GCSE results (‘Attainment 8’) for children aged 14 to 16 (key stage 4)
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Last updated 14 May 2019 - see all updates
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1. Main facts and figures
- in 2016/17, there were 527,859 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in state-funded schools, and ethnicity was known for 521,048 (99%) of them
- of these, 77% were White, 10% were Asian, 5% were Black, 5% were Mixed, 1.6% came from the Other ethnic group and 0.4% were Chinese
- on average, pupils from the Chinese, Asian and Mixed ethnic groups scored higher than the national average for Attainment 8 (which measures how children perform in 8 GCSE-level qualifications)
- White pupils and Black pupils scored below the national average for Attainment 8
- pupils from the Gypsy/Roma and Irish Traveller ethnic groups had the lowest average score for Attainment 8
Incorrect data
Between 9 October 2018 and 16 April 2019, the statistics in the tables and download file on this page were incorrect. They have now been updated.
Things you need to know
Please be aware that some of the statistics quoted here for some ethnic groups are based on very small numbers of pupils (for example, only 131 Chinese children were eligible for free school meals in 2016/17) and are highly variable over time.
Because the results for Chinese pupils are based on a very small number, the average score for this group can be heavily influenced by one pupil either performing exceptionally, or getting a very low score.
Attainment is lower for children from a Traveller of Irish Heritage background – however, there were only 118 pupils from this ethnic group at the end of key stage 4 in 2016/17. This was a much smaller number than for other ethnic groups (for example, there were 21,323 Pakistani pupils at the end of key stage 4). Therefore, data comparisons between Traveller of Irish Heritage pupils and other ethnic groups may be unreliable.
The ethnicity of 1.3% of pupils (6,811) is not known. This includes pupils whose ethnicity was not surveyed, pupils who refused to be surveyed, and pupils whose ethnicity could not be determined.
The Department of Education (DfE) has excluded, or ‘suppressed’, very small numbers (for example, values of 1 or 2, a percentage based on 1 or 2 pupils who achieved, or 0, 1 or 2 pupils who did not achieve a particular level).
This is because, where the size of the ethnic group population is small enough that an individual’s identity could be revealed, information is suppressed to preserve confidentiality. This is consistent with DfE’s statistical policy statement on confidentiality (PDF opens in a new window or tab).
The Attainment 8 measure only includes qualifications which count towards the secondary performance tables.
Schools that offer unapproved qualifications, such as unregulated international GCSEs, will not have these qualifications counted in the performance tables. Achievements in these qualifications by pupils at such schools are not reflected in this data.
This data therefore represents the performance of schools and pupils in qualifications which count in the performance tables, rather than all qualifications taken by pupils. The difference between the figures for all schools and state-funded mainstream schools is mostly due to the impact of the unregulated international GCSEs taken in independent schools.
Data for some Muslim, Sikh and Hindu schools was not included in the statistics for faith schools, because the small numbers of pupils make it impossible to draw meaningful conclusions about their attainment. Data for faith schools is also only provided for pupils in state-funded mainstream schools.
Schools can ask for a pupil to be removed from their performance results if the pupil:
- arrived recently from overseas and their first language isn’t English
- was admitted following a permanent exclusion from another school
- is not at the end of key stage 4
- has left England to live abroad
- has died
Pupils removed from a school’s performance results may still be included in the national figures.
What the data measures
This data measures how children perform in 8 GCSE-level qualifications, referred to by the Department for Education (DfE) as ‘Attainment 8’.
Attainment 8 is one of two ways of measuring how well children do in key stage 4, brought in by DfE in 2016. The other is Progress 8.
The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 include English and Maths, which are both ‘double-weighted’, meaning they are given twice the importance of other subjects.
Of the remaining 6 subjects, 3 must come from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), and 3 can be either EBacc subjects, GCSE subjects, or technical qualifications from a list approved by the DfE.
Each individual grade a pupil achieves is assigned a point score, which is then used to calculate their total Attainment 8 score.
A pupil’s Attainment 8 score is calculated by adding up the points for their 8 subjects (with England and Maths counted twice), and dividing by 10. A school's Attainment 8 score is the average of all of its eligible pupils’ scores.
To calculate the national average for Attainment 8, DfE adds together all the Attainment 8 scores given to individual children, and divides them by the total number of pupils at the end of key stage 4.
The data covers the academic year 2016/17 (September 2016 to July 2017).
Key stage 4 covers school years 10 and 11, when children are aged 14 to 16.
The ethnic categories used in this data
This data uses categories from the Department for Education’s school census, which is broadly based on the 2001 national Census, with 3 exceptions:
- Traveller of Irish Heritage and Gypsy/Roma children have been separated into 2 categories
- Sri Lankan has been added to the Asian/Asian British group but is not reported separately
- Chinese pupils have been assigned a separate category
These changes were made after consultations with local authorities and lobby groups.
The categories in the school census are as follows:
White:
- White British
- White Irish
- Traveller of Irish Heritage
- Gypsy/Roma
- Other White
Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups:
- White and Black Caribbean
- White and Black African
- White and Asian
- Other Mixed background
Asian/Asian British:
- Indian
- Pakistani
- Bangladeshi
- Sri Lankan
- Other Asian background
Black/African/Caribbean/Black British:
- Black African
- Black Caribbean
- Other Black background
- Chinese
- Other ethnic group
Information is provided for both detailed and broad ethnic groups where possible and when the data is available.
The 6 broad categories used are as follows:
- Asian/Asian British
- Black/African/Caribbean/Black British
- Chinese
- Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups
- White
- Other ethnic group
However, local authority data is only provided for 5 broad ethnic groups. Information about the specific ethnic categories is excluded to preserve confidentiality and ensure individuals cannot be identified. Information about the Other ethnic group is not given because DfE does not publish data for this group at the local authority level.
