  • Average EBacc APS score
  • Average Progress 8 score
  • Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs
  • Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs
  • Percentage of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs
  • Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc
  • Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 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 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs
  • Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs
  • Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc
  • Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc
  • Number of pupils entering the EBacc
  • Number of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs
  • Progress 8 lower 95% confidence interval
  • Progress 8 upper 95% confidence interval
• Filters:
  • Pupil characteristic
• Time period: 2018/19 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	breakdown_topic	breakdown	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 state-funded	Sex	Boys	3870	321951	14073994.06	43.7	306572	95.2	140425	43.6	201099	62.5	117623	36.5	47638	14.8	68461	21.3	1254490.2	3.9	299169	-43842.263	-0.15	-0.15	-0.14
202324	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	All state-funded	Sex	Girls	3830	307256	14820900.37	48.2	297937	97	148380	48.3	207821	67.6	136720	44.5	65427	21.3	90359	29.4	1308546.86	4.26	287256	26765.596	0.09	0.09	0.1
202324	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	All state-funded	Ethnicity	Asian - Any other Asian background	2536	13171	701024.17	53.2	12725	96.6	8072	61.3	10053	76.3	6746	51.2	3605	27.4	4703	35.7	63825.31	4.85	10697	6825.652	0.64	0.61	0.66
202324	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	All state-funded	Ethnicity	Asian - Bangladeshi	1553	10993	569201	51.8	10660	97	6358	57.8	8187	74.5	6103	55.5	2836	25.8	3858	35.1	51324.22	4.67	10295	4528.818	0.44	0.41	0.47
202324	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	All state-funded	Ethnicity	Asian - Chinese	1630	4249	280170.26	65.9	4172	98.2	3302	77.7	3755	88.4	2858	67.3	2092	49.2	2425	57.1	26735.36	6.29	2389	2480.865	1.04	0.98	1.1

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 24 variables

Variable name	Variable description
avg_att8	Average Attainment 8 score
avg_ebaccaps	Average EBacc APS score
avg_p8score	Average Progress 8 score
breakdown	Pupil characteristic
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

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Footnotes

1. Sub totals for EAL and SEN breakdowns may not sum to the grand total due to a small number of pupils with missing information.

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