Data set from Key stage 4 performance

Local authority characteristics data

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Published 27 February 2025

Last updated 27 February 2025

Local authority and regional 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: 70,973
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• 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 entering 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
  • Progress 8 lower 95% confidence interval
  • Progress 8 upper 95% confidence interval
• Filters:
  • Sex
  • Major ethnic group
  • Minor ethnic group
  • Disadvantaged status
  • Free school meals status
  • First language
  • Special educational needs - status
  • Special educational needs - provision
• 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	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	version	education_investment_area_flag	priority_area_flag	establishment_type_group	breakdown	sex	ethnicity_major	ethnicity_minor	free_school_meals	sen_provision	sen_status	disadvantage	first_language	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	0	0	State-funded schools (LA)	Ethnicity minor	Boys	Asian	Any other Asian background	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	1893	6454	340342.76	52.7	6250	96.8	3999	62	4982	77.2	3124	48.4	1572	24.4	2072	32.1	30998.99	4.8	5446	2982.251	0.55	0.51	0.59
202324	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Revised	0	0	State-funded schools (LA)	Ethnicity minor	Boys	Asian	Bangladeshi	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	1088	5509	273374.5	49.6	5286	96	3093	56.1	4007	72.7	2815	51.1	1167	21.2	1622	29.4	24708.32	4.49	5175	1582.799	0.31	0.27	0.34
202324	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Revised	0	0	State-funded schools (LA)	Ethnicity minor	Boys	Asian	Chinese	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	1045	2064	136236.01	66	2018	97.8	1622	78.6	1831	88.7	1375	66.6	993	48.1	1159	56.2	13013.14	6.3	1203	1181.869	0.98	0.9	1.06
202324	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Revised	0	0	State-funded schools (LA)	Ethnicity minor	Boys	Asian	Indian	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	1830	10614	613308.05	57.8	10409	98.1	7349	69.2	8773	82.7	5839	55	3269	30.8	4139	39	56187.24	5.29	9118	6721.082	0.74	0.71	0.77
202324	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Revised	0	0	State-funded schools (LA)	Ethnicity minor	Boys	Asian	Pakistani	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	1598	14819	661379.26	44.6	14322	96.6	6768	45.7	9564	64.5	6268	42.3	2055	13.9	3065	20.7	58837.43	3.97	13696	748.949	0.05	0.03	0.08

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 31 variables

Variable name	Variable description
avg_att8	Average Attainment 8 score
avg_ebaccaps	Average EBacc APS score
avg_p8score	Average Progress 8 score
disadvantage	Disadvantaged status
ethnicity_major	Major ethnic group
ethnicity_minor	Minor ethnic group
first_language	First language
free_school_meals	Free school meals status
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
sen_provision	Special educational needs - provision
sen_status	Special educational needs - status
sex	Sex
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. Local authority, region, parliamentary constituency and the total (state-funded sector) figures cover achievements in state-funded schools only. They do not include pupils recently arrived from overseas and so will not match with state-funded figures in the national tables.
2. Sub totals for EAL and SEN breakdowns may not sum to the grand total due to a small number of pupils with missing information.
3. Unclassified includes pupils for whom the information was not obtained, refused or could not be determined.
4. Progress 8 was not published in 2020 or 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
5. 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.
6. Changes were made to the methodology for calculating performance data due to the commitment not to use qualification results awarded between January 2020 and August 2021 in future measures. GCSE exams returned in 2022 and grades were awarded at a midpoint between 2021 and pre-pandemic grading. In 2023, there was a return to pre-pandemic grading, with some protections. Comparisons to 2020, 2021, and 2022 should be made with caution.
7. c = a cell that has been suppressed due to low number of pupils. Suppression was applied where deemed necessary for all data up to 2018/19. For 2019/20, DfE suppression policy changed. For 2020 and 2021 results where a geographical area contains only one school (for example Isles of Scilly) the data for that area has been suppressed. This is in line with the announcement that school level data would not be published using either summer 2020 or summer 2021 exam grades awarded. Data has not being supressed at local authority or national level from 2022 onwards.
8. In 2017, new reformed GCSEs (which use the 9-1 grade scale) were introduced into secondary school performance tables in a phased approach. Unreformed subjects continued to be graded using the A* to G system. From 2020 onwards all GCSEs are now reformed and use the 9-1 grading scale.

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