The 5 broad categories are as follows:
- Asian/Asian British
- Black/African/Caribbean/Black British
- Chinese
- Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups
- White
2. By ethnicity
Ethnicity | Score | Pupils |
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Asian | 49.8 | 52,787 |
Bangladeshi | 49.9 | 8,874 |
Indian | 55.4 | 13,968 |
Pakistani | 45.0 | 21,323 |
Asian other | 52.3 | 8,622 |
Black | 44.8 | 27,922 |
Black African | 46.9 | 17,466 |
Black Caribbean | 40.5 | 7,097 |
Black other | 42.6 | 3,359 |
Chinese | 62.6 | 2,073 |
Mixed | 47.0 | 23,483 |
Mixed White/Asian | 51.8 | 5,147 |
Mixed White/Black African | 47.0 | 2,714 |
Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 41.3 | 7,038 |
Mixed other | 48.8 | 8,584 |
White | 45.9 | 406,342 |
White British | 45.9 | 378,108 |
White Irish | 51.6 | 1,676 |
Gypsy/Roma | 18.0 | 1,073 |
Irish Traveller | 23.8 | 118 |
White other | 46.5 | 25,367 |
Other | 46.8 | 8,441 |
Download table data for ‘By ethnicity’ (CSV) Source data for ‘By ethnicity’ (CSV)
Summary of GCSE results (‘Attainment 8’) for children aged 14 to 16 (key stage 4) By ethnicity Summary
This data shows that:
- in 2016/17, the average Attainment 8 score for all pupils in state-funded schools in England was 46.3
- out of the broad ethnic groups, those scoring above the national average for Attainment 8 were pupils from the Chinese ethnic group (62.6), Asian pupils (49.8) and those with Mixed ethnicity (47.0)
- White pupils (45.9) and Black pupils (44.8) had average Attainment 8 scores lower than the national average
- out of the specific ethnic groups, the pupils with the highest scores on average were in the Chinese (62.6) and Indian (55.4) ethnic groups, and those with the lowest were in the Gypsy/Roma (18.0) and Traveller of Irish Heritage (23.8) ethnic groups
3. By ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals
FSM | Non-FSM | |||
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Ethnicity | FSM Score | FSM Pupils | Non-FSM Score | Non-FSM Pupils |
All | 35.0 | 69,261 | 48.0 | 458,598 |
Asian | 43.3 | 8,824 | 51.1 | 43,963 |
Bangladeshi | 46.3 | 2,438 | 51.3 | 6,436 |
Indian | 46.5 | 1,016 | 56.1 | 12,952 |
Pakistani | 40.8 | 4,302 | 46.1 | 17,021 |
Asian other | 43.5 | 1,068 | 53.6 | 7,554 |
Black | 39.7 | 6,076 | 46.1 | 21,846 |
Black African | 42.1 | 3,777 | 48.2 | 13,689 |
Black Caribbean | 35.2 | 1,574 | 42.0 | 5,523 |
Black other | 37.2 | 725 | 44.2 | 2,634 |
Chinese | 58.0 | 131 | 62.9 | 1,942 |
Mixed | 36.7 | 4,297 | 49.3 | 19,186 |
Mixed White/Asian | 37.6 | 723 | 54.1 | 4,424 |
Mixed White/Black African | 39.8 | 541 | 48.8 | 2,173 |
Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 32.7 | 1,598 | 43.8 | 5,440 |
Mixed other | 39.6 | 1,435 | 50.7 | 7,149 |
White | 32.3 | 46,985 | 47.7 | 359,357 |
White British | 32.1 | 44,106 | 47.8 | 334,002 |
White Irish | 32.6 | 194 | 54.1 | 1,482 |
Gypsy/Roma | 17.9 | 325 | 18.0 | 748 |
Irish Traveller | 19.4 | 66 | 29.3 | 52 |
White other | 39.8 | 2,294 | 47.1 | 23,073 |
Other | 42.4 | 2,012 | 48.2 | 6,429 |
Unknown | 32.4 | 936 | 41.1 | 5,875 |
Download table data for ‘By ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals’ (CSV) Source data for ‘By ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals’ (CSV)
Summary of GCSE results (‘Attainment 8’) for children aged 14 to 16 (key stage 4) By ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals Summary
Eligibility for free school meals (FSM) is used as an indicator of deprivation by the Department for Education. For more about who qualifies for FSM, see the ’Methodology’ section.
This data shows that:
- 13% of pupils (69,261 children) at the end of key stage 4 were eligible for free school meals (FSM) in 2016/17
- 24% of pupils from the Other ethnic background, 22% of Black pupils, 18% of pupils with Mixed ethnicity, 17% of Asian pupils, 12% of White pupils and 6% of pupils from the Chinese ethnic group were eligible for FSM
- pupils eligible for FSM had an average Attainment 8 score of 35.0, which is 13 points lower than the average for all other pupils
- pupils eligible for FSM had lower average Attainment 8 scores in all ethnic groups except the Gypsy/Roma group, where there was little difference between those eligible and those not eligible
- of pupils eligible for FSM, pupils from the Chinese ethnic group had the highest average Attainment 8 score (58.0), and White pupils had the lowest (32.3)
- White Irish pupils saw the biggest gap between those eligible for FSM and other pupils, at around 22 points, with FSM-eligible pupils scoring an average of 32.6 and those not eligible scoring 54.1
- please be aware that the statistics quoted here for some ethnic groups are based on very small numbers of pupils (for example, only 131 Chinese children were eligible for FSM in 2016/17) and are highly variable over time
4. By ethnicity and area
All | Asian | Black | Chinese | Mixed | White | |||||||
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Local authority | All Score | All Pupils | Asian Score | Asian Pupils | Black Score | Black Pupils | Chinese Score | Chinese Pupils | Mixed Score | Mixed Pupils | White Score | White Pupils |
Barking and Dagenham | 46.7 | 2,185 | 53.0 | 428 | 47.4 | 601 | 48.0 | 3 | 45.6 | 124 | 43.3 | 970 |
