Key stage 4 performance
Academic year 2023/24

Description

This data covers the GCSE results of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 (KS4) in 2023/24. The data covers the main headline measures of:

- Progress 8
- Attainment 8
- Percentage of pupils achieving 9-5 in English and maths
- Percentage of pupils entering the English Baccalaureate
- EBacc Average Points Score (EBacc APS)

The data also covers numerous additional measures, depending on the level of data you are looking at.

The publication methodology should be referenced alongside this data. It provides information on the data sources, their coverage and quality, as well as explaining methodology used in producing the data.

Coverage

This data covers the GCSE results of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 (KS4) in 2023/24. The data is split by establishment type, as well as some data being split by pupil characteristics such as disadvantage status, free school meal status, special educational needs status and ethnicity. The data covers statistics at national, local authority, local authority district and parliamentary constituency level.

File formats and conventions

The data is rounded to either 1 or 2 decimal places, depending on which measure you are looking at. Some of the raw data totals go up to 3 decimal places. No suppression has been applied.

Data files

National data

Filename: 2324_national_data_provisional.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2009/10 to 2023/24
Content summary: National level headline entry and attainment measures broken down by year, detailed school type, gender, prior attainment, school admission type and school religious denomination.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name             |  Variable description
------------------------  |  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
admission_type            |  School admission type
avg_att8                  |  Average Attainment 8 score
avg_att8_ebac             |  Average Attainment 8 score for EBacc element
avg_att8_eng              |  Average Attainment 8 score for English element
avg_att8_mat              |  Average Attainment 8 score for mathematics element
avg_att8_open             |  Average Attainment 8 score for open element
avg_att8_open_g           |  Average Attainment 8 score for open element - GCSE only
avg_att8_open_ng          |  Average Attainment 8 score for open element - non-GCSE only
avg_ebac_fill             |  Average number of EBacc slots filled for Attainment 8
avg_ebaccaps              |  Average EBacc APS score
avg_ebptseng_ll           |  Average EBacc APS score for English pillar
avg_ebptshum              |  Average EBacc APS score for humanities pillar
avg_ebptslan              |  Average EBacc APS score for language pillar
avg_ebptsmat              |  Average EBacc APS score for mathematics pillar
avg_ebptssci              |  Average EBacc APS score for science pillar
avg_open_fill             |  Average number of open slots filled for Attainment 8
avg_p8ebac                |  Average Progress 8 score for EBacc element
avg_p8eng                 |  Average Progress 8 score for English element
avg_p8mat                 |  Average Progress 8 score for mathematics element
avg_p8open                |  Average Progress 8 score for open element
avg_p8score               |  Average Progress 8 score
establishment_type_group  |  School type
p8ebac_ci_low             |  Progress 8 lower 95% confidence interval for EBacc element
p8ebac_ci_upp             |  Progress 8 upper 95% confidence interval for EBacc element
p8eng_ci_low              |  Progress 8 lower 95% confidence interval for English element
p8eng_ci_upp              |  Progress 8 upper 95% confidence interval for English element
p8mat_ci_low              |  Progress 8 lower 95% confidence interval for mathematics element
p8mat_ci_upp              |  Progress 8 upper 95% confidence interval for mathematics element
p8open_ci_low             |  Progress 8 lower 95% confidence interval for open element
p8open_ci_upp             |  Progress 8 upper 95% confidence interval for open element
p8score_ci_low            |  Progress 8 lower 95% confidence interval
p8score_ci_upp            |  Progress 8 upper 95% confidence interval
prior_attainment          |  KS2 prior attainment status
pt_anypass                |  Percentage of pupils achieving any passes at GCSE or equivalent
pt_ebac2sci_94            |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the Ebacc science pillar
pt_ebac2sci_95            |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the Ebacc science pillar
pt_ebac2sci_e             |  Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc science pillar
pt_ebacc_94               |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
pt_ebacc_95               |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
pt_ebacc_e_ptq_ee         |  Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc
pt_ebaccsubjent_0         |  Percentage of pupils entering 0 EBacc pillars
pt_ebaccsubjent_1         |  Percentage of pupils entering 1 EBacc pillar
pt_ebaccsubjent_2         |  Percentage of pupils entering 2 EBacc pillars
pt_ebaccsubjent_3         |  Percentage of pupils entering 3 EBacc pillars
pt_ebaccsubjent_4         |  Percentage of pupils entering 4 EBacc pillars
pt_ebaceng_94             |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the Ebacc English pillar
pt_ebaceng_95             |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the Ebacc English pillar
pt_ebaceng_e              |  Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc English pillar
pt_ebachum_94             |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the Ebacc humanities pillar
pt_ebachum_95             |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the Ebacc humanities pillar
pt_ebachum_e              |  Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc humanities pillar
pt_ebaclan_94             |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the Ebacc language pillar
pt_ebaclan_95             |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the Ebacc language pillar
pt_ebaclan_e              |  Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc language pillar
pt_ebacmat_94             |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the Ebacc mathematics pillar
pt_ebacmat_95             |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the Ebacc mathematics pillar
pt_ebacmat_e              |  Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc mathematics pillar
pt_eballsci_ptq_ee        |  Percentage of pupils entering three GCSEs of: biology, chemistry, computer science, physics
pt_ent_comb_sci           |  Percentage of pupils entering combined science
pt_ent_hist_geog          |  Percentage of pupils entering history and geography
pt_entbasics              |  Percentage of pupils entering English and mathematics GCSEs
pt_entered_art            |  Percentage of pupils entering any arts subject
pt_entered_arts_qual      |  Percentage of pupils entering any arts qualificatiom
pt_entered_music_qual     |  Percentage of pupils entering any music qualification
pt_entry_1                |  Percentage of pupils entering at least 1 GCSE or equivalent
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
pt_multilan_e             |  Percentage of pupils entering more than one modern foreign language
pt_triplesci_e            |  Percentage of pupils entering biology, chemistry, and physics
religious_denomination    |  School religious denomination
sex                       |  Sex
t_anypass                 |  Number of pupils achieving any passes at GCSE or equivalent
t_att8                    |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores
t_att8_ebac               |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores for EBacc element
t_att8_eng                |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores for English element
t_att8_mat                |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores for mathematics element
t_att8_open               |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores for open element
t_att8_open_g             |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores for open element - GCSE only
t_att8_open_ng            |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores for open element - non-GCSE only
t_ebac_fill               |  Total number of EBacc slots filled for Attainment 8
t_ebac2sci_94             |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc science pillar
t_ebac2sci_95             |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc science pillar
t_ebac2sci_e              |  Number of pupils entering the EBacc science pillar
t_ebacc_94                |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
t_ebacc_95                |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
t_ebacc_e_ptq_ee          |  Number of pupils entering the EBacc
t_ebaccaps                |  Sum of EBacc APS scores
t_ebaccsubjent_0          |  Number of pupils entering 0 EBacc pillars
t_ebaccsubjent_1          |  Number of pupils entering 1 EBacc pillar
t_ebaccsubjent_2          |  Number of pupils entering 2 EBacc pillars
t_ebaccsubjent_3          |  Number of pupils entering 3 EBacc pillars
t_ebaccsubjent_4          |  Number of pupils entering 4 EBacc pillars
t_ebaceng_94              |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc English pillar
t_ebaceng_95              |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc English pillar
t_ebaceng_e               |  Number of pupils entering the EBacc English pillar
t_ebachum_94              |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc humanities pillar
t_ebachum_95              |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc humanities pillar
t_ebachum_e               |  Number of pupils entering the EBacc humanities pillar
t_ebaclan_94              |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc language pillar
t_ebaclan_95              |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc language pillar
t_ebaclan_e               |  Number of pupils entering the EBacc languge pillar
t_ebacmat_94              |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc mathematics pillar
t_ebacmat_95              |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc mathematics pillar
t_ebacmat_e               |  Number of pupils entering the EBacc mathematics pillar
t_eballsci_ptq_ee         |  Number of pupils entering three GCSEs of: biology, chemistry, computer science, physics
t_ebptseng_ll             |  Sum of EBacc APS scores for English pillar
t_ebptshum                |  Sum of EBacc APS scores for humanities pillar
t_ebptslan                |  Sum of EBacc APS scores for language pillar
t_ebptsmat                |  Sum of EBacc APS scores for mathematics pillar
t_ebptssci                |  Sum of EBacc APS scores for science pillar
t_ent_comb_sci            |  Number of pupils entering combined science
t_ent_hist_geog           |  Number of pupils entering history and geography
t_entbasics               |  Number of pupils entering English and mathematics GCSEs
t_entered_art             |  Number of pupils entering any arts subject
t_entered_arts_qual       |  Number of pupils entering any arts qualificatiom
t_entered_music_qual      |  Number of pupils entering any music qualification
t_entry_1                 |  Number of pupils entering at least 1 GCSE or equivalent
t_inp8calc                |  Number of pupils included in Progress 8 measure
t_l2basics_94             |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
t_l2basics_95             |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
t_multilan_e              |  Number of pupils entering more than one modern foreign language
t_open_fill               |  Total number of open slots filled for Attainment 8
t_p8ebac                  |  Sum of Progress 8 scores for EBacc element
t_p8eng                   |  Sum of Progress 8 scores for English element
t_p8mat                   |  Sum of Progress 8 scores for mathematics element
t_p8open                  |  Sum of Progress 8 scores for open element
t_p8score                 |  Sum of Progress 8 scores
t_pupils                  |  Number of pupils at the end of KS4
t_schools                 |  Number of schools
t_triplesci_e             |  Number of pupils entering biology, chemistry, and physics

