Data set from Education and training statistics for the UK

Qualifications by subject

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Published 26 November 2020

Last updated 26 November 2020

This file contains information on the numbers and percentages of pupils receiving qualifications in the United Kingdom, by subject.

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Data set details

• Theme: UK education and training statistics
• Publication: Education and training statistics for the UK
• Release: Reporting year 2020
• Number of rows: 744
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Number of leavers with attainment at SCQF Level 3-7
  • Percentage achieving D-E
  • Percentage achieving a different grade
  • Percentage of all entries
  • Percentage of all leavers with attainment at SCQF level 3 or better
  • Percentage of all leavers with attainment at SCQF level 4 or better
  • Percentage of all leavers with attainment at SCQF level 5 or better
  • Percentage of all leavers with attainment at SCQF level 6 or better
  • Percentage of all leavers with attainment at SCQF level 7
  • Percentage of entries achieving 9-5
  • Percentage of entries achieving A
  • Percentage of entries achieving A*
  • Percentage of entries achieving A*-C
  • Percentage of entries achieving A*-C/9-4
  • Percentage of entries achieving A*-E
  • Percentage of entries achieving A*-G
  • Percentage of entries achieving A*-G/9-1
  • Percentage of entries achieving B
  • Percentage of entries achieving C
  • Percentage of entries achieving D
  • Percentage of entries achieving E
  • Percentage of entries achieving F
  • Percentage of entries achieving G
  • Percentage of entries ungraded
  • Total number achieving 9-5
  • Total number achieving A*-C/9-4
  • Total number achieving A*-G/9-1
  • Total number of entries
  • Total number of school leavers
• Filters:
  • Gender
  • Level of education
  • Subject
• Time period: 2018/19

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	level	gender	subject	t_entries	t_achieving_astarg/9_1	t_achieving_astarc/9_4	t_achieving_9_5	pt_achieving_astarg/9_1	pt_achieving_astarc/9_4	pt_achieving_9_5	pt_all_entries	pt_achieving_astar	pt_achieving_a	pt_achieving_b	pt_achieving_c	pt_achieving_d	pt_achieving_e	pt_achieving_astare	pt_achieving_f	pt_achieving_g	pt_achieving_astarc	pt_achieving_astarg	pt_ungraded	t_leavers	t_leavers_scqf3_7	pt_leavers_scqf3above	pt_leavers_scqf4above	pt_leavers_scqf5above	pt_leavers_scqf6above	pt_leavers_scqf7	pt_achieving_de	pt_other
201819	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	KS4	Male	Ancient History	460	408	315	278	89	68	60	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z
201819	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	KS4	Female	Ancient History	360	339	251	218	94	70	61	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z
201819	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	KS4	Total	Ancient History	820	747	566	496	91	69	60	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z
201819	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	KS4	Male	Any classical study	6107	6059	5538	5058	99	91	83	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z
201819	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	KS4	Female	Any classical study	6972	6921	6466	5768	99	93	83	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 32 variables

Variable name	Variable description
gender	Gender
level	Level of education
pt_achieving_9_5	Percentage of entries achieving 9-5
pt_achieving_a	Percentage of entries achieving A
pt_achieving_astar	Percentage of entries achieving A*
pt_achieving_astarc	Percentage of entries achieving A*-C
pt_achieving_astarc/9_4	Percentage of entries achieving A*-C/9-4
pt_achieving_astare	Percentage of entries achieving A*-E
pt_achieving_astarg	Percentage of entries achieving A*-G
pt_achieving_astarg/9_1	Percentage of entries achieving A*-G/9-1
pt_achieving_b	Percentage of entries achieving B
pt_achieving_c	Percentage of entries achieving C
pt_achieving_d	Percentage of entries achieving D
pt_achieving_de	Percentage achieving D-E
pt_achieving_e	Percentage of entries achieving E
pt_achieving_f	Percentage of entries achieving F
pt_achieving_g	Percentage of entries achieving G
pt_all_entries	Percentage of all entries
pt_leavers_scqf3above	Percentage of all leavers with attainment at SCQF level 3 or better
pt_leavers_scqf4above	Percentage of all leavers with attainment at SCQF level 4 or better
pt_leavers_scqf5above	Percentage of all leavers with attainment at SCQF level 5 or better
pt_leavers_scqf6above	Percentage of all leavers with attainment at SCQF level 6 or better
pt_leavers_scqf7	Percentage of all leavers with attainment at SCQF level 7
pt_other	Percentage achieving a different grade
pt_ungraded	Percentage of entries ungraded
subject	Subject
t_achieving_9_5	Total number achieving 9-5
t_achieving_astarc/9_4	Total number achieving A*-C/9-4
t_achieving_astarg/9_1	Total number achieving A*-G/9-1
t_entries	Total number of entries
t_leavers	Total number of school leavers
t_leavers_scqf3_7	Number of leavers with attainment at SCQF Level 3-7

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