Reference Id: SFR01/2012

Publication type: Statistical First Release

Publication data: Local authority data

Local authority data: LA data

Region: England

Release date: 26 January 2012

Coverage status: Final

Publication status: Published

This release updates the provisional SFR released in October 2011 and contains revised national level analyses by school type, gender and subject, and revised local authority level analyses.

Further tables are provided separately on the Department for Education’s statistics website only, including alternative local analyses, time series giving achievements in GCE A/AS level subjects, and achievements in GCE A level subjects by institution type and local authority.

The information in this SFR is based on data collated for the 2011 school and college (key stage 5) performance tables, which has now been checked by schools, and covers achievements in all level 3 qualifications approved under Section 96 of the Learning and Skills Act (2000). The Department for Education’s performance table points are used to calculate point scores for all Level 3 qualifications.

Underlying data at institution level and by subject, examination entries, and result for a range of academic and vocational level 3 qualifications, including GCE/Applied A/AS levels, the International Baccalaureate, BTEC National qualifications, Vocational Related Qualifications, is available from the http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/download_data.html">performance tables section.

Key points

All comparisons are made against revised 2009 to 2010 figures published in January 2011.

For students aged 16-18 in schools and colleges entered for all level 3 qualifications in 2010 to 2011 (Table 1a):

• 94.0% of students achieved passes equivalent in size to at least 2 GCE/Applied GCE A levels, compared with 94.8% in 2009 to 2010.
• The average point score per student entered for level 3 qualifications in 2010 to 2011 was 745.9, slightly higher than the 2009 to 2010 figure of 744.8.
• The average level 3 point score per entry is equivalent to just above a grade C at A level and has increased to 216.2, compared to an average of 214.4 in 2009 to 2010. A grade C at A level yields 210 points.
• Female students achieved higher average point scores than males. The average total points achieved by female students were 28.7 points higher (759.4 compared to 730.7 for males) and the average points per entry were 6.6 points higher (219.3 compared to 212.7 for males).
• A similar percentage of female students achieved 2 A level passes or equivalent compared to males (94.2% compared to 93.9%).

For students aged 16 to 18 in schools and colleges entered for GCE or applied GCE A level and double awards in 2010 to 2011:

• 13.1% of GCE and applied GCE A level and double award students achieved 3 or more A* or A grades at A level, compared to 12.8% in 2009 to 2010. A similar percentage of males achieved 3 or more A* or A grades compared to females (13.4% compared to 12.8% for females).
• 20.8% of students achieved AAB or better passes at GCE or applied GCE A levels or double awards. A similar percentage of female students achieved AAB or higher, 21.2%, compared to 20.4% for males.

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Reference Id: SFR26/2012

Publication Type: Statistical First Release

Publication data: Prerelease access data

Local Authority data: LA data

Region: England

Release Date: 18 October 2012

Coverage status: Provisional

Publication Status: Published

The coverage of this release is 16- to 18-year-old students at the end of their final year of post-16 study in schools and colleges in England. The information is based on data collated for the 2012 school and college performance tables and covers achievements in all level 3 qualifications approved under section 96 of the Learning and Skills Act (2000). The figures for the academic year 2010 to 2011 shown in this SFR have been updated from revised to final.

The institution level 2012 achievement data used in this SFR is currently in the process of being checked by schools and colleges. Revised figures will be published in January 2013 accounting for amendments made by schools during the checking exercise.

Key points

All comparisons below are made against final figures for the academic year 2010 to 2011.

Students aged 16 to 18 in schools and colleges entered for all level 3 qualifications in the academic year 2010 to 2011 (Table 1a):

• 91.7% of students achieved passes equivalent in size to at least 2 A levels compared with 94.1% in the year 2010 to 2011.
• A similar percentage of males achieved 2 A level passes or equivalent compared to females (91.8% compared to 91.6% for females).
• The average point score per student entered for level 3 qualifications in the year 2011 to 2012 was 717.7. This is lower than the figure of 746.0 from the year 2010 to 2011.
• The average level 3 point score per entry is equivalent to just above a grade ‘C’ at A level and has decreased to 211.8, compared to an average of 216.2 the year 2010 to 2011. A grade ‘C’ at A level is 210 points.
• Female students achieved higher average point scores than males. The average total points achieved by female students was 31.7 points higher (732.6 compared to 700.9 for males) and the average points per entry was 7.9 points higher (215.5 compared to 207.6 for males).