Footnotes:

1. Establishment types included in the establishment type groupings can be found in the glossary: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/glossary (https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/glossary)
2. Pupils at university technical colleges (UTCs), studio schools and further education colleges with key stage 4 provision typically attend that school for only 2 years, compared to 5 years for pupils in most secondary schools. These establishments also offer specialist curriculum. As a result, the Progress 8 data for these schools is not directly comparable with the Progress 8 data for other schools. The government’s position is that it is not appropriate to expect the same rates of EBacc entry from these types of provision and that each school should decide on a case by case basis whether its specialist curriculum is compatible with the full EBacc. This should be borne in mind when reviewing the performance data for these types of provisions.
3. Selective areas include local authorities where more than 25% of state-funded secondary places are in selective schools. These local authorities are Bexley, Buckinghamshire, Kent, Lincolnshire, Medway, Slough, Southend-on-Sea, Sutton, Torbay, Trafford and Wirral.
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. EBacc science includes double award GCSE for pupils on the combined science pathway or the average of a pupil's best two science grades for pupils on the single science pathway (i.e., where pupils enter three of biology, chemistry, computer science, and physics).
7. The open element of Attainment 8 contains the three highest point scores in any three other subjects eligible for performance tables, including English language or literature (if not counted in the English slot), further GCSE qualifications (including English Baccalaureate subjects) or any other non-GCSE qualifications on the DfE approved list.
8. For the number of slots filled, entries that were awarded U grades or other qualifications scoring 0 points are counted as a non-filled slot.
9. Subjects included in the 'entered art' indicator include: Applied Art and Design, Art and Design, Drama, Media/Film/TV, Music, Dance and Performing Arts.
10. 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.
11. 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.


National characteristics data

Filename: 2324_national_char_data_provisional.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2018/19 to 2023/24
Content summary: 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.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name             |  Variable description
------------------------  |  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
admission_type            |  School admission type
avg_att8                  |  Average Attainment 8 score
avg_ebaccaps              |  Average EBacc APS score
avg_p8score               |  Average Progress 8 score
disadvantage              |  Disadvantaged status
establishment_type_group  |  School type
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 (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
pt_ebacc_95               |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
pt_ebacc_e_ptq_ee         |  Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc
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
religious_denomination    |  School religious denomination
sen_primary_need          |  Special educational needs - primary need
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 (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
t_ebacc_95                |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
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 mathematics 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 mathematics GCSEs
t_l2basics_95             |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
t_p8score                 |  Sum of Progress 8 scores
t_pupils                  |  Number of pupils at the end of KS4
t_schools                 |  Number of schools

Footnotes:

1. Establishment types included in the establishment type groupings can be found in the glossary: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/glossary (https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/glossary)
2. Pupils at university technical colleges (UTCs), studio schools and further education colleges with key stage 4 provision typically attend that school for only 2 years, compared to 5 years for pupils in most secondary schools. These establishments also offer specialist curriculum. As a result, the Progress 8 data for these schools is not directly comparable with the Progress 8 data for other schools. The government’s position is that it is not appropriate to expect the same rates of EBacc entry from these types of provision and that each school should decide on a case by case basis whether its specialist curriculum is compatible with the full EBacc. This should be borne in mind when reviewing the performance data for these types of provisions.
3. Further education colleges with key stage 4 provision do not complete the school census. Therefore, their pupils are not included in the majority of characteristics breakdowns. Since 2015/16, their pupils have been included in free school meals and disadvantaged breakdowns.
4. Selective areas include local authorities where more than 25% of state-funded secondary places are in selective schools. These local authorities are Bexley, Buckinghamshire, Kent, Lincolnshire, Medway, Slough, Southend-on-Sea, Sutton, Torbay, Trafford and Wirral.
5. Sub totals for EAL and SEN breakdowns may not sum to the grand total due to a small number of pupils with missing information.
6. Unclassified includes pupils for whom the information was not obtained, refused or could not be determined.
7. Progress 8 was not published in 2020 or 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.


National characteristics summary

Filename: 2324_characteristics_summary_provisional.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2018/19 to 2023/24
Content summary: 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.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name      |  Variable description
-----------------  |  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
avg_att8           |  Average Attainment 8 score
avg_ebaccaps       |  Average EBacc APS score
avg_p8score        |  Average Progress 8 score
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 grades 4 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
pt_ebacc_95        |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
pt_ebacc_e_ptq_ee  |  Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc
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             |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores
t_ebacc_94         |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
t_ebacc_95         |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
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 mathematics 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 mathematics GCSEs
t_l2basics_95      |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
t_p8score          |  Sum of Progress 8 scores
t_pupils           |  Number of pupils at the end of KS4
t_schools          |  Number of schools

Footnotes:

1. Sub totals for EAL and SEN breakdowns may not sum to the grand total due to a small number of pupils with missing information.


