Data set from 16 to 19 performance

English and maths progress - student characteristics

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Published 4 November 2021

Last updated 4 November 2021

English and maths progress, 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: 241
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Average progress
  • Number of students
  • Percent achieving grade 4 or above
  • Percent entering an approved qualification
  • Percent improving their point score
  • Percent lowering their point score
  • Percent with unchanged point score
• Filters:
  • Characteristic
  • Subject
• 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	progress_subject	num_inscope	nat_av_prog	percent_approved	percent_higher	percent_same	percent_lower	percent_grade4
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Provisional	Gender	Female	maths	40289	0.35234	81.094	50.235	19.886	29.879	37.839
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Provisional	Gender	Female	English	18156	0.13208	72.830	38.147	22.158	39.695	27.688
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Provisional	Gender	Male	maths	36551	0.12088	74.586	40.193	20.519	39.288	25.668
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Provisional	Gender	Male	English	35367	0.17344	73.899	41.375	19.284	39.342	27.314
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Provisional	Gender	Female	English	39277	0.31346	83.397	44.746	27.217	28.037	29.867

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 9 variables

Variable name	Variable description
characteristic_value	Characteristic
nat_av_prog	Average progress
num_inscope	Number of students
percent_approved	Percent entering an approved qualification
percent_grade4	Percent achieving grade 4 or above
percent_higher	Percent improving their point score
percent_lower	Percent lowering their point score
percent_same	Percent with unchanged point score
progress_subject	Subject

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Footnotes

1. Students are potentially in scope for either the English or maths progress measures if they did not achieve a GCSE grade 9-4 by the end of KS4 in that subject.
2. EHC plans and statements of SEN are legal documents which detail the needs of the individual student, and the assistance they are to receive.
3. 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.
4. 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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