Data set from 16 to 19 performance

Attainment and other performance measures - institution type and gender

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Published 18 April 2024

Last updated 18 April 2024

Attainment metrics for all qualification cohorts, by institution type and student gender.

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Data set details

• Theme: School and college outcomes and performance
• Publication: 16 to 19 performance
• Release: Academic year 2022/23
• Number of rows: 255
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Number of students at end of 16-18 study
  • Number of institutions
  • % achieving ≥ 2 A levels
  • APS per A level entry
  • Average A level result
  • Number of A level students
  • % achieving ≥ 2 academic results
  • APS per academic entry
  • Average academic result
  • Number of academic students
  • APS per applied general entry
  • Average applied general result
  • Number of applied general students
  • APS per tech level entry
  • Average tech level result
  • Number of tech level students
  • APS per technical certificate entry
  • Average technical certificate result
  • Number of technical certificate students
  • % achieving ≥ AAB for a minimum of 2 facilitating A levels
  • Number of students entered for ≥ 1 A level
  • % achieving 3 A* to A
  • % achieving ≥ AAB
  • APS per 'Best 3' entries
  • APS per 'Best 3' entries (grade)
  • Number of students entered for ≥ 1 A level or applied A level
  • % level 2 students vocational students entered for technical certificate
  • Number of level 2 vocational students (without approved level 3 entry)
  • % achieving ≥ 2 substantial level 3 results
  • Number of level 3 students
  • % level 3 vocational students (excluding applied generals) who entered tech levels
  • Number of students entered for any level 3 vocational (excluding applied generals)
  • % level 3 vocational students (excluding tech levels) who entered applied general
  • Number of students entered for any level 3 vocational (excluding tech levels)
• Filters:
  • Gender
  • Institution
• Time period: 2018/19 to 2022/23

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	version	characteristic_gender	school_type_group	school_type	institution_count	number_of_students_potential	number_of_students_level3	number_of_students_alev	number_of_students_acad	number_of_students_agen	number_of_students_tlev	aps_per_entry_alev	aps_per_entry_grade_alev	aps_per_entry_acad	aps_per_entry_grade_acad	aps_per_entry_agen	aps_per_entry_grade_agen	aps_per_entry_tlev	aps_per_entry_grade_tlev	pc_achieving_atleast_two_substantial_lev3	pc_achieving_atleast_two_alev	pc_achieving_atleast_two_substantial_lev3_acad	entered_for_one_or_more_alev_or_applied	aps_per_entry_best3	aps_per_entry_grade_best3	pc_achieving_3_astar_to_a_alev	pc_achieving_aab_or_better_alev	entered_for_one_or_more_alev	pc_achieving_aab_or_better_atleast_two_facilitating_alev	entered_any_level3_vocational_excluding_applied_generals	pc_level3_vocational_students_entered_tech_levels	entered_any_level3_vocational_excluding_tech_levels	pc_level3_vocational_students_entered_applied_generals	number_of_students_highest_entry_was_l2	pc_level2_vocational_students_entered_technicalcertificate	number_of_students_technicalcertificate	aps_per_entry_technicalcertificate	aps_per_entry_grade_technicalcertificate
201819	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	Female	FE sector colleges	All FE sector colleges	328	167475	53766	37094	37685	11758	8687	32.5294	C+	32.6865	C+	28.7576	Merit+	27.286	Merit+	73.515	77.048	76.184	28975	31.1416	C	7.558	14.764	28966	8.769	55933	15.531	58040	20.384	38977	6.358	2713	5.8178	L2Merit-
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Final	Female	FE sector colleges	All FE sector colleges	303	171563	54804	34303	35021	14469	10474	37.5194	B-	37.5822	B-	30.0525	Dist-	28.4201	Merit+	74.259	81.978	80.68	27527	35.6305	B-	14.422	24.343	27527	12.958	54523	19.21	56970	25.573	40528	10.398	4789	5.7636	L2Merit-
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Final	Female	FE sector colleges	All FE sector colleges	283	122839	51350	32133	32734	16651	8356	39.5956	B	39.656	B	32.0677	Dist-	30.7899	Dist-	84.09	86.87	85.611	25679	37.9758	B-	18.93	30.671	25679	15.713	41016	20.373	47746	35.073	15435	10.334	1662	5.8228	L2Merit-
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	Female	FE sector colleges	All FE sector colleges	266	154539	60763	32442	32877	27366	10403	37.0018	B-	37.0856	B-	31.7959	Dist-	29.4456	Merit+	93.371	86.024	85.148	23070	36.7645	B-	15.899	26.658	23070	12.813	33415	31.133	49533	55.256	5596	9.489	545	5.9399	L2Merit
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Revised	Female	FE sector colleges	All FE sector colleges	267	152220	60858	34001	34543	27847	9768	33.0556	C+	33.1815	C+	29.2612	Merit+	27.2314	Merit+	87.33	83.98	82.931	23357	33.118	C+	9.59	17.811	23357	9.128	36072	27.079	53133	52.655	14020	8.195	1266	5.6831	L2Merit-