Barnet | 54.7 | 3,528 | 64.3 | 539 | 47.6 | 478 | 69.1 | 55 | 54.9 | 343 | 53.9 | 1,728 |
Barnsley | 44.0 | 2,110 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 49.3 | 9 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 48.5 | 30 | 43.9 | 2,051 |
Bath and North East Somerset | 47.5 | 2,001 | 56.3 | 33 | 37.0 | 22 | 55.8 | 5 | 44.5 | 72 | 47.7 | 1,838 |
Bedford | 45.9 | 1,827 | 45.4 | 266 | 42.1 | 88 | 71.9 | 5 | 40.4 | 144 | 46.8 | 1,294 |
Bexley | 49.0 | 3,141 | 60.4 | 203 | 54.9 | 567 | 60.6 | 48 | 50.6 | 185 | 45.8 | 2,086 |
Birmingham | 46.1 | 12,127 | 47.2 | 4,710 | 43.5 | 1,453 | 61.6 | 55 | 45.9 | 923 | 45.6 | 4,326 |
Blackburn with Darwen | 46.4 | 1,746 | 50.3 | 764 | 39.3 | 20 | 51.6 | 4 | 44.5 | 54 | 43.3 | 890 |
Blackpool | 38.8 | 1,190 | 53.6 | 21 | 18.8 | 3 | 53.4 | 4 | 40.0 | 18 | 38.6 | 1,134 |
Bolton | 43.7 | 3,263 | 48.6 | 659 | 40.6 | 145 | 62.1 | 6 | 43.3 | 86 | 42.5 | 2,313 |
Bournemouth | 48.0 | 1,611 | 55.7 | 35 | 44.7 | 19 | 59.1 | 11 | 48.6 | 75 | 47.7 | 1,428 |
Bracknell Forest | 46.3 | 1,119 | 51.1 | 52 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 42.9 | 46 | 46.2 | 989 |
Bradford | 42.4 | 5,786 | 43.0 | 2,598 | 43.7 | 79 | 57.2 | 10 | 40.3 | 226 | 42.0 | 2,743 |
Brent | 49.0 | 2,908 | 51.9 | 894 | 42.4 | 698 | 66.1 | 4 | 45.8 | 195 | 46.7 | 507 |
Brighton and Hove | 46.8 | 2,197 | 49.2 | 60 | 45.5 | 43 | 69.7 | 6 | 46.3 | 164 | 46.6 | 1,847 |
Bristol, City of | 44.0 | 3,236 | 46.8 | 229 | 39.4 | 326 | 52.2 | 12 | 44.8 | 244 | 44.3 | 2,376 |
Bromley | 49.8 | 3,258 | 60.8 | 182 | 51.1 | 296 | 69.2 | 43 | 51.4 | 303 | 50.3 | 2,231 |
Buckinghamshire | 52.9 | 5,599 | 53.7 | 979 | 47.9 | 171 | 69.9 | 27 | 52.7 | 305 | 52.8 | 4,016 |
Bury | 46.0 | 2,120 | 46.9 | 262 | 35.8 | 35 | 57.7 | 11 | 46.2 | 82 | 46.0 | 1,697 |
Calderdale | 48.2 | 2,475 | 49.1 | 359 | 46.4 | 26 | 67.8 | 7 | 45.7 | 69 | 48.1 | 1,997 |
Cambridgeshire | 47.7 | 5,635 | 50.7 | 169 | 40.0 | 54 | 63.1 | 32 | 50.1 | 207 | 47.6 | 5,032 |
Camden | 48.3 | 1,513 | 46.4 | 277 | 44.9 | 318 | 70.9 | 7 | 49.3 | 191 | 49.7 | 577 |
Central Bedfordshire | 45.5 | 2,591 | 53.7 | 54 | 39.7 | 53 | 60.7 | 7 | 43.0 | 105 | 45.5 | 2,347 |
Cheshire East | 48.9 | 3,582 | 53.9 | 56 | 47.7 | 12 | 67.8 | 12 | 48.9 | 89 | 48.8 | 3,378 |
Cheshire West and Chester | 46.5 | 3,328 | 43.9 | 41 | 48.4 | 10 | 60.7 | 8 | 50.5 | 71 | 46.4 | 3,181 |
City of London | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* |
Cornwall | 45.7 | 5,133 | 45.4 | 21 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 48.2 | 98 | 45.7 | 4,928 |
County Durham | 44.6 | 4,608 | 51.1 | 28 | 45.2 | 5 | 70.6 | 12 | 50.0 | 46 | 44.8 | 4,459 |
Coventry | 42.8 | 3,374 | 48.6 | 635 | 43.8 | 305 | 69.9 | 9 | 39.7 | 171 | 41.2 | 2,198 |
Croydon | 45.0 | 3,579 | 51.5 | 462 | 43.0 | 1,031 | 64.5 | 10 | 47.2 | 503 | 45.6 | 1,338 |
Cumbria | 46.3 | 4,915 | 52.2 | 21 | 49.3 | 10 | 63.6 | 17 | 53.7 | 62 | 46.3 | 4,652 |
Darlington | 45.3 | 1,066 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 23 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 22 | 45.2 | 998 |
Derby | 42.6 | 2,741 | 46.6 | 479 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 87 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 7 | 39.1 | 170 | 42.0 | 1,944 |
Derbyshire | 45.6 | 7,249 | 44.0 | 54 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 48.7 | 133 | 45.5 | 6,965 |
Devon | 46.5 | 6,704 | 55.8 | 32 | 25.2 | 5 | 51.8 | 21 | 51.5 | 96 | 46.4 | 6,265 |
Doncaster | 43.6 | 2,996 | 51.0 | 86 | 50.7 | 41 | 68.1 | 11 | 43.0 | 69 | 43.2 | 2,757 |
Dorset | 45.2 | 3,988 | 49.1 | 30 | 44.3 | 3 | 55.0 | 11 | 46.7 | 77 | 45.1 | 3,792 |
Dudley | 43.7 | 3,484 | 43.2 | 318 | 43.2 | 90 | 61.4 | 7 | 43.5 | 190 | 43.9 | 2,820 |
Ealing | 48.7 | 2,722 | 50.9 | 808 | 44.0 | 543 | 47.9 | 4 | 48.7 | 231 | 50.0 | 736 |
East Riding of Yorkshire | 47.2 | 3,370 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 12 | 53.1 | 8 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 4 | 49.8 | 53 | 47.0 | 3,236 |
East Sussex | 45.3 | 4,812 | 52.5 | 82 | 39.3 | 39 | 54.9 | 16 | 46.8 | 184 | 45.1 | 4,395 |
Enfield | 46.2 | 3,487 | 56.5 | 277 | 44.2 | 854 | 67.6 | 9 | 47.7 | 315 | 45.2 | 1,747 |
Essex | 46.7 | 14,378 | 61.2 | 348 | 50.3 | 398 | 65.4 | 57 | 48.7 | 556 | 46.0 | 12,778 |
Gateshead | 46.8 | 1,909 | 52.1 | 45 | 40.1 | 10 | 60.9 | 7 | 58.7 | 26 | 46.3 | 1,784 |
Gloucestershire | 48.4 | 6,165 | 56.0 | 162 | 40.7 | 77 | 60.7 | 17 | 48.4 | 215 | 48.3 | 5,633 |
Greenwich | 45.9 | 2,166 | 50.5 | 188 | 46.2 | 637 | 59.3 | 19 | 45.7 | 216 | 44.6 | 1,008 |
Hackney | 49.4 | 2,002 | 50.1 | 270 | 46.9 | 750 | 70.1 | 9 | 48.2 | 153 | 52.2 | 648 |
Halton | 44.9 | 1,395 | 59.8 | 3 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 48.0 | 31 | 44.8 | 1,347 |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 50.9 | 1,313 | 52.4 | 102 | 43.1 | 341 | 70.6 | 4 | 46.2 | 137 | 56.6 | 578 |
Hampshire | 47.0 | 12,740 | 52.3 | 332 | 44.1 | 89 | 57.3 | 36 | 48.2 | 363 | 46.8 | 11,749 |
Haringey | 46.5 | 2,127 | 49.0 | 139 | 42.1 | 581 | 59.8 | 7 | 47.0 | 211 | 48.6 | 1,024 |
Harrow | 49.7 | 2,049 | 54.1 | 898 | 41.8 | 329 | 68.5 | 6 | 49.0 | 147 | 47.6 | 540 |
Hartlepool | 44.0 | 976 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 23 | 45.6 | 4 | N/A* | 0 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 8 | 43.7 | 939 |
