KS4 national characteristics summary
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National level headline entry and attainment measures broken down by year, detailed school type, gender, major and minor ethnicity, free school meal eligibility, special educational need status and description, primary need, disadvantaged status, first language, school admission type and school religious denomination.
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Data set details
- Theme
- School and college outcomes and performance
- Publication
- Key stage 4 performance
- Release
- Academic year 2021/22
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 212
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Average Attainment 8 score of all pupils
- Average EBacc APS score per pupil
- Average Progress 8 score of all pupils
- Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
- Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
- Percentage of pupils achieving the English Baccalaureate (grades 4 or above in English and maths, A*-C in unreformed subjects)
- Percentage of pupils achieving the English Baccalaureate (grades 5 or above in English and maths, A*-C in unreformed subjects)
- Percentage of pupils entering English and mathematics GCSEs
- Percentage of pupils entering the English Baccalaureate
- Progress 8 lower 95% confidence interval
- Progress 8 upper 95% confidence interval
- Total EBacc APS score of pupils
- Total number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
- Total number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
- Total number of pupils achieving the English Baccalaureate (grades 4 or above in English and maths, A*-C in unreformed subjects)
- Total number of pupils achieving the English Baccalaureate (grades 5 or above in English and maths, A*-C in unreformed subjects)
- Total number of pupils at the end of key stage 4
- Total number of pupils entering English and mathematics GCSEs
- Total number of pupils entering the English Baccalaureate
- Total number of pupils included in Progress 8 measure
- Total number of schools
- Total sum of pupils Attainment 8 scores
- Total sum of pupils Progress 8 scores
- Filters
- The characteristic of the pupil
- Time period
- 2018/19 to 2021/22
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | version | school_characteristic | characteristics_group | characteristic | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202122 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Revised | All state-funded | Total | Total | 4015 | 587660 | 28659197.56 | 48.8 | 566032 | 96.3 | 292568 | 49.8 | 404313 | 68.8 | 227595 | 38.7 | 119116 | 20.3 | 157291 | 26.8 | 2511502.05 | 4.27 | 553527 | -16783.583 | -0.03 | -0.03 | -0.03 |
| 202122 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Revised | All state-funded | Gender | Boys | 3803 | 300517 | 13907924.35 | 46.3 | 287036 | 95.5 | 141363 | 47 | 198881 | 66.2 | 101817 | 33.9 | 49602 | 16.5 | 66398 | 22.1 | 1220227.31 | 4.06 | 282288 | -58705.029 | -0.21 | -0.21 | -0.2 |
| 202122 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Revised | All state-funded | Gender | Girls | 3759 | 287143 | 14751273.21 | 51.4 | 278996 | 97.2 | 151205 | 52.7 | 205432 | 71.5 | 125778 | 43.8 | 69514 | 24.2 | 90893 | 31.7 | 1291274.74 | 4.5 | 271239 | 41921.446 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.16 |
| 202122 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Revised | All state-funded | Ethnicity | Asian - Any other Asian background | 2316 | 11278 | 642453.13 | 57 | 10904 | 96.7 | 7525 | 66.7 | 9101 | 80.7 | 6102 | 54.1 | 3722 | 33 | 4579 | 40.6 | 58467.62 | 5.18 | 9606 | 6751.385 | 0.7 | 0.67 | 0.73 |
| 202122 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Revised | All state-funded | Ethnicity | Chinese - Total | 1277 | 2435 | 161019.88 | 66.1 | 2375 | 97.5 | 1948 | 80 | 2160 | 88.7 | 1506 | 61.8 | 1130 | 46.4 | 1288 | 52.9 | 14996.43 | 6.16 | 1914 | 1895.893 | 0.99 | 0.93 | 1.05 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| avg_att8 | Average Attainment 8 score of all pupils |
| avg_ebaccaps | Average EBacc APS score per pupil |
| avg_p8score | Average Progress 8 score of all pupils |
| characteristic | The characteristic of the pupil |
| 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 the English Baccalaureate (grades 4 or above in English and maths, A*-C in unreformed subjects) |
| pt_ebacc_95 | Percentage of pupils achieving the English Baccalaureate (grades 5 or above in English and maths, A*-C in unreformed subjects) |
| pt_ebacc_e_ptq_ee | Percentage of pupils entering the English Baccalaureate |
| pt_entbasics | Percentage of pupils entering English and mathematics GCSEs |
| pt_l2basics_94 | Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs |
| pt_l2basics_95 | Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs |
| t_att8 | Total sum of pupils Attainment 8 scores |
| t_ebacc_94 | Total number of pupils achieving the English Baccalaureate (grades 4 or above in English and maths, A*-C in unreformed subjects) |
| t_ebacc_95 | Total number of pupils achieving the English Baccalaureate (grades 5 or above in English and maths, A*-C in unreformed subjects) |
| t_ebacc_e_ptq_ee | Total number of pupils entering the English Baccalaureate |
| t_ebaccaps | Total EBacc APS score of pupils |
| t_entbasics | Total number of pupils entering English and mathematics GCSEs |
| t_inp8calc | Total number of pupils included in Progress 8 measure |
| t_l2basics_94 | Total number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs |
| t_l2basics_95 | Total number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs |
| t_p8score | Total sum of pupils Progress 8 scores |
| t_pupils | Total number of pupils at the end of key stage 4 |
| t_schools | Total number of schools |
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