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 36 variables

Variable name	Variable description
aps_per_entry_acad	APS per academic entry
aps_per_entry_agen	APS per applied general entry
aps_per_entry_alev	APS per A level entry
aps_per_entry_best3	APS per 'Best 3' entries
aps_per_entry_grade_acad	Average academic result
aps_per_entry_grade_agen	Average applied general result
aps_per_entry_grade_alev	Average A level result
aps_per_entry_grade_best3	APS per 'Best 3' entries (grade)
aps_per_entry_grade_technicalcertificate	Average technical certificate result
aps_per_entry_grade_tlev	Average tech level result
aps_per_entry_technicalcertificate	APS per technical certificate entry
aps_per_entry_tlev	APS per tech level entry
characteristic_gender	Gender
entered_any_level3_vocational_excluding_applied_generals	Number of students entered for any level 3 vocational (excluding applied generals)
entered_any_level3_vocational_excluding_tech_levels	Number of students entered for any level 3 vocational (excluding tech levels)
entered_for_one_or_more_alev	Number of students entered for ≥ 1 A level
entered_for_one_or_more_alev_or_applied	Number of students entered for ≥ 1 A level or applied A level
institution_count	Number of institutions
number_of_students_acad	Number of academic students
number_of_students_agen	Number of applied general students
number_of_students_alev	Number of A level students
number_of_students_highest_entry_was_l2	Number of level 2 vocational students (without approved level 3 entry)
number_of_students_level3	Number of level 3 students
number_of_students_potential	Number of students at end of 16-18 study
number_of_students_technicalcertificate	Number of technical certificate students
number_of_students_tlev	Number of tech level students
pc_achieving_3_astar_to_a_alev	% achieving 3 A* to A
pc_achieving_aab_or_better_alev	% achieving ≥ AAB
pc_achieving_aab_or_better_atleast_two_facilitating_alev	% achieving ≥ AAB for a minimum of 2 facilitating A levels
pc_achieving_atleast_two_alev	% achieving ≥ 2 A levels
pc_achieving_atleast_two_substantial_lev3	% achieving ≥ 2 substantial level 3 results
pc_achieving_atleast_two_substantial_lev3_acad	% achieving ≥ 2 academic results
pc_level2_vocational_students_entered_technicalcertificate	% level 2 students vocational students entered for technical certificate
pc_level3_vocational_students_entered_applied_generals	% level 3 vocational students (excluding tech levels) who entered applied general
pc_level3_vocational_students_entered_tech_levels	% level 3 vocational students (excluding applied generals) who entered tech levels
school_type	Institution

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Footnotes

1. 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.
2. Covers students at the end of advanced level study who were entered for at least one A level, applied single A level, applied double A level or combined A/AS level during 16-18 study, excluding critical thinking and general studies. This measure only includes A level students who have entered less than a total of size 1 in other academic, applied general and tech level qualifications.
3. Covers students at the end of advanced level study who were entered for at least one A level, excluding critical thinking and general studies. Excludes those students who have entered only applied A levels or applied AS levels. This measure only includes A level students who have entered less than a total of size 1 in other academic, applied general and tech level qualifications. A level facilitating subjects are: biology, chemistry, physics, maths, further maths, geography, history, English literature, modern and classical languages.
4. A level facilitating subjects are: biology, chemistry, physics, maths, further maths, geography, history, English literature, modern and classical languages.
5. A maximum of 60 points are available for A level, 50 points for applied general and tech level and 8 points for technical certificates. More information on points, APS bands and grade boundaries can be found in the technical guide for 16 to 18 accountability measures (opens in new tab). 
6. Totals may be less than the sum of separate institution types as students who attend multiple institutions during 16 to 18 study are only included once in aggregations of those institutions. 
7. 'All state-funded schools' includes city technology colleges (CTCs) and state-funded special schools. Figures for these institution types are not shown separately in the table. Excludes pupil referral units (PRUs), alternative provision (AP), hospital schools, non-maintained special schools, independent schools, independent special schools and independent schools approved to take pupils with special educational needs (SEN). These institution types are included in 'All schools'.
8. A change to the trigger rules was introduced in 2020/21  such that students were no longer automatically reported after two years in 16-18 study. The introduction caused a fall in cohort size, particular within the vocational and technical cohorts. A full impact analysis can be found in the methodology document.

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