Havering | 47.5 | 2,794 | 52.4 | 106 | 50.8 | 340 | 66.8 | 7 | 48.2 | 132 | 46.5 | 2,141 |
Herefordshire, County of | 45.7 | 1,718 | 62.1 | 7 | 38.3 | 4 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 45.4 | 1,655 |
Hertfordshire | 49.7 | 12,734 | 55.6 | 851 | 46.6 | 468 | 66.4 | 68 | 50.5 | 736 | 49.2 | 10,391 |
Hillingdon | 47.1 | 3,075 | 53.1 | 659 | 43.9 | 350 | 35.4 | 4 | 48.6 | 324 | 44.4 | 1,482 |
Hounslow | 48.0 | 2,641 | 54.2 | 746 | 46.4 | 353 | 71.3 | 7 | 48.3 | 184 | 47.9 | 958 |
Isle of Wight | 40.1 | 1,251 | 54.5 | 5 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 45.7 | 30 | 39.9 | 1,196 |
Isles of Scilly | 45.0 | 19 | N/A* | 0 | N/A* | 0 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 44.8 | 18 |
Islington | 45.6 | 1,377 | 49.2 | 163 | 43.6 | 387 | 57.2 | 5 | 44.8 | 155 | 44.7 | 525 |
Kensington and Chelsea | 55.0 | 739 | 55.4 | 18 | 50.1 | 126 | 68.3 | 5 | 54.5 | 112 | 56.9 | 302 |
Kent | 46.3 | 15,407 | 57.6 | 566 | 52.7 | 345 | 68.1 | 65 | 51.1 | 615 | 45.4 | 13,538 |
Kingston upon Hull, City of | 42.6 | 2,253 | 56.0 | 43 | 49.2 | 32 | 67.7 | 5 | 45.5 | 41 | 42.5 | 2,018 |
Kingston upon Thames | 55.5 | 1,517 | 62.0 | 333 | 45.5 | 40 | 79.6 | 22 | 54.9 | 128 | 53.0 | 915 |
Kirklees | 45.3 | 4,383 | 45.0 | 1,233 | 40.9 | 92 | 67.1 | 8 | 39.3 | 221 | 46.0 | 2,794 |
Knowsley | 37.6 | 978 | 38.4 | 5 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 40.5 | 17 | 37.5 | 944 |
Lambeth | 44.3 | 1,949 | 48.8 | 76 | 41.9 | 990 | 62.4 | 23 | 43.0 | 244 | 47.6 | 504 |
Lancashire | 45.7 | 12,078 | 46.8 | 1,238 | 39.7 | 29 | 64.4 | 32 | 47.2 | 273 | 45.4 | 10,415 |
Leeds | 45.1 | 7,427 | 43.9 | 921 | 45.0 | 417 | 61.3 | 39 | 43.9 | 362 | 46.1 | 5,420 |
Leicester | 42.8 | 3,310 | 47.3 | 1,526 | 41.0 | 357 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 38.1 | 1,139 |
Leicestershire | 45.7 | 6,867 | 54.9 | 497 | 43.9 | 55 | 61.8 | 24 | 44.2 | 236 | 44.9 | 5,987 |
Lewisham | 44.2 | 2,247 | 44.2 | 132 | 42.3 | 952 | 58.4 | 34 | 45.8 | 285 | 45.2 | 675 |
Lincolnshire | 46.4 | 7,549 | 61.4 | 93 | 45.4 | 43 | 62.8 | 21 | 50.7 | 165 | 46.0 | 7,160 |
Liverpool | 44.2 | 4,467 | 53.9 | 131 | 43.7 | 158 | 60.7 | 48 | 46.3 | 192 | 43.5 | 3,768 |
Luton | 43.5 | 2,433 | 46.5 | 1,040 | 42.3 | 267 | 65.4 | 4 | 39.6 | 150 | 41.4 | 780 |
Manchester | 43.4 | 4,574 | 48.4 | 1,056 | 43.2 | 741 | 55.4 | 37 | 42.8 | 328 | 40.5 | 2,120 |
Medway | 45.7 | 2,910 | 57.0 | 134 | 51.5 | 159 | 63.4 | 10 | 48.4 | 139 | 44.4 | 2,415 |
Merton | 50.2 | 1,420 | 52.7 | 230 | 46.8 | 280 | 56.6 | 7 | 51.7 | 177 | 50.5 | 672 |
Middlesbrough | 43.2 | 1,386 | 52.7 | 182 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 49 | 42.5 | 1,061 |
Milton Keynes | 44.9 | 2,841 | 49.5 | 248 | 44.6 | 352 | 63.2 | 15 | 44.3 | 167 | 44.3 | 1,985 |
Newcastle upon Tyne | 43.3 | 2,362 | 49.1 | 238 | 40.4 | 77 | 54.4 | 23 | 47.4 | 60 | 42.6 | 1,888 |
Newham | 48.4 | 3,523 | 52.4 | 1,618 | 45.3 | 863 | 63.9 | 14 | 44.6 | 213 | 43.2 | 597 |
Norfolk | 45.0 | 7,864 | 54.3 | 72 | 44.3 | 72 | 61.8 | 32 | 48.5 | 167 | 44.8 | 7,418 |
North East Lincolnshire | 43.8 | 1,592 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 47.5 | 21 | 44.1 | 1,431 |
North Lincolnshire | 44.8 | 1,749 | 48.9 | 66 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 52.4 | 29 | 44.5 | 1,630 |
North Somerset | 46.0 | 2,086 | 54.9 | 21 | 45.5 | 12 | 46.3 | 5 | 50.8 | 41 | 45.8 | 1,996 |
North Tyneside | 47.0 | 1,959 | 49.6 | 34 | 33.9 | 9 | 60.7 | 17 | 53.3 | 33 | 46.8 | 1,845 |
North Yorkshire | 49.6 | 5,904 | 58.5 | 94 | 49.4 | 16 | 55.0 | 12 | 51.8 | 99 | 49.4 | 5,632 |
Northamptonshire | 44.7 | 7,287 | 50.5 | 304 | 45.4 | 303 | 67.8 | 18 | 44.5 | 349 | 44.3 | 6,228 |
Northumberland | 44.7 | 3,145 | 46.8 | 39 | 49.8 | 4 | 56.3 | 6 | 50.6 | 40 | 44.6 | 3,046 |
Nottingham | 40.3 | 2,505 | 46.4 | 436 | 40.6 | 277 | 57.0 | 6 | 39.1 | 249 | 38.5 | 1,453 |
Nottinghamshire | 47.8 | 7,511 | 55.7 | 166 | 45.5 | 112 | 64.7 | 24 | 49.2 | 277 | 47.6 | 6,821 |
Oldham | 43.6 | 2,918 | 44.3 | 869 | 43.2 | 45 | 59.7 | 8 | 41.7 | 115 | 43.4 | 1,802 |
Oxfordshire | 47.6 | 5,945 | 46.3 | 310 | 45.2 | 114 | 60.3 | 28 | 46.2 | 320 | 47.7 | 5,077 |
Peterborough | 42.1 | 2,237 | 44.1 | 388 | 43.6 | 73 | 62.9 | 8 | 41.0 | 115 | 41.6 | 1,608 |
Plymouth | 44.5 | 2,515 | 52.6 | 22 | 40.9 | 18 | 64.4 | 5 | 44.6 | 40 | 44.3 | 2,371 |
Poole | 51.5 | 1,341 | 60.2 | 31 | 49.0 | 12 | 62.4 | 4 | 55.8 | 49 | 51.2 | 1,222 |
Portsmouth | 42.3 | 1,627 | 56.2 | 82 | 48.0 | 43 | 69.7 | 5 | 46.8 | 49 | 41.0 | 1,412 |
Reading | 49.6 | 1,134 | 56.5 | 222 | 41.7 | 105 | 80.8 | 16 | 46.6 | 105 | 48.9 | 642 |
Redbridge | 51.2 | 3,458 | 55.3 | 1,792 | 44.8 | 463 | 59.7 | 22 | 48.8 | 243 | 46.9 | 856 |
Redcar and Cleveland | 44.0 | 1,584 | 52.3 | 17 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 50.2 | 22 | 44.1 | 1,480 |
Richmond upon Thames | 52.7 | 1,374 | 51.8 | 90 | 39.2 | 61 | 62.3 | 8 | 54.0 | 147 | 53.4 | 1,018 |
Rochdale | 42.5 | 2,238 | 44.0 | 563 | 40.8 | 83 | 58.5 | 3 | 38.5 | 77 | 42.3 | 1,493 |
Rotherham | 45.0 | 3,028 | 44.7 | 213 | 49.1 | 43 | 44.7 | 5 | 47.8 | 65 | 44.9 | 2,672 |
Rutland | 52.2 | 473 | 62.1 | 4 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 52.1 | 458 |
Salford | 41.7 | 2,057 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 97 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 44.6 | 94 | 41.2 | 1,775 |