Local authority data

Filename: 2324_la_data_provisional.csv
Geographic levels: Local authority; National; Regional
Time period: 2018/19 to 2023/24
Content summary: Local authority and regional level headline entry and attainment measures for the latest year broken down gender. State-funded schools only.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name      |  Variable description
-----------------  |  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
avg_att8           |  Average Attainment 8 score
avg_att8_ebac      |  Average Attainment 8 score for EBacc element
avg_att8_eng       |  Average Attainment 8 score for English element
avg_att8_mat       |  Average Attainment 8 score for mathematics element
avg_att8_open      |  Average Attainment 8 score for open element
avg_att8_open_g    |  Average Attainment 8 score for open element - GCSE only
avg_att8_open_ng   |  Average Attainment 8 score for open element - non-GCSE only
avg_ebac_fill      |  Average number of EBacc slots filled for Attainment 8
avg_ebaccaps       |  Average EBacc APS score
avg_ebptseng_ll    |  Average EBacc APS score for English pillar
avg_ebptshum       |  Average EBacc APS score for humanities pillar
avg_ebptslan       |  Average EBacc APS score for language pillar
avg_ebptsmat       |  Average EBacc APS score for mathematics pillar
avg_ebptssci       |  Average EBacc APS score for science pillar
avg_open_fill      |  Average number of open slots filled for Attainment 8
avg_p8ebac         |  Average Progress 8 score for EBacc element
avg_p8eng          |  Average Progress 8 score for English element
avg_p8mat          |  Average Progress 8 score for mathematics element
avg_p8open         |  Average Progress 8 score for open element
avg_p8score        |  Average Progress 8 score
p8ebac_ci_low      |  Progress 8 lower 95% confidence interval for EBacc element
p8ebac_ci_upp      |  Progress 8 upper 95% confidence interval for EBacc element
p8eng_ci_low       |  Progress 8 lower 95% confidence interval for English element
p8eng_ci_upp       |  Progress 8 upper 95% confidence interval for English element
p8mat_ci_low       |  Progress 8 lower 95% confidence interval for mathematics element
p8mat_ci_upp       |  Progress 8 upper 95% confidence interval for mathematics element
p8open_ci_low      |  Progress 8 lower 95% confidence interval for open element
p8open_ci_upp      |  Progress 8 upper 95% confidence interval for open element
p8score_ci_low     |  Progress 8 lower 95% confidence interval
p8score_ci_upp     |  Progress 8 upper 95% confidence interval
pt_anypass         |  Percentage of pupils achieving any passes at GCSE or equivalent
pt_ebac2sci_94     |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the Ebacc science pillar
pt_ebac2sci_95     |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the Ebacc science pillar
pt_ebac2sci_e      |  Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc science pillar
pt_ebacc_94        |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
pt_ebacc_95        |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
pt_ebacc_e_ptq_ee  |  Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc
pt_ebaceng_94      |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the Ebacc English pillar
pt_ebaceng_95      |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the Ebacc English pillar
pt_ebaceng_e       |  Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc English pillar
pt_ebachum_94      |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the Ebacc humanities pillar
pt_ebachum_95      |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the Ebacc humanities pillar
pt_ebachum_e       |  Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc humanities pillar
pt_ebaclan_94      |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the Ebacc language pillar
pt_ebaclan_95      |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the Ebacc language pillar
pt_ebaclan_e       |  Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc language pillar
pt_ebacmat_94      |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the Ebacc mathematics pillar
pt_ebacmat_95      |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the Ebacc mathematics pillar
pt_ebacmat_e       |  Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc mathematics pillar
pt_entbasics       |  Percentage of pupils entering English and mathematics GCSEs
pt_entry_1         |  Percentage of pupils entering at least 1 GCSE or equivalent
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
sex                |  Sex
t_anypass          |  Number of pupils achieving any passes at GCSE or equivalent
t_att8             |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores
t_att8_ebac        |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores for EBacc element
t_att8_eng         |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores for English element
t_att8_mat         |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores for mathematics element
t_att8_open        |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores for open element
t_att8_open_g      |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores for open element - GCSE only
t_att8_open_ng     |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores for open element - non-GCSE only
t_ebac_fill        |  Total number of EBacc slots filled for Attainment 8
t_ebac2sci_94      |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc science pillar
t_ebac2sci_95      |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc science pillar
t_ebac2sci_e       |  Number of pupils entering the EBacc science pillar
t_ebacc_94         |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
t_ebacc_95         |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
t_ebacc_e_ptq_ee   |  Number of pupils entering the EBacc
t_ebaccaps         |  Sum of EBacc APS scores
t_ebaceng_94       |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc English pillar
t_ebaceng_95       |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc English pillar
t_ebaceng_e        |  Number of pupils entering the EBacc English pillar
t_ebachum_94       |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc humanities pillar
t_ebachum_95       |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc humanities pillar
t_ebachum_e        |  Number of pupils entering the EBacc humanities pillar
t_ebaclan_94       |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc language pillar
t_ebaclan_95       |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc language pillar
t_ebaclan_e        |  Number of pupils entering the EBacc languge pillar
t_ebacmat_94       |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc mathematics pillar
t_ebacmat_95       |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc mathematics pillar
t_ebacmat_e        |  Number of pupils entering the EBacc mathematics pillar
t_ebptseng_ll      |  Sum of EBacc APS scores for English pillar
t_ebptshum         |  Sum of EBacc APS scores for humanities pillar
t_ebptslan         |  Sum of EBacc APS scores for language pillar
t_ebptsmat         |  Sum of EBacc APS scores for mathematics pillar
t_ebptssci         |  Sum of EBacc APS scores for science pillar
t_entbasics        |  Number of pupils entering English and mathematics GCSEs
t_entry_1          |  Number of pupils entering at least 1 GCSE or equivalent
t_inp8calc         |  Number of pupils included in Progress 8 measure
t_l2basics_94      |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
t_l2basics_95      |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
t_open_fill        |  Total number of open slots filled for Attainment 8
t_p8ebac           |  Sum of Progress 8 scores for EBacc element
t_p8eng            |  Sum of Progress 8 scores for English element
t_p8mat            |  Sum of Progress 8 scores for mathematics element
t_p8open           |  Sum of Progress 8 scores for open element
t_p8score          |  Sum of Progress 8 scores
t_pupils           |  Number of pupils at the end of KS4
t_schools          |  Number of schools

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. Progress 8 was not published in 2020 or 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
3. 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.
4. EBacc science includes double award GCSE for pupils on the combined science pathway or the average of a pupil's best two science grades for pupils on the single science pathway (i.e., where pupils enter three of biology, chemistry, computer science, and physics).
5. The open element of Attainment 8 contains the three highest point scores in any three other subjects eligible for performance tables, including English language or literature (if not counted in the English slot), further GCSE qualifications (including English Baccalaureate subjects) or any other non-GCSE qualifications on the DfE approved list.
6. For the number of slots filled, entries that were awarded U grades or other qualifications scoring 0 points are counted as a non-filled slot.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.


Local authority characteristics data

Filename: 2324_la_char_data_provisional.csv
Geographic levels: Local authority; National; Regional
Time period: 2018/19 to 2023/24
Content summary: Local authority and regional level headline entry and attainment measures for the latest year broken down by gender, major and minor ethnicity, free school meal eligibility, special educational need status and description, disadvantaged status and first language. State-funded schools only.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

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 (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
pt_ebacc_95        |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
pt_ebacc_e_ptq_ee  |  Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc
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
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 (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
t_ebacc_95         |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
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 mathematics 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 mathematics GCSEs
t_l2basics_95      |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
t_p8score          |  Sum of Progress 8 scores
t_pupils           |  Number of pupils at the end of KS4
t_schools          |  Number of schools

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.


