English Baccalaureate entry and achievement

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1. Main facts and figures

  • in the 2021 to 2022 school year, 38.7% of pupils in state-funded schools in England were entered for the English Baccalaureate (EBacc)

  • 61.8% pupils from the Chinese ethnic group were entered for the EBacc, and 46.4% achieved the EBacc – the highest percentages out of all ethnic groups

  • pupils from the Indian ethnic group were the second most likely to enter (58.8%) and achieve (38.2%) the EBacc

  • pupils from the white Gypsy or Roma, and Traveller of Irish heritage ethnic groups were the least likely out of all ethnic groups to be entered for and achieve the EBacc

2. Things you need to know

What the data measures

This data measures the number of pupils in government-funded schools entering and achieving the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) by ethnic group.

The EBacc is made up of 5 GCSEs:

  • English
  • maths
  • science
  • a language
  • either history or geography

To achieve the EBacc, pupils need to get a grade 5 or above in each of these subjects.

Percentages are rounded to 1 decimal place.

The ethnic groups used in the data

Data is shown for the 18 ethnic groups used in the 2011 Census, with 2 exceptions:

  • there are separate categories for white Irish Traveller and white Gypsy and Roma pupils

  • pupils in the Chinese ethnic group are in a separate category from Asian pupils

Ethnicity was known for 98% of pupils.

Methodology

Read the detailed methodology document for the data on this page.

In the data file

You can download the data for data by local authority, gender, special education needs, free school meal eligibility, school characteristics and religious denomination.

Local authority data is shown for 5 aggregated ethnic groups along with pupils whose ethnicity was not known.

  • Asian
  • black
  • mixed
  • white
  • other

This means percentages are shown for these groups as a whole. This is to make sure group sizes are big enough to make reliable generalisations.

3. By ethnicity (English Baccalaureate entry)

Location:
England
Time period:
2021 to 2022 academic year
Source:
Key stage 4 performance, academic year 2021 to 2022
Percentage and number of pupils entering the English Baccalaureate, by ethnicity
Ethnicity % numer of pupils
All 38.7 587,660
Asian 51.3 66,828
Bangladeshi 53.1 10,690
Indian 58.8 18,221
Pakistani 44.2 26,639
Asian other 54.1 11,278
Black 46.8 36,070
Black African 50.0 24,499
Black Caribbean 37.4 7,063
Black other 44.0 4,508
Chinese 61.8 2,435
Mixed 42.1 34,068
Mixed white and Asian 47.1 8,161
Mixed white and black African 42.9 4,629
Mixed white and black Caribbean 30.4 8,895
Mixed other 46.8 12,383
White 35.4 425,270
White British 34.1 388,054
White Irish 44.8 1,611
Gypsy or Roma 13.1 1,432
Irish Traveller 11.8 187
White other 51.3 33,986
Other 51.5 11,976
Unknown 33.7 11,013

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4. By ethnicity (English Baccalaureate achievement)

Location:
England
Time period:
2021 to 2022 academic year
Source:
Key stage 4 performance, academic year 2021 to 2022
Percentage and number of pupils achieving the English Baccalaureate, by ethnicity
Ethnicity % number of pupils
All 20.3 587,660
Asian 28.2 66,828
Bangladeshi 27.0 10,690
Indian 38.2 18,221
Pakistani 19.7 26,639
Asian other 33.0 11,278
Black 20.3 36,070
Black African 23.0 24,499
Black Caribbean 12.2 7,063
Black other 18.6 4,508
Chinese 46.4 2,435
Mixed 22.3 34,068
Mixed white and Asian 29.6 8,161
Mixed white and black African 20.5 4,629
Mixed white and black Caribbean 12.5 8,895
Mixed other 25.3 12,383
White 18.7 425,270
White British 18.0 388,054
White Irish 28.2 1,611
Gypsy or Roma 2.1 1,432
Irish Traveller 4.8 187
White other 26.2 33,986
Other 25.2 11,976
Unknown 16.5 11,013

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5. Data sources

Source

Type of data

Administrative data

Type of statistic

National Statistics

Publisher

Department for Education

Publication frequency

Yearly

Purpose of data source

The main purpose is to measure the progress pupils make from the end of key stage 2 (KS2) to the end of KS4 (GCSE).

6. Download the data

English Baccalaureate (EBacc) entry for children aged 14 to 16 (key stage 4) by local authority(England) - Spreadsheet (csv) 612 KB

This file contains the following: ethnicity, ethnicity_type, year, local authority (England), gender, age (11-16), value (%), numerator and denominator

English Baccalaureate (EBacc) entry for children aged 14 to 16 (key stage 4) in England - Spreadsheet (csv) 167 KB

This file contains the following: ethnicity, ethnicity type, year, gender, age(11-16), FSM, Special education need (SEN) type, Special Education need (SEN) grouping, admissions basis, type of school, religious character, value (%), numerator and denominator

English Baccalaureate (EBacc) achievement for children aged 14 to 16 (key stage 4) by local authority - Spreadsheet (csv) 644 KB

This file contains the following: ethnicity, ethnicity_type, year, local authority (England), gender, age (11-16), value (%), numerator and denominator

English Baccalaureate (EBacc) achievement for children aged 14 to 16 (key stage 4) in England - Spreadsheet (csv) 167 KB - Spreadsheet (csv) 173 KB

This file contains the following: ethnicity, ethnicity type, year, gender, age(11-16), FSM, Special education need (SEN) type, Special Education need (SEN) grouping, admissions basis, type of school, religious character, value (%), numerator and denominator

Publication release date: 8 August 2023

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