Sandwell | 42.4 | 3,564 | 44.8 | 993 | 40.2 | 309 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 41.6 | 1,901 |
Sefton | 44.9 | 3,013 | 54.2 | 26 | 41.5 | 17 | 58.4 | 9 | 45.8 | 43 | 45.5 | 2,833 |
Sheffield | 44.6 | 5,090 | 46.9 | 501 | 42.9 | 210 | 57.1 | 16 | 41.7 | 272 | 44.6 | 3,879 |
Shropshire | 46.4 | 2,777 | 49.6 | 34 | 55.7 | 5 | 62.0 | 6 | 46.9 | 45 | 46.3 | 2,647 |
Slough | 52.2 | 1,648 | 55.3 | 839 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 50.1 | 122 | 47.7 | 456 |
Solihull | 47.1 | 2,917 | 52.6 | 331 | 45.9 | 63 | 68.1 | 10 | 45.3 | 163 | 46.8 | 2,217 |
Somerset | 45.7 | 4,837 | 56.3 | 45 | 39.8 | 18 | 72.7 | 9 | 47.8 | 90 | 45.6 | 4,648 |
South Gloucestershire | 43.7 | 2,586 | 49.3 | 72 | 45.2 | 36 | 62.7 | 5 | 42.8 | 107 | 43.6 | 2,337 |
South Tyneside | 43.0 | 1,500 | 48.2 | 53 | 44.9 | 4 | 46.3 | 3 | 47.2 | 20 | 43.0 | 1,388 |
Southampton | 44.2 | 1,845 | 50.9 | 191 | 43.0 | 42 | 68.6 | 5 | 47.3 | 99 | 43.1 | 1,489 |
Southend-on-Sea | 50.4 | 2,103 | 59.9 | 127 | 60.4 | 128 | 66.1 | 22 | 53.1 | 87 | 48.7 | 1,715 |
Southwark | 50.5 | 2,328 | 54.2 | 142 | 48.6 | 1,056 | 57.3 | 22 | 48.8 | 264 | 52.2 | 656 |
St. Helens | 43.8 | 1,693 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 58.5 | 5 | 47.1 | 34 | 44.4 | 1,566 |
Staffordshire | 44.9 | 8,414 | 47.1 | 265 | 41.5 | 40 | 59.0 | 15 | 43.3 | 186 | 44.8 | 7,861 |
Stockport | 48.2 | 2,649 | 51.1 | 173 | 47.1 | 41 | 53.8 | 16 | 48.1 | 105 | 47.9 | 2,276 |
Stockton-on-Tees | 45.6 | 1,913 | 48.0 | 99 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 29 | 45.4 | 1,758 |
Stoke-on-Trent | 43.3 | 2,198 | 44.9 | 322 | 46.0 | 36 | 59.8 | 8 | 42.9 | 84 | 43.0 | 1,706 |
Suffolk | 44.7 | 6,718 | 52.4 | 93 | 38.0 | 50 | 63.0 | 7 | 43.6 | 251 | 44.7 | 6,201 |
Sunderland | 43.8 | 2,769 | 50.0 | 121 | 48.7 | 11 | 59.8 | 3 | 41.0 | 26 | 43.5 | 2,590 |
Surrey | 50.0 | 10,067 | 54.0 | 592 | 48.5 | 197 | 67.1 | 45 | 51.8 | 467 | 49.5 | 8,621 |
Sutton | 56.2 | 2,759 | 68.7 | 551 | 53.5 | 226 | 76.4 | 45 | 58.7 | 228 | 51.4 | 1,644 |
Swindon | 42.9 | 2,038 | 43.4 | 201 | 48.7 | 39 | 59.8 | 5 | 44.8 | 79 | 42.6 | 1,667 |
Tameside | 44.8 | 2,407 | 48.9 | 283 | 41.2 | 37 | 64.8 | 5 | 45.7 | 68 | 44.2 | 1,995 |
Telford and Wrekin | 46.4 | 1,835 | 48.6 | 100 | 47.3 | 43 | 64.0 | 10 | 47.6 | 74 | 46.0 | 1,596 |
Thurrock | 44.4 | 1,633 | 53.7 | 49 | 48.9 | 180 | 70.9 | 10 | 45.9 | 83 | 43.2 | 1,276 |
Torbay | 49.3 | 1,316 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 13 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 49.7 | 1,186 |
Tower Hamlets | 47.2 | 2,623 | 49.9 | 1,769 | 46.7 | 306 | 51.0 | 6 | 44.5 | 113 | 40.7 | 300 |
Trafford | 55.6 | 2,715 | 60.4 | 327 | 53.7 | 80 | 69.9 | 44 | 54.9 | 157 | 54.8 | 2,042 |
Wakefield | 45.5 | 3,402 | 49.3 | 89 | 41.2 | 41 | 59.1 | 8 | 45.1 | 61 | 45.4 | 3,161 |
Walsall | 43.2 | 3,169 | 47.6 | 649 | 43.6 | 132 | 73.0 | 3 | 42.2 | 159 | 41.9 | 2,191 |
Waltham Forest | 45.5 | 2,486 | 47.9 | 681 | 42.0 | 567 | 51.1 | 19 | 44.2 | 235 | 46.0 | 883 |
Wandsworth | 49.5 | 1,695 | 49.4 | 353 | 45.0 | 464 | 65.7 | 12 | 51.3 | 191 | 52.9 | 556 |
Warrington | 47.0 | 2,277 | 55.6 | 42 | 40.4 | 5 | 51.6 | 9 | 47.5 | 44 | 47.0 | 2,126 |
Warwickshire | 49.0 | 5,489 | 56.9 | 278 | 46.3 | 43 | 70.6 | 11 | 50.3 | 180 | 48.5 | 4,875 |
West Berkshire | 47.4 | 1,790 | 53.5 | 46 | 40.4 | 29 | 69.9 | 6 | 47.9 | 76 | 48.0 | 1,587 |
West Sussex | 46.8 | 7,782 | 49.5 | 329 | 39.6 | 97 | 53.0 | 18 | 48.8 | 252 | 46.7 | 7,007 |
Westminster | 52.6 | 1,535 | 54.7 | 186 | 49.6 | 351 | 63.5 | 18 | 53.4 | 158 | 56.2 | 385 |
Wigan | 46.2 | 3,337 | 48.8 | 34 | 48.3 | 25 | 61.7 | 9 | 49.0 | 55 | 46.1 | 3,172 |
Wiltshire | 46.6 | 4,732 | 60.4 | 68 | 44.0 | 32 | 60.2 | 17 | 52.9 | 113 | 46.7 | 4,225 |
Windsor and Maidenhead | 49.4 | 1,547 | 49.3 | 212 | 49.4 | 27 | 43.4 | 9 | 45.2 | 91 | 49.9 | 1,159 |
Wirral | 48.1 | 3,349 | 61.1 | 62 | 50.4 | 12 | 60.0 | 22 | 54.4 | 68 | 47.7 | 3,158 |
Wokingham | 51.7 | 1,642 | 53.8 | 182 | 46.1 | 59 | 69.2 | 7 | 49.7 | 89 | 51.7 | 1,270 |
Wolverhampton | 45.0 | 2,505 | 52.1 | 601 | 44.5 | 244 | 46.9 | 11 | 40.0 | 246 | 43.0 | 1,362 |
Worcestershire | 46.4 | 5,348 | 48.0 | 176 | 39.9 | 29 | 64.0 | 11 | 45.7 | 152 | 46.4 | 4,937 |
York | 49.3 | 1,608 | 57.0 | 30 | 51.6 | 8 | 55.5 | 7 | 49.4 | 37 | 49.0 | 1,512 |
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Summary of GCSE results (‘Attainment 8’) for children aged 14 to 16 (key stage 4) By ethnicity and area Summary
This data shows that:
- in 2016/17, pupils in Sutton in London had the highest average Attainment 8 score (56.2) and those in Knowsley had the lowest (37.6)
- the average score for Attainment 8 was lower in the Midlands and northern parts of the country than in the South of England and London
- among White pupils, the highest average score (56.9) was in Kensington and Chelsea, and the lowest was in Knowsley (37.5)
- among pupils with Mixed ethnicity, the highest average score was in Gateshead and Sutton (58.7) and the lowest was in Rochdale (38.5)
- among Asian pupils, the highest average score was in Sutton in London (68.7) and the lowest was in Knowsley (38.4)
- among Black pupils, the highest average score was in Southend-on-Sea (60.4) and the lowest was in Blackpool (18.8)
- among pupils from the Chinese ethnic group, the highest average score was in Reading (80.8), and the lowest was in Hillingdon (35.4)