Subject pupil level data

Filename: 2324_subject_pupil_level_data_provisional.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2023/24
Content summary: National level entries and grade thresholds for the latest year broken down by subject, gender, detailed school type and qualification type e.g. GCSEs, AS levels and vocational.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name             |  Variable description
------------------------  |  -------------------------------------------------------
admission_type            |  Basis for admission into the school
establishment_type_group  |  The types of school in the data
grade                     |  The grade a pupil achieves
number_achieving          |  The number of pupils achieving the designated grade
percentage_achieving      |  The percentage of pupils achieving the designated grade
qualification_type        |  The type of qualification being taken by a pupil
religious_denomination    |  Religious denomination of school
sex                       |  Sex
subject                   |  The type of subject

Footnotes:

1. Establishment types included in the establishment type groupings can be found in the glossary: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/glossary (https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/glossary)
2. Selective areas include local authorities where more than 25% of state-funded secondary places are in selective schools. These local authorities are Bexley, Buckinghamshire, Kent, Lincolnshire, Medway, Slough, Southend-on-Sea, Sutton, Torbay, Trafford and Wirral.
3. Discounting has been applied. For further information please see the discounting guidance ( https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores)).
4. Any science includes Astronomy, Electronics, Environmental Science and Geology.
5. Any Design and Technology includes Design and Technology Engineering and Product Design qualifications.
6. Combined Science GCSE is a Double Award and is included in this table for the purpose of comparison with other Science subjects.
7. For pupils at the end of KS4 in 2023/24, where pupils achieved qualifications in subjects between January 2020 and August 2021, we will not use results from these qualifications. The entries into the qualifications are still counted.
8. 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.
9. 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.


Subject pupil level characteristic data

Filename: 2324_subject_pupil_level_char_data_provisional.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2023/24
Content summary: National level entries and grade thresholds for the latest year broken down by subject, gender, various pupil characteristics and qualification type e.g. GCSEs, AS levels and vocational, for state-funded schools.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name         |  Variable description
--------------------  |  -------------------------------------------------------
breakdown             |  Characteristic
grade                 |  The grade a pupil achieves
number_achieving      |  The number of pupils achieving the designated grade
percentage_achieving  |  The percentage of pupils achieving the designated grade
qualification_type    |  The type of qualification being taken by a pupil
sex                   |  Sex
subject               |  The type of subject

Footnotes:

1. Sub totals for EAL and SEN breakdowns may not sum to the grand total due to a small number of pupils with missing information.


Subject pupil level local authority data

Filename: 2324_subject_pupil_level_la_data_provisional.csv
Geographic levels: Local authority; National; Regional
Time period: 2023/24
Content summary: Local authority and regional level entries and grade thresholds for the latest year broken down by subject, gender and qualification type e.g. GCSEs, AS levels and vocational, for state-funded schools.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name         |  Variable description
--------------------  |  -------------------------------------------------------
grade                 |  The grade a pupil achieves
number_achieving      |  The number of pupils achieving the designated grade
percentage_achieving  |  The percentage of pupils achieving the designated grade
qualification_type    |  The type of qualification being taken by a pupil
sex                   |  Sex
subject               |  The type of subject

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. Discounting has been applied. For further information please see the discounting guidance ( https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores)).
3. Any science includes Astronomy, Electronics, Environmental Science and Geology.
4. Any Design and Technology includes Design and Technology Engineering and Product Design qualifications.
5. Combined Science GCSE is a Double Award and is included in this table for the purpose of comparison with other Science subjects.
6. For pupils at the end of KS4 in 2023/24, where pupils achieved qualifications in subjects between January 2020 and August 2021, we will not use results from these qualifications. The entries into the qualifications are still counted.


Subject entry level data

Filename: 2324_subject_entry_level_data_provisional.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2023/24
Content summary: National level entries and grades for the latest year for GCSE subjects for all schools.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name     |  Variable description
----------------  |  --------------------------------------------------
grade             |  The grade of an exam
number_achieving  |  The number of exams achieving the designated grade
subject           |  The subject of an exam

Footnotes:

1. Discounting has been applied. For further information please see the discounting guidance ( https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores)).
2. Any science includes Astronomy, Electronics, Environmental Science and Geology.
3. Any Design and Technology includes Design and Technology Engineering and Product Design qualifications.
4. Grade U refers to pupils' results which are ungraded or unclassified.
5. Grade X refers to pupils who were absent or whose results are pending.
6. Combined Science GCSE is a Double Award and is included in this table for the purpose of comparison with other Science subjects.
7. For pupils at the end of KS4 in 2023/24, where pupils achieved qualifications in subjects between January 2020 and August 2021, we will not use results from these qualifications. The entries into the qualifications are still counted.


Subject timeseries data

Filename: 2324_subject_timeseries_data_provisional.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2009/10 to 2023/24
Content summary: National level time series from 2009/10 to the latest year for entries into individual GCSE subjects broken down by gender and grades received in all schools.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name         |  Variable description
--------------------  |  --------------------------------------------------------
grade                 |  The grade achieved
percentage_achieving  |  The percentage of entries achieving the designated grade
sex                   |  Sex
subject               |  The subject pupils are entered for
total_exam_entries    |  The number of entries into each exam

Footnotes:

1. Discounting has been applied. For further information please see the discounting guidance ( https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores)).
2. Total number of entries includes entries awarded U and X grades.
3. Combined Science GCSE is a Double Award and is included in this table for the purpose of comparison with other Science subjects.
4. For pupils at the end of KS4 in 2023/24, where pupils achieved qualifications in subjects between January 2020 and August 2021, we will not use results from these qualifications. The entries into the qualifications are still counted.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Where subjects have been combined into a group (e.g. Other Modern Languages) and a pupil has two or more entries, each result in each subject is counted.
8. Only GCSEs and established GCSE equivalents (Cambridge International certificates and Edexcel level 1/2 certificates) are included in this data. Excludes Double Awards.


Subject year of entry data

Filename: 2324_subject_year_entry_data_provisional.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2023/24
Content summary: National level numbers and proportions of pupils entering GCSE subjects in penultimate and final years in all schools.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name  |  Variable description
-------------  |  -----------------------------------------
number_pupils  |  The number of pupils
percentage     |  The percentage of pupils
subject        |  The subject pupils are entered for
test_year      |  The school year in which the exam was sat

Footnotes:

1. Discounting has been applied. For further information please see the discounting guidance ( https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores)).
2. Combined Science GCSE is a Double Award and is included in this table for the purpose of comparison with other Science subjects.


Local authority district and region of pupil residence data

Filename: 2324_pr_lad_data_provisional.csv
Geographic levels: Local authority district; National; Regional
Time period: 2023/24
Content summary: Local authority district level headline entry and attainment measures for the latest year - based on pupil postcode rather than location of the school. State-funded school pupils only.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name      |  Variable description
-----------------  |  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
avg_att8           |  Average Attainment 8 score
avg_ebaccaps       |  Average EBacc APS score
avg_p8score        |  Average Progress 8 score
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 (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
pt_ebacc_95        |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
pt_ebacc_e_ptq_ee  |  Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc
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             |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores
t_ebacc_94         |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
t_ebacc_95         |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
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 mathematics 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 mathematics GCSEs
t_l2basics_95      |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
t_p8score          |  Sum of Progress 8 scores
t_pupils           |  Number of pupils at the end of KS4
t_schools          |  Number of schools

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. 904 pupils are not included because their residency was unknown due to missing or invalid postcode information or because they were not resident in England.
3. 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.