Students aged 16 to 18 in schools and colleges entered for GCE or applied GCE A levels and double awards in the year 2011 to 2012 (Table 1a):

• 12.5% of GCE or applied GCE A level and double award students achieved 3 or more A* or A grades at A level. This is a 0.6 percentage point drop from the figure of 13.1% the year 2010 to 2011.
• A slightly greater percentage of males achieved 3 or more A grades or above at A level (12.7% compared to 12.2% for females).
• 9.3% of students achieved AAB or better passes at A level in ‘facilitating’ subjects (see technical notes). Male students performed better than female students, with 10.9% achieving AAB or better compared to 8.0% of females (see technical notes for a discussion of the ‘AAB’ methodology change).

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This statistical publication provides provisional information on the overall achievements of 16- to 18-year-olds who were at the end of 16 to 18 study by the end of the 2017 to 2018 academic year, including:

• A levels and other academic level 3 qualifications
• tech level and applied general qualifications
• level 2 vocational qualifications and technical certificate qualifications
• progress in English and maths qualifications (for students without an A* to C grade in these subjects at key stage 4)
• level 3 maths qualifications (for students with an A* to C grade in maths at key stage 4)
• level 3 value added progress and minimum standards (in revised publication only)

We published provisional figures for the 2017 to 2018 academic year in October 2018. The revised publication provide an update to the provisional figures. The revised figures incorporate the small number of amendments that awarding organisations, schools or colleges and local authorities submitted to the department after August 2018.

We have also published the https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/">16 to 18 performance tables for 2018.

Following the main release of the 16 to 18 headline measures published on 24 January, we published additional information about the retention measure and the completion and attainment measure on 14 March 2019. Information about minimum standards on tech level qualifications is also published in this additional release.

The March publication also included multi-academy trust performance measures for the first time, detailing the performance of eligible trusts’ level 3 value added progress in the academic and applied general cohorts.

Following publication of revised data an issue was found affecting the aims records for 3 colleges, which had an impact on the student retention measures published on 14 March. In addition to planned changes between revised and final data to account for late amendments by institutions, the final https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/schools-by-type?step=default&table=schools®ion=all-england&for=16to18">16 to 18 performance tables data published on 16 April corrected this issue.

Reference Id: SFR31/2010

Publication Type: Statistical First Release

Local Authority data: LA data

Region: England

Release Date: 21 October 2010

Coverage status: Provisional

Publication Status: Published

This information is based on data collated for the 2010 school and college performance tables (formerly achievement and attainment tables) and covers achievements in all Level 3 qualifications approved under section 96 of the Learning and Skills Act (2000). The QCDA tariff is used to calculate point scores and qualification sizes for all level 3 qualifications.

The 2010 achievement data presented in this SFR is currently in the process of being checked by schools and colleges. Revised figures will be published in January 2011 accounting for amendments made by schools up until the publication of the performance tables.

KEY POINTS

• The average QCDA point score per candidate entered for level 3 qualifications in academic year 2009 to 10 was 732.9. While this average is lower than the 2008 to 2009 final figure of 739.3, it represents a slight increase compared to last year’s provisional figure of 731.1, published in October 2009.
• The average level 3 point score per entry is equivalent to just above a grade C at A level and has risen to 213.8, compared to an average of 211.7 in 2008 to 09. A grade C at A level yields 210 points.
• 93.6 per cent of candidates achieved passes equivalent in size to at least 2 GCE/Applied GCE A levels, compared with 95.1 per cent in 2008 and 2009. The equivalent provisional figure for 2008 to 2009 was 94.1 per cent.
• One in eight (12.4%) of GCE/Applied GCE A level candidates achieved 3 or more A* or A grades at A level, compared with 12.7 per cent in 2008 to 2009. The equivalent provisional figure for 2008 to 2009 was 12.5 per cent.
• Female students achieved higher average point scores than males. The average total points achieved by female students were 34.5 points higher (749.2 compared to 714.7 for males) and the average points per entry were 7 points higher (217.1 compared to 210.1 for males).
• A greater proportion of female students achieved 2 A level passes or equivalent (94.6% compared to 92.4% for males), while there was little difference between males and females in the proportion achieving 3 or more A grades or above at A level (12.5% for males and 12.4% for females).

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This statistical release provides provisional information on the overall achievement of students at the end of their 16 to 18 study in England by the end of the 2019 to 2020 academic year, including:

• A levels and other academic level 3 qualifications
• tech level and applied general level 3 qualifications
• technical certificate level 2 qualifications
• progress in English and maths qualifications (for students without a 9 to 4 GCSE grade at key stage 4)

The release includes grades awarded to students in summer 2020 when exams and assessments were cancelled due to coronavirus (COVID-19). Those grades awarded were the better of the Centre Assessed Grades (based on teacher predictions) and the moderation process carried out by Ofqual.