- please be aware that the statistics quoted here for Attainment 8 achievement by local authority are based on small numbers of pupils and are highly variable over time
5. By ethnicity and gender
All pupils | Boys | Girls | ||||
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Ethnicity | All pupils Score | All pupils Pupils | Boys Score | Boys Pupils | Girls Score | Girls Pupils |
All | 46.3 | 527,859 | 43.7 | 268,527 | 49.0 | 259,332 |
Asian | 49.8 | 52,787 | 47.3 | 27,070 | 52.4 | 25,717 |
Bangladeshi | 49.9 | 8,874 | 47.5 | 4,349 | 52.3 | 4,525 |
Indian | 55.4 | 13,968 | 53.1 | 7,294 | 57.9 | 6,674 |
Pakistani | 45.0 | 21,323 | 42.6 | 10,903 | 47.6 | 10,420 |
Asian other | 52.3 | 8,622 | 49.3 | 4,524 | 55.7 | 4,098 |
Black | 44.8 | 27,922 | 41.4 | 13,919 | 48.1 | 14,003 |
Black African | 46.9 | 17,466 | 43.7 | 8,703 | 50.1 | 8,763 |
Black Caribbean | 40.5 | 7,097 | 36.9 | 3,530 | 44.0 | 3,567 |
Black other | 42.6 | 3,359 | 39.2 | 1,686 | 46.2 | 1,673 |
Chinese | 62.6 | 2,073 | 60.5 | 1,080 | 64.8 | 993 |
Mixed | 47.0 | 23,483 | 44.3 | 11,749 | 49.7 | 11,734 |
Mixed White/Asian | 51.8 | 5,147 | 49.3 | 2,602 | 54.3 | 2,545 |
Mixed White/Black African | 47.0 | 2,714 | 44.1 | 1,340 | 49.9 | 1,374 |
Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 41.3 | 7,038 | 38.0 | 3,471 | 44.4 | 3,567 |
Mixed other | 48.8 | 8,584 | 46.3 | 4,336 | 51.4 | 4,248 |
White | 45.9 | 406,342 | 43.3 | 206,635 | 48.6 | 199,707 |
White British | 45.9 | 378,108 | 43.4 | 192,325 | 48.6 | 185,783 |
White Irish | 51.6 | 1,676 | 50.3 | 846 | 52.9 | 830 |
Gypsy/Roma | 18.0 | 1,073 | 16.8 | 560 | 19.3 | 513 |
Irish Traveller | 23.8 | 118 | 18.0 | 54 | 28.7 | 64 |
White other | 46.5 | 25,367 | 43.6 | 12,850 | 49.4 | 12,517 |
Other | 46.8 | 8,441 | 44.1 | 4,471 | 49.9 | 3,970 |
Unknown | 39.9 | 6,811 | 37.1 | 3,603 | 43.0 | 3,208 |
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Summary of GCSE results (‘Attainment 8’) for children aged 14 to 16 (key stage 4) By ethnicity and gender Summary
This data shows that:
- on average, Attainment 8 scores were higher for girls than boys in all ethnic groups – overall, girls achieved an average score of 49.0, compared with 43.7 for boys
- girls from the Chinese ethnic group achieved the highest average score out of all ethnic groups and among boys and girls, at 64.8
- boys from a Gypsy/Roma background had the lowest average score, at 16.8
- the smallest difference in scores between girls and boys was found among pupils from a Gypsy/Roma background, where girls scored an average of 2.5 points more than boys
- the largest difference in scores between girls and boys was found among pupils from Traveller of Irish Heritage background, where boys scored an average of 18.0 compared with 28.7 for girls (a difference of 10.7 points)
6. By ethnicity, gender and eligibility for free school meals
FSM Boys | FSM Girls | Non-FSM Boys | Non-FSM Girls | |||||
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Ethnicity | FSM Boys Score | FSM Boys Pupils | FSM Girls Score | FSM Girls Pupils | Non-FSM Boys Score | Non-FSM Boys Pupils | Non-FSM Girls Score | Non-FSM Girls Pupils |
All | 32.1 | 34,903 | 38.0 | 34,358 | 45.4 | 233,624 | 50.7 | 224,974 |
Asian | 40.5 | 4,362 | 46.1 | 4,462 | 48.7 | 22,708 | 53.7 | 21,255 |
Bangladeshi | 43.3 | 1,187 | 49.2 | 1,251 | 49.1 | 3,162 | 53.4 | 3,274 |
Indian | 43.4 | 491 | 49.5 | 525 | 53.8 | 6,803 | 58.6 | 6,149 |
Pakistani | 38.1 | 2,106 | 43.3 | 2,196 | 43.7 | 8,797 | 48.7 | 8,224 |
Asian other | 40.8 | 578 | 46.7 | 490 | 50.5 | 3,946 | 57.0 | 3,608 |
Black | 36.1 | 3,019 | 43.3 | 3,057 | 42.9 | 10,900 | 49.4 | 10,946 |
Black African | 38.6 | 1,855 | 45.5 | 1,922 | 45.0 | 6,848 | 51.4 | 6,841 |
Black Caribbean | 31.6 | 798 | 39.0 | 776 | 38.4 | 2,732 | 45.4 | 2,791 |
Black other | 33.3 | 366 | 41.1 | 359 | 40.8 | 1,320 | 47.5 | 1,314 |
Chinese | 55.5 | 69 | 60.9 | 62 | 60.9 | 1,011 | 65.0 | 931 |
Mixed | 33.8 | 2,136 | 39.5 | 2,161 | 46.6 | 9,613 | 52.0 | 9,573 |
Mixed White/Asian | 35.6 | 377 | 39.7 | 346 | 51.6 | 2,225 | 56.6 | 2,199 |
Mixed White/Black African | 37.0 | 256 | 42.4 | 285 | 45.8 | 1,084 | 51.9 | 1,089 |
Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 29.2 | 781 | 36.0 | 817 | 40.6 | 2,690 | 46.9 | 2,750 |
Mixed other | 36.8 | 722 | 42.4 | 713 | 48.2 | 3,614 | 53.2 | 3,535 |
White | 29.5 | 23,786 | 35.3 | 23,199 | 45.1 | 182,849 | 50.3 | 176,508 |
White British | 29.2 | 22,338 | 35.0 | 21,768 | 45.2 | 169,987 | 50.4 | 164,015 |
White Irish | 32.1 | 94 | 33.1 | 100 | 52.6 | 752 | 55.6 | 730 |
Gypsy/Roma | 16.7 | 165 | 19.1 | 160 | 16.8 | 395 | 19.4 | 353 |
Irish Traveller | 14.1 | 28 | 23.4 | 38 | 22.2 | 26 | 36.4 | 26 |
White other | 37.0 | 1,161 | 42.6 | 1,133 | 44.2 | 11,689 | 50.1 | 11,384 |
Other | 40.1 | 1,054 | 45.0 | 958 | 45.3 | 3,417 | 51.5 | 3,012 |
Unknown | 30.3 | 477 | 34.6 | 459 | 38.1 | 3,126 | 44.4 | 2,749 |
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Summary of GCSE results (‘Attainment 8’) for children aged 14 to 16 (key stage 4) By ethnicity, gender and eligibility for free school meals Summary
Eligibility for free school meals (FSM) is used as an indicator of deprivation by the Department for Education. For more about who qualifies for FSM, see the ’Methodology’ section.