IDACI decile and degree of rurality of pupil residence data

Filename: 2324_pr_ruralurban_idaci_data_provisional.csv
Geographic levels: National; Regional
Time period: 2023/24
Content summary: National and regional level headline entry and attainment measures for the latest year broken down by Income Deprivation Affecting Children Indices (IDACI) decile and degree of rurality - based on pupil postcode rather than location of the school. State-funded school pupils only.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name            |  Variable description
-----------------------  |  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
avg_att8                 |  Average Attainment 8 score
avg_ebaccaps             |  Average EBacc APS score
avg_p8score              |  Average Progress 8 score
idaci_decile             |  Income Deprivation Affecting Children Indices decile
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 (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
pt_ebacc_95              |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
pt_ebacc_e_ptq_ee        |  Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc
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
pupil_residency_detail   |  Degree of rurality - pupil residency
ru11ind_pupil_residency  |  Rurality - Pupil residency
t_att8                   |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores
t_ebacc_94               |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
t_ebacc_95               |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
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 mathematics 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 mathematics GCSEs
t_l2basics_95            |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
t_p8score                |  Sum of Progress 8 scores
t_pupils                 |  Number of pupils at the end of KS4
t_schools                |  Number of schools

Footnotes:

1. 904 pupils are not included because their residency was unknown due to missing or invalid postcode information or because they were not resident in England.
2. 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.


Local authority district and region of school location data by FSM and disadvantage status

Filename: 2324_sl_lad_fsm_dis_data_provisional.csv
Geographic levels: Local authority district; National; Regional
Time period: 2023/24
Content summary: Local authority district level headline entry and attainment measures for the latest year including pupil free school meal eligibility and disadvantaged status. State-funded school pupils only.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name      |  Variable description
-----------------  |  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
avg_att8           |  Average Attainment 8 score
avg_att8_ebac      |  Average Attainment 8 score for EBacc element
avg_att8_eng       |  Average Attainment 8 score for English element
avg_att8_mat       |  Average Attainment 8 score for mathematics element
avg_att8_open      |  Average Attainment 8 score for open element
avg_att8_open_g    |  Average Attainment 8 score for open element - GCSE only
avg_att8_open_ng   |  Average Attainment 8 score for open element - non-GCSE only
avg_ebac_fill      |  Average number of EBacc slots filled for Attainment 8
avg_ebaccaps       |  Average EBacc APS score
avg_ebptseng_ll    |  Average EBacc APS score for English pillar
avg_ebptshum       |  Average EBacc APS score for humanities pillar
avg_ebptslan       |  Average EBacc APS score for language pillar
avg_ebptsmat       |  Average EBacc APS score for mathematics pillar
avg_ebptssci       |  Average EBacc APS score for science pillar
avg_open_fill      |  Average number of open slots filled for Attainment 8
avg_p8ebac         |  Average Progress 8 score for EBacc element
avg_p8eng          |  Average Progress 8 score for English element
avg_p8mat          |  Average Progress 8 score for mathematics element
avg_p8open         |  Average Progress 8 score for open element
avg_p8score        |  Average Progress 8 score
disadvantage       |  Disadvantaged status
free_school_meals  |  Free school meals status
p8ebac_ci_low      |  Progress 8 lower 95% confidence interval for EBacc element
p8ebac_ci_upp      |  Progress 8 upper 95% confidence interval for EBacc element
p8eng_ci_low       |  Progress 8 lower 95% confidence interval for English element
p8eng_ci_upp       |  Progress 8 upper 95% confidence interval for English element
p8mat_ci_low       |  Progress 8 lower 95% confidence interval for mathematics element
p8mat_ci_upp       |  Progress 8 upper 95% confidence interval for mathematics element
p8open_ci_low      |  Progress 8 lower 95% confidence interval for open element
p8open_ci_upp      |  Progress 8 upper 95% confidence interval for open element
p8score_ci_low     |  Progress 8 lower 95% confidence interval
p8score_ci_upp     |  Progress 8 upper 95% confidence interval
pt_anypass         |  Percentage of pupils achieving any passes at GCSE or equivalent
pt_ebac2sci_94     |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the Ebacc science pillar
pt_ebac2sci_95     |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the Ebacc science pillar
pt_ebac2sci_e      |  Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc science pillar
pt_ebacc_94        |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
pt_ebacc_95        |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
pt_ebacc_e_ptq_ee  |  Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc
pt_ebaceng_94      |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the Ebacc English pillar
pt_ebaceng_95      |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the Ebacc English pillar
pt_ebaceng_e       |  Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc English pillar
pt_ebachum_94      |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the Ebacc humanities pillar
pt_ebachum_95      |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the Ebacc humanities pillar
pt_ebachum_e       |  Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc humanities pillar
pt_ebaclan_94      |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the Ebacc language pillar
pt_ebaclan_95      |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the Ebacc language pillar
pt_ebaclan_e       |  Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc language pillar
pt_ebacmat_94      |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the Ebacc mathematics pillar
pt_ebacmat_95      |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the Ebacc mathematics pillar
pt_ebacmat_e       |  Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc mathematics pillar
pt_entbasics       |  Percentage of pupils entering English and mathematics GCSEs
pt_entry_1         |  Percentage of pupils entering at least 1 GCSE or equivalent
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_anypass          |  Number of pupils achieving any passes at GCSE or equivalent
t_att8             |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores
t_att8_ebac        |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores for EBacc element
t_att8_eng         |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores for English element
t_att8_mat         |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores for mathematics element
t_att8_open        |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores for open element
t_att8_open_g      |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores for open element - GCSE only
t_att8_open_ng     |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores for open element - non-GCSE only
t_ebac_fill        |  Total number of EBacc slots filled for Attainment 8
t_ebac2sci_94      |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc science pillar
t_ebac2sci_95      |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc science pillar
t_ebac2sci_e       |  Number of pupils entering the EBacc science pillar
t_ebacc_94         |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
t_ebacc_95         |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
t_ebacc_e_ptq_ee   |  Number of pupils entering the EBacc
t_ebaccaps         |  Sum of EBacc APS scores
t_ebaceng_94       |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc English pillar
t_ebaceng_95       |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc English pillar
t_ebaceng_e        |  Number of pupils entering the EBacc English pillar
t_ebachum_94       |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc humanities pillar
t_ebachum_95       |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc humanities pillar
t_ebachum_e        |  Number of pupils entering the EBacc humanities pillar
t_ebaclan_94       |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc language pillar
t_ebaclan_95       |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc language pillar
t_ebaclan_e        |  Number of pupils entering the EBacc languge pillar
t_ebacmat_94       |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc mathematics pillar
t_ebacmat_95       |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc mathematics pillar
t_ebacmat_e        |  Number of pupils entering the EBacc mathematics pillar
t_ebptseng_ll      |  Sum of EBacc APS scores for English pillar
t_ebptshum         |  Sum of EBacc APS scores for humanities pillar
t_ebptslan         |  Sum of EBacc APS scores for language pillar
t_ebptsmat         |  Sum of EBacc APS scores for mathematics pillar
t_ebptssci         |  Sum of EBacc APS scores for science pillar
t_entbasics        |  Number of pupils entering English and mathematics GCSEs
t_entry_1          |  Number of pupils entering at least 1 GCSE or equivalent
t_inp8calc         |  Number of pupils included in Progress 8 measure
t_l2basics_94      |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
t_l2basics_95      |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
t_open_fill        |  Total number of open slots filled for Attainment 8
t_p8ebac           |  Sum of Progress 8 scores for EBacc element
t_p8eng            |  Sum of Progress 8 scores for English element
t_p8mat            |  Sum of Progress 8 scores for mathematics element
t_p8open           |  Sum of Progress 8 scores for open element
t_p8score          |  Sum of Progress 8 scores
t_pupils           |  Number of pupils at the end of KS4
t_schools          |  Number of schools

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. 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.
3. EBacc science includes double award GCSE for pupils on the combined science pathway or the average of a pupil's best two science grades for pupils on the single science pathway (i.e., where pupils enter three of biology, chemistry, computer science, and physics).
4. The open element of Attainment 8 contains the three highest point scores in any three other subjects eligible for performance tables, including English language or literature (if not counted in the English slot), further GCSE qualifications (including English Baccalaureate subjects) or any other non-GCSE qualifications on the DfE approved list.
5. For the number of slots filled, entries that were awarded U grades or other qualifications scoring 0 points are counted as a non-filled slot.


Degree of rurality of school location data

Filename: 2324_ruralurban_sl_data_provisional.csv
Geographic levels: National; Regional
Time period: 2023/24
Content summary: National and regional level headline entry and attainment measures for the latest year broken down by degree of rurality - school location. State-funded school pupils only.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name            |  Variable description
-----------------------  |  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
avg_att8                 |  Average Attainment 8 score
avg_ebaccaps             |  Average EBacc APS score
avg_p8score              |  Average Progress 8 score
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 (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
pt_ebacc_95              |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
pt_ebacc_e_ptq_ee        |  Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc
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
ru11ind_school_location  |  Degree of rurality - school location
t_att8                   |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores
t_ebacc_94               |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
t_ebacc_95               |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
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 mathematics 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 mathematics GCSEs
t_l2basics_95            |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
t_p8score                |  Sum of Progress 8 scores
t_pupils                 |  Number of pupils at the end of KS4
t_schools                |  Number of schools

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. 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.


Parliamentary constituency of school location data

Filename: 2324_sl_pcon_data_provisional.csv
Geographic levels: National; Parliamentary constituency
Time period: 2023/24
Content summary: Headline entry and attainment measures for the latest year for each constituency. State-funded pupils only.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name      |  Variable description
-----------------  |  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
avg_att8           |  Average Attainment 8 score
avg_ebaccaps       |  Average EBacc APS score
avg_p8score        |  Average Progress 8 score
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 (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
pt_ebacc_95        |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
pt_ebacc_e_ptq_ee  |  Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc
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             |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores
t_ebacc_94         |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
t_ebacc_95         |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
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 mathematics 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 mathematics GCSEs
t_l2basics_95      |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
t_p8score          |  Sum of Progress 8 scores
t_pupils           |  Number of pupils at the end of KS4
t_schools          |  Number of schools

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. 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.


Local authority alternative provision data

Filename: 2324_ap_la_data_provisional.csv
Geographic levels: Local authority; National; Regional
Time period: 2023/24
Content summary: Local authority and regional level headline entry and attainment measures for the latest year broken down for alternative provision.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name      |  Variable description
-----------------  |  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
avg_att8           |  Average Attainment 8 score
avg_att8_ebac      |  Average Attainment 8 score for EBacc element
avg_att8_eng       |  Average Attainment 8 score for English element
avg_att8_mat       |  Average Attainment 8 score for mathematics element
avg_att8_open      |  Average Attainment 8 score for open element
avg_att8_open_g    |  Average Attainment 8 score for open element - GCSE only
avg_att8_open_ng   |  Average Attainment 8 score for open element - non-GCSE only
avg_ebac_fill      |  Average number of EBacc slots filled for Attainment 8
avg_ebaccaps       |  Average EBacc APS score
avg_ebptseng_ll    |  Average EBacc APS score for English pillar
avg_ebptshum       |  Average EBacc APS score for humanities pillar
avg_ebptslan       |  Average EBacc APS score for language pillar
avg_ebptsmat       |  Average EBacc APS score for mathematics pillar
avg_ebptssci       |  Average EBacc APS score for science pillar
avg_open_fill      |  Average number of open slots filled for Attainment 8
avg_p8ebac         |  Average Progress 8 score for EBacc element
avg_p8eng          |  Average Progress 8 score for English element
avg_p8mat          |  Average Progress 8 score for mathematics element
avg_p8open         |  Average Progress 8 score for open element
avg_p8score        |  Average Progress 8 score
p8ebac_ci_low      |  Progress 8 lower 95% confidence interval for EBacc element
p8ebac_ci_upp      |  Progress 8 upper 95% confidence interval for EBacc element
p8eng_ci_low       |  Progress 8 lower 95% confidence interval for English element
p8eng_ci_upp       |  Progress 8 upper 95% confidence interval for English element
p8mat_ci_low       |  Progress 8 lower 95% confidence interval for mathematics element
p8mat_ci_upp       |  Progress 8 upper 95% confidence interval for mathematics element
p8open_ci_low      |  Progress 8 lower 95% confidence interval for open element
p8open_ci_upp      |  Progress 8 upper 95% confidence interval for open element
p8score_ci_low     |  Progress 8 lower 95% confidence interval
p8score_ci_upp     |  Progress 8 upper 95% confidence interval
pt_anypass         |  Percentage of pupils achieving any passes at GCSE or equivalent
pt_ebac2sci_94     |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the Ebacc science pillar
pt_ebac2sci_95     |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the Ebacc science pillar
pt_ebac2sci_e      |  Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc science pillar
pt_ebacc_94        |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
pt_ebacc_95        |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
pt_ebacc_e_ptq_ee  |  Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc
pt_ebaceng_94      |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the Ebacc English pillar
pt_ebaceng_95      |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the Ebacc English pillar
pt_ebaceng_e       |  Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc English pillar
pt_ebachum_94      |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the Ebacc humanities pillar
pt_ebachum_95      |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the Ebacc humanities pillar
pt_ebachum_e       |  Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc humanities pillar
pt_ebaclan_94      |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the Ebacc language pillar
pt_ebaclan_95      |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the Ebacc language pillar
pt_ebaclan_e       |  Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc language pillar
pt_ebacmat_94      |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the Ebacc mathematics pillar
pt_ebacmat_95      |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the Ebacc mathematics pillar
pt_ebacmat_e       |  Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc mathematics pillar
pt_entbasics       |  Percentage of pupils entering English and mathematics GCSEs
pt_entry_1         |  Percentage of pupils entering at least 1 GCSE or equivalent
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_anypass          |  Number of pupils achieving any passes at GCSE or equivalent
t_att8             |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores
t_att8_ebac        |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores for EBacc element
t_att8_eng         |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores for English element
t_att8_mat         |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores for mathematics element
t_att8_open        |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores for open element
t_att8_open_g      |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores for open element - GCSE only
t_att8_open_ng     |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores for open element - non-GCSE only
t_ebac_fill        |  Total number of EBacc slots filled for Attainment 8
t_ebac2sci_94      |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc science pillar
t_ebac2sci_95      |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc science pillar
t_ebac2sci_e       |  Number of pupils entering the EBacc science pillar
t_ebacc_94         |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
t_ebacc_95         |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
t_ebacc_e_ptq_ee   |  Number of pupils entering the EBacc
t_ebaccaps         |  Sum of EBacc APS scores
t_ebaceng_94       |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc English pillar
t_ebaceng_95       |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc English pillar
t_ebaceng_e        |  Number of pupils entering the EBacc English pillar
t_ebachum_94       |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc humanities pillar
t_ebachum_95       |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc humanities pillar
t_ebachum_e        |  Number of pupils entering the EBacc humanities pillar
t_ebaclan_94       |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc language pillar
t_ebaclan_95       |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc language pillar
t_ebaclan_e        |  Number of pupils entering the EBacc languge pillar
t_ebacmat_94       |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc mathematics pillar
t_ebacmat_95       |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc mathematics pillar
t_ebacmat_e        |  Number of pupils entering the EBacc mathematics pillar
t_ebptseng_ll      |  Sum of EBacc APS scores for English pillar
t_ebptshum         |  Sum of EBacc APS scores for humanities pillar
t_ebptslan         |  Sum of EBacc APS scores for language pillar
t_ebptsmat         |  Sum of EBacc APS scores for mathematics pillar
t_ebptssci         |  Sum of EBacc APS scores for science pillar
t_entbasics        |  Number of pupils entering English and mathematics GCSEs
t_entry_1          |  Number of pupils entering at least 1 GCSE or equivalent
t_inp8calc         |  Number of pupils included in Progress 8 measure
t_l2basics_94      |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
t_l2basics_95      |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
t_open_fill        |  Total number of open slots filled for Attainment 8
t_p8ebac           |  Sum of Progress 8 scores for EBacc element
t_p8eng            |  Sum of Progress 8 scores for English element
t_p8mat            |  Sum of Progress 8 scores for mathematics element
t_p8open           |  Sum of Progress 8 scores for open element
t_p8score          |  Sum of Progress 8 scores
t_pupils           |  Number of pupils at the end of KS4
t_schools          |  Number of schools