This data shows that:
- overall, girls eligible for FSM scored an average of 5.9 points more in Attainment 8 than boys eligible for FSM; the gap among boys and girls not eligible for FSM was slightly smaller overall, at 5.3 points
- overall, the gap in average score between FSM-eligible pupils and those not eligible for FSM was similar between boys and girls in every ethnic group
- within the broad ethnic groups, FSM-eligible girls from the Chinese ethnic group had the highest average Attainment 8 score (60.9) out of all FSM-eligible pupils, and FSM-eligible White boys had the lowest (29.5)
- among the specific ethnic groups, FSM-eligible boys from a Traveller of Irish Heritage background had the lowest average score (14.1) out of all ethnic groups and among boys and girls; Chinese girls who were not eligible for FSM had the highest average score (65.0)
- pupils from the Traveller of Irish Heritage ethnic group not eligible for FSM showed the biggest difference in average score between girls and boys, with girls scoring an average of 14 points more (36.4 and 22.2 respectively)
- the smallest difference in average score between girls and boys was found among White Irish pupils eligible for FSM, with girls scoring 1 point more (33.1 and 32.1 respectively)
7. By ethnicity, gender and area
All | Asian | Black | Chinese | Mixed | White | |||||||||||||
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Local authority | All All | All Boys | All Girls | Asian All | Asian Boys | Asian Girls | Black All | Black Boys | Black Girls | Chinese All | Chinese Boys | Chinese Girls | Mixed All | Mixed Boys | Mixed Girls | White All | White Boys | White Girls |
County Durham | 44.6 | 42.2 | 47.2 | 51.1 | 42.6 | 55.2 | 45.2 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 70.6 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 50.0 | 43.5 | 58.3 | 44.8 | 42.5 | 47.3 |
Darlington | 45.3 | 43.0 | 47.4 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | N/A* | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 45.2 | 42.9 | 47.4 |
Gateshead | 46.8 | 44.0 | 49.7 | 52.1 | 52.2 | 52.0 | 40.1 | 41.8 | 39.4 | 60.9 | 58.8 | 63.8 | 58.7 | 57.6 | 59.6 | 46.3 | 43.6 | 49.2 |
Hartlepool | 44.0 | 40.8 | 47.4 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 45.6 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 43.7 | 40.6 | 47.0 |
Middlesbrough | 43.2 | 40.4 | 46.4 | 52.7 | 49.4 | 56.0 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | N/A* | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 42.5 | 40.0 | 45.4 |
Newcastle upon Tyne | 43.3 | 41.5 | 45.3 | 49.1 | 46.8 | 51.9 | 40.4 | 36.5 | 44.5 | 54.4 | 45.9 | 62.3 | 47.4 | 46.9 | 48.0 | 42.6 | 40.9 | 44.4 |
North Tyneside | 47.0 | 43.9 | 50.3 | 49.6 | 44.2 | 53.5 | 33.9 | 28.8 | 44.2 | 60.7 | 56.2 | 68.9 | 53.3 | 52.8 | 53.8 | 46.8 | 43.6 | 50.2 |
Northumberland | 44.7 | 41.8 | 47.7 | 46.8 | 45.1 | 48.4 | 49.8 | N/A* | 49.8 | 56.3 | 56.3 | 56.3 | 50.6 | 57.6 | 46.4 | 44.6 | 41.6 | 47.7 |
Redcar and Cleveland | 44.0 | 40.6 | 47.3 | 52.3 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | N/A* | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | N/A* | 50.2 | 49.5 | 50.9 | 44.1 | 40.4 | 47.6 |
South Tyneside | 43.0 | 40.5 | 45.7 | 48.2 | 52.9 | 45.4 | 44.9 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 46.3 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 47.2 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 43.0 | 40.4 | 45.8 |
Stockton-on-Tees | 45.6 | 43.0 | 48.1 | 48.0 | 45.4 | 49.8 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | N/A* | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 45.4 | 42.9 | 47.9 |
Sunderland | 43.8 | 41.8 | 46.0 | 50.0 | 49.1 | 50.8 | 48.7 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 59.8 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 41.0 | 38.1 | 45.0 | 43.5 | 41.5 | 45.8 |
Blackburn with Darwen | 46.4 | 44.3 | 48.5 | 50.3 | 47.2 | 53.7 | 39.3 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 51.6 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 44.5 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 43.3 | 41.5 | 44.9 |
Blackpool | 38.8 | 35.9 | 41.4 | 53.6 | 43.6 | 62.8 | 18.8 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 53.4 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 40.0 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 38.6 | 35.8 | 41.0 |
Bolton | 43.7 | 40.7 | 46.8 | 48.6 | 45.5 | 52.4 | 40.6 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 62.1 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 43.3 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 42.5 | 39.4 | 45.6 |
Bury | 46.0 | 43.6 | 48.4 | 46.9 | 48.0 | 45.8 | 35.8 | 34.0 | 41.0 | 57.7 | 54.2 | 60.7 | 46.2 | 44.2 | 47.8 | 46.0 | 43.2 | 48.9 |
Cheshire East | 48.9 | 46.6 | 51.3 | 53.9 | 54.8 | 52.9 | 47.7 | 46.6 | 48.8 | 67.8 | 62.5 | 71.6 | 48.9 | 47.7 | 50.2 | 48.8 | 46.4 | 51.2 |
Cheshire West and Chester | 46.5 | 44.2 | 49.1 | 43.9 | 43.0 | 44.5 | 48.4 | 49.3 | 46.3 | 60.7 | 62.8 | 58.6 | 50.5 | 44.2 | 55.4 | 46.4 | 44.1 | 49.0 |
Cumbria | 46.3 | 43.6 | 49.0 | 52.2 | 51.9 | 52.4 | 49.3 | 37.8 | 54.2 | 63.6 | 55.9 | 69.1 | 53.7 | 51.1 | 56.3 | 46.3 | 43.7 | 48.8 |
Halton | 44.9 | 41.6 | 48.0 | 59.8 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | N/A* | withheld to protect confidentiality | 48.0 | 51.4 | 46.5 | 44.8 | 41.3 | 48.1 |
Knowsley | 37.6 | 35.6 | 39.8 | 38.4 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | N/A* | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 40.5 | 39.8 | 41.6 | 37.5 | 35.5 | 39.7 |
Lancashire | 45.7 | 42.9 | 48.6 | 46.8 | 44.9 | 48.8 | 39.7 | 32.8 | 45.2 | 64.4 | 62.9 | 66.2 | 47.2 | 45.4 | 49.0 | 45.4 | 42.5 | 48.5 |
Liverpool | 44.2 | 41.7 | 46.6 | 53.9 | 56.3 | 51.5 | 43.7 | 39.7 | 47.4 | 60.7 | 62.2 | 59.3 | 46.3 | 43.6 | 48.3 | 43.5 | 40.9 | 46.1 |
Manchester | 43.4 | 40.1 | 46.7 | 48.4 | 45.2 | 51.5 | 43.2 | 40.1 | 46.4 | 55.4 | 53.9 | 57.5 | 42.8 | 38.5 | 46.6 | 40.5 | 37.0 | 44.1 |
Oldham | 43.6 | 40.8 | 46.5 | 44.3 | 40.8 | 48.2 | 43.2 | 39.6 | 47.3 | 59.7 | 51.9 | 67.5 | 41.7 | 40.3 | 43.2 | 43.4 | 40.9 | 46.0 |
Rochdale | 42.5 | 40.2 | 45.1 | 44.0 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 40.8 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 58.5 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 38.5 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 42.3 | 39.9 | 44.8 |