Footnotes:

1. Pupils also registered at an institution normally included within the Secondary School Performance Tables are excluded from the Alternative Provision data.
2. 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.
3. EBacc science includes double award GCSE for pupils on the combined science pathway or the average of a pupil's best two science grades for pupils on the single science pathway (i.e., where pupils enter three of biology, chemistry, computer science, and physics).
4. The open element of Attainment 8 contains the three highest point scores in any three other subjects eligible for performance tables, including English language or literature (if not counted in the English slot), further GCSE qualifications (including English Baccalaureate subjects) or any other non-GCSE qualifications on the DfE approved list.
5. For the number of slots filled, entries that were awarded U grades or other qualifications scoring 0 points are counted as a non-filled slot.


GCSE subject alternative provision data

Filename: 2324_subject_entry_level_ap_gcse_data_provisional.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2023/24
Content summary: National level GCSE grades for the latest year broken down by subject for pupils in alternative provision.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name     |  Variable description
----------------  |  ---------------------------------------------------
grade             |  The grade a pupil achieves
number_achieving  |  The number of pupils achieving the designated grade
subject           |  The type of subject

Footnotes:

1. Pupils also registered at an institution normally included within the Secondary School Performance Tables are excluded from the Alternative Provision data.
2. Discounting has been applied. For further information please see the discounting guidance ( https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores)).
3. Any science includes Astronomy, Electronics, Environmental Science and Geology.
4. Any Design and Technology includes Design and Technology Engineering and Product Design qualifications.
5. Grade U refers to pupils' results which are ungraded or unclassified.
6. Grade X refers to pupils who were absent or whose results are pending.
7. Combined Science GCSE is a Double Award and is included in this table for the purpose of comparison with other Science subjects.
8. For pupils at the end of KS4 in 2023/24, where pupils achieved qualifications in subjects between January 2020 and August 2021, we will not use results from these qualifications. The entries into the qualifications are still counted.


Vocational subject alternative provision data

Filename: 2324_subject_pupil_level_ap_vocational_data_provisional.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2023/24
Content summary: National level vocational subject achievements for the latest year broken down by subject for pupils in alternative provision.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name         |  Variable description
--------------------  |  -------------------------------------------------------
grade                 |  The grade a pupil achieves
number_achieving      |  The number of pupils achieving the designated grade
percentage_achieving  |  The percentage of pupils achieving the designated grade
subject               |  The type of subject

Footnotes:

1. Pupils also registered at an institution normally included within the Secondary School Performance Tables are excluded from the Alternative Provision data.
2. Discounting has been applied. For further information please see the discounting guidance ( https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores)).
3. For pupils at the end of KS4 in 2023/24, where pupils achieved qualifications in subjects between January 2020 and August 2021, we will not use results from these qualifications. The entries into the qualifications are still counted.


National academies data

Filename: 2324_national_academies_data_provisional.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2023/24
Content summary: National level headline entry and attainment measures for the latest year broken down by academy type and years open.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name             |  Variable description
------------------------  |  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
avg_att8                  |  Average Attainment 8 score
avg_ebaccaps              |  Average EBacc APS score
avg_p8score               |  Average Progress 8 score
establishment_type_group  |  School type
p8score_ci_low            |  Progress 8 lower 95% confidence interval
p8score_ci_upp            |  Progress 8 upper 95% confidence interval
pt_anypass                |  Percentage of pupils achieving any passes at GCSE or equivalent
pt_ebacc_94               |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
pt_ebacc_95               |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
pt_ebacc_e_ptq_ee         |  Percentage of pupils entering the EBacc
pt_entbasics              |  Percentage of pupils entering English and mathematics GCSEs
pt_entry_1                |  Percentage of pupils entering at least 1 GCSE or equivalent
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_anypass                 |  Number of pupils achieving any passes at GCSE or equivalent
t_att8                    |  Sum of Attainment 8 scores
t_ebacc_94                |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
t_ebacc_95                |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in the EBacc (A*-C in unreformed subjects)
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 mathematics GCSEs
t_entry_1                 |  Number of pupils entering at least 1 GCSE or equivalent
t_inp8calc                |  Number of pupils included in Progress 8 measure
t_l2basics_94             |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
t_l2basics_95             |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
t_p8score                 |  Sum of Progress 8 scores
t_pupils                  |  Number of pupils at the end of KS4
t_schools                 |  Number of schools
years_open                |  The number of academic years the school has been open

Footnotes:

1. Establishment types included in the establishment type groupings can be found in the glossary: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/glossary (https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/glossary)
2. Includes schools that were open before 12 September of the academic year. One academic year is between 12th September of one year to the 11th September the following year.
3. 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.


Key stage 2 to 4 transition matrices GCSE subjects

Filename: 2324_ks2_to_ks4_gcse_subjects_tm_data_provisional.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2023/24
Content summary: National level distributions of GCSE grades achieved compared with KS2 scaled scores achieved broken down by subject, gender, disadvantage, special educational needs (SEN) and English as an additional language (EAL). Pupils in state-funded mainstream and special schools, hospital schools and non-maintained special schools.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name              |  Variable description
-------------------------  |  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
all_double_grades          |  Total number of GCSE double grades achieved
all_grades                 |  Total number of GCSE grades achieved
characteristic_value       |  Pupil characteristic disaggregation - Filter by Pupil characteristic disaggregation
ks2_scaled_score_group     |  Key stage 2 scaled score group - Filter by Key stage 2 scaled score group
num_1                      |  Number of GCSE pupils with grade 1 achieved
num_11                     |  Number of GCSE pupils with grade 11 achieved
num_2                      |  Number of GCSE pupils with grade 2 achieved
num_21                     |  Number of GCSE pupils with grade 21 achieved
num_22                     |  Number of GCSE pupils with grade 22 achieved
num_3                      |  Number of GCSE pupils with grade 3 achieved
num_32                     |  Number of GCSE pupils with grade 32 achieved
num_33                     |  Number of GCSE pupils with grade 33 achieved
num_4                      |  Number of GCSE pupils with grade 4 achieved
num_43                     |  Number of GCSE pupils with grade 43 achieved
num_44                     |  Number of GCSE pupils with grade 44 achieved
num_5                      |  Number of GCSE pupils with grade 5 achieved
num_54                     |  Number of GCSE pupils with grade 54 achieved
num_55                     |  Number of GCSE pupils with grade 55 achieved
num_6                      |  Number of GCSE pupils with grade 6 achieved
num_65                     |  Number of GCSE pupils with grade 65 achieved
num_66                     |  Number of GCSE pupils with grade 66 achieved
num_7                      |  Number of GCSE pupils with grade 7 achieved
num_76                     |  Number of GCSE pupils with grade 76 achieved
num_77                     |  Number of GCSE pupils with grade 77 achieved
num_8                      |  Number of GCSE pupils with grade 8 achieved
num_87                     |  Number of GCSE pupils with grade 87 achieved
num_88                     |  Number of GCSE pupils with grade 88 achieved
num_9                      |  Number of GCSE pupils with grade 9 achieved
num_98                     |  Number of GCSE pupils with grade 98 achieved
num_99                     |  Number of GCSE pupils with grade 99 achieved
num_covid_impacted         |  Number of pupils achieving a covid 19 impacted grade
num_covid_impacted_double  |  Number of pupils achieving a covid 19 impacted double grade
num_U                      |  Number of GCSE pupils with grade U achieved
num_UU                     |  Number of GCSE pupils with grade UU achieved
num_X                      |  Number of GCSE pupils with grade X achieved
num_XX                     |  Number of GCSE pupils with grade XX achieved
per_covid_impacted         |  Percentage of pupils achieving a covid 19 impacted grade
per_covid_impacted_double  |  Percentage of pupils achieving a covid 19 impacted double grade
perc_1                     |  Percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade 1
perc_11                    |  Percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade 11
perc_2                     |  Percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade 2
perc_21                    |  Percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade 21
perc_22                    |  Percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade 22
perc_3                     |  Percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade 3
perc_32                    |  Percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade 32
perc_33                    |  Percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade 33
perc_4                     |  Percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade 4
perc_43                    |  Percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade 43
perc_44                    |  Percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade 44
perc_5                     |  Percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade 5
perc_54                    |  Percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade 54
perc_55                    |  Percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade 55
perc_6                     |  Percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade 6
perc_65                    |  Percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade 65
perc_66                    |  Percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade 66
perc_7                     |  Percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade 7
perc_76                    |  Percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade 76
perc_77                    |  Percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade 77
perc_8                     |  Percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade 8
perc_87                    |  Percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade 87
perc_88                    |  Percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade 88
perc_9                     |  Percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade 9
perc_98                    |  Percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade 98
perc_99                    |  Percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade 99
perc_U                     |  Percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade U
perc_UU                    |  Percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade UU
subjects                   |  GCSE subject entered - Filter by GCSE subject entered


Key stage 2 to 4 transition matrices KS4 measures

Filename: 2324_ks2_to_ks4_measures_tm_data_provisional.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2023/24
Content summary: National level EBacc entry, EBacc achievement (9-4), EBacc achievement (9-5), English and maths (9-4), English and maths (9-5) compared with KS2 scaled scores achieved broken down by gender, disadvantage, special educational needs (SEN) and English as an additional language (EAL). Pupils in state-funded mainstream and special schools, hospital schools and non-maintained special schools.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name                 |  Variable description
----------------------------  |  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
basics_9-4_achieved           |  Number of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
basics_9-4_not_achieved       |  Number of pupils not achieving grades 4 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
basics_9-4_perc_achieved      |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
basics_9-4_perc_not_achieved  |  Percentage of pupils not achieving grades 4 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
basics_9-5_achieved           |  Number of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
basics_9-5_not_achieved       |  Number of pupils not achieving grades 5 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
basics_9-5_perc_achieved      |  Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
basics_9-5_perc_not_achieved  |  Percentage of pupils not achieving grades 5 or above in English and mathematics GCSEs
characteristic_value          |  Pupil characteristic disaggregation - Filter by Pupil characteristic disaggregation
ebacc_9-4_achieved            |  Number of pupils achieving the English Baccalaureate (grades 4 or above in English and maths)
ebacc_9-4_not_achieved        |  Number of pupils not achieving the English Baccalaureate (grades 4 or above in English and maths)
ebacc_9-4_perc_achieved       |  Percentage of pupils achieving the English Baccalaureate (grades 4 or above in English and maths)
ebacc_9-4_perc_not_achieved   |  Percentage of pupils not achieving the English Baccalaureate (grades 4 or above in English and maths)
ebacc_9-5_achieved            |  Number of pupils achieving the English Baccalaureate (grades 5 or above in English and maths)
ebacc_9-5_not_achieved        |  Number of pupils not achieving the English Baccalaureate (grades 5 or above in English and maths)
ebacc_9-5_perc_achieved       |  Percentage of pupils achieving the English Baccalaureate (grades 5 or above in English and maths)
ebacc_9-5_perc_not_achieved   |  Percentage of pupils not achieving the English Baccalaureate (grades 5 or above in English and maths)
ebacc_all_entered             |  Total number of pupils entering the English Baccalaureate
ebacc_all_not_entered         |  Total number of pupils not entering the English Baccalaureate
ebacc_all_perc_entered        |  Percentage of pupils entering the English Baccalaureate
ebacc_all_perc_not_entered    |  Percentage of pupils not entering the English Baccalaureate
ks2_scaled_score_group        |  Key stage 2 scaled score group - Filter by Key stage 2 scaled score group


Disadvantage gap index data

Filename: 2324_disadvantage_gap_data_provisional.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2010/11 to 2023/24
Content summary: Disadvantaged attainment gap index. Timeseries from 2009/10 to the latest year. Pupils in state-funded schools.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name                       |  Variable description
----------------------------------  |  ----------------------------------
disadvantaged_attainment_gap_index  |  Disadvantaged attainment gap index


Average GCSE grades for English and Maths

Filename: 2324_engmath_avggrade_data_provisional.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2018/19 to 2023/24
Content summary: Average English and maths grade. Timeseries including 2018/19, 2022/23 and 2023/24.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name  |  Variable description
---------  |  ------------------
avg_grade  |  Average GCSE grade
subject    |  Subject