Salford | 41.7 | 38.0 | 45.3 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | N/A* | withheld to protect confidentiality | 44.6 | 41.9 | 47.1 | 41.2 | 37.7 | 44.7 |
Sefton | 44.9 | 43.0 | 46.8 | 54.2 | 51.3 | 57.0 | 41.5 | 39.8 | 42.9 | 58.4 | 53.3 | 62.6 | 45.8 | 40.9 | 50.0 | 45.5 | 43.4 | 47.8 |
St. Helens | 43.8 | 41.7 | 45.8 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 58.5 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 47.1 | 42.4 | 51.8 | 44.4 | 42.2 | 46.5 |
Stockport | 48.2 | 46.0 | 50.5 | 51.1 | 50.3 | 52.1 | 47.1 | 45.3 | 48.1 | 53.8 | 50.4 | 68.8 | 48.1 | 46.4 | 49.7 | 47.9 | 45.4 | 50.4 |
Tameside | 44.8 | 42.7 | 46.9 | 48.9 | 46.9 | 50.9 | 41.2 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 64.8 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 45.7 | 42.7 | 48.1 | 44.2 | 42.1 | 46.3 |
Trafford | 55.6 | 52.9 | 58.3 | 60.4 | 57.1 | 64.4 | 53.7 | 53.8 | 53.6 | 69.9 | 66.2 | 74.3 | 54.9 | 52.9 | 57.5 | 54.8 | 52.1 | 57.5 |
Warrington | 47.0 | 44.3 | 49.9 | 55.6 | 49.9 | 60.8 | 40.4 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 51.6 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 47.5 | 37.7 | 55.0 | 47.0 | 44.4 | 49.7 |
Wigan | 46.2 | 43.3 | 49.2 | 48.8 | 48.6 | 49.4 | 48.3 | 42.9 | 59.6 | 61.7 | 57.6 | 69.8 | 49.0 | 47.1 | 50.8 | 46.1 | 43.1 | 49.2 |
Wirral | 48.1 | 45.5 | 50.8 | 61.1 | 59.7 | 61.9 | 50.4 | 48.8 | 55.3 | 60.0 | 54.0 | 70.4 | 54.4 | 51.4 | 57.5 | 47.7 | 45.1 | 50.3 |
Barnsley | 44.0 | 41.7 | 46.4 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 49.3 | 44.0 | 53.6 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 48.5 | 47.1 | 49.5 | 43.9 | 41.7 | 46.3 |
Bradford | 42.4 | 39.8 | 44.9 | 43.0 | 40.3 | 45.8 | 43.7 | 43.7 | 43.7 | 57.2 | 47.0 | 61.6 | 40.3 | 36.2 | 43.8 | 42.0 | 39.8 | 44.2 |
Calderdale | 48.2 | 46.2 | 50.4 | 49.1 | 45.8 | 53.2 | 46.4 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 67.8 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 45.7 | 44.9 | 46.5 | 48.1 | 46.3 | 50.0 |
Doncaster | 43.6 | 41.6 | 45.7 | 51.0 | 48.9 | 53.2 | 50.7 | 43.5 | 57.6 | 68.1 | 73.2 | 63.8 | 43.0 | 40.4 | 45.9 | 43.2 | 41.2 | 45.1 |
East Riding of Yorkshire | 47.2 | 45.0 | 49.4 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 53.1 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 49.8 | 45.5 | 51.9 | 47.0 | 44.9 | 49.2 |
Kingston upon Hull, City of | 42.6 | 40.4 | 45.1 | 56.0 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 49.2 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 67.7 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 45.5 | 41.3 | 50.8 | 42.5 | 40.2 | 45.2 |
Kirklees | 45.3 | 42.5 | 48.3 | 45.0 | 41.9 | 48.2 | 40.9 | 41.3 | 40.6 | 67.1 | 62.7 | 69.8 | 39.3 | 35.9 | 42.6 | 46.0 | 43.2 | 48.9 |
Leeds | 45.1 | 43.1 | 47.2 | 43.9 | 41.8 | 46.3 | 45.0 | 42.9 | 46.9 | 61.3 | 58.4 | 65.9 | 43.9 | 41.8 | 46.3 | 46.1 | 44.2 | 48.1 |
North East Lincolnshire | 43.8 | 42.0 | 45.7 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 38.4 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 55.2 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | N/A* | withheld to protect confidentiality | 47.5 | 52.9 | 45.9 | 44.1 | 42.1 | 46.2 |
North Lincolnshire | 44.8 | 41.8 | 47.8 | 48.9 | 42.1 | 55.3 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 52.4 | 47.2 | 57.3 | 44.5 | 41.7 | 47.3 |
North Yorkshire | 49.6 | 46.7 | 52.6 | 58.5 | 57.1 | 60.1 | 49.4 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 55.0 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 51.8 | 47.3 | 56.0 | 49.4 | 46.5 | 52.4 |
Rotherham | 45.0 | 42.6 | 47.4 | 44.7 | 43.9 | 45.4 | 49.1 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 44.7 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 47.8 | 45.4 | 50.2 | 44.9 | 42.6 | 47.3 |
Sheffield | 44.6 | 42.6 | 46.8 | 46.9 | 45.4 | 48.4 | 42.9 | 40.6 | 45.6 | 57.1 | 60.5 | 53.7 | 41.7 | 39.1 | 44.4 | 44.6 | 42.5 | 46.9 |
Wakefield | 45.5 | 43.3 | 47.6 | 49.3 | 48.5 | 50.1 | 41.2 | 34.9 | 46.6 | 59.1 | 59.3 | 58.9 | 45.1 | 42.7 | 47.4 | 45.4 | 43.3 | 47.5 |
York | 49.3 | 46.4 | 52.4 | 57.0 | 56.5 | 58.1 | 51.6 | 44.6 | 58.5 | 55.5 | 39.3 | 67.7 | 49.4 | 47.2 | 53.6 | 49.0 | 46.0 | 52.2 |
Derby | 42.6 | 40.2 | 45.3 | 46.6 | 44.9 | 48.8 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 32.4 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 49.0 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 39.1 | 35.5 | 42.7 | 42.0 | 39.5 | 44.8 |
Derbyshire | 45.6 | 43.1 | 48.2 | 44.0 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 48.7 | 48.3 | 49.0 | 45.5 | 43.0 | 48.1 |
Leicester | 42.8 | 40.0 | 46.0 | 47.3 | 44.6 | 50.4 | 41.0 | 36.8 | 45.4 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 38.1 | 35.1 | 41.4 |
Leicestershire | 45.7 | 43.2 | 48.3 | 54.9 | 51.5 | 58.5 | 43.9 | 40.5 | 49.4 | 61.8 | 58.2 | 64.4 | 44.2 | 41.8 | 47.1 | 44.9 | 42.5 | 47.4 |
Lincolnshire | 46.4 | 44.0 | 48.8 | 61.4 | 60.0 | 62.6 | 45.4 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 62.8 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 50.7 | 44.5 | 57.8 | 46.0 | 43.8 | 48.4 |
Northamptonshire | 44.7 | 42.7 | 46.8 | 50.5 | 50.8 | 50.0 | 45.4 | 42.0 | 48.8 | 67.8 | 67.9 | 67.7 | 44.5 | 40.8 | 48.1 | 44.3 | 42.3 | 46.3 |
Nottingham | 40.3 | 37.8 | 42.8 | 46.4 | 45.5 | 47.1 | 40.6 | 36.8 | 44.7 | 57.0 | 51.6 | 62.3 | 39.1 | 36.7 | 41.4 | 38.5 | 36.2 | 41.1 |
Nottinghamshire | 47.8 | 45.2 | 50.5 | 55.7 | 51.9 | 59.5 | 45.5 | 41.4 | 49.8 | 64.7 | 55.9 | 71.0 | 49.2 | 44.8 | 53.5 | 47.6 | 45.1 | 50.1 |
Rutland | 52.2 | 51.5 | 52.9 | 62.1 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 52.1 | 51.4 | 52.9 |
Birmingham | 46.1 | 43.4 | 48.7 | 47.2 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 43.5 | 40.7 | 46.3 | 61.6 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 45.9 | 42.6 | 49.3 | 45.6 | 42.6 | 48.4 |
Coventry | 42.8 | 39.7 | 45.9 | 48.6 | 45.2 | 51.9 | 43.8 | 41.2 | 46.3 | 69.9 | 69.2 | 70.4 | 39.7 | 36.1 | 43.4 | 41.2 | 38.1 | 44.3 |
Dudley | 43.7 | 41.8 | 45.9 | 43.2 | 41.3 | 45.2 | 43.2 | 38.9 | 47.3 | 61.4 | 49.5 | 77.3 | 43.5 | 41.3 | 46.3 | 43.9 | 42.1 | 45.9 |
Herefordshire, County of | 45.7 | 43.1 | 48.2 | 62.1 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 38.3 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 45.4 | 42.8 | 48.0 |
Sandwell | 42.4 | 40.5 | 44.3 | 44.8 | 42.5 | 47.5 | 40.2 | 37.8 | 42.5 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 41.6 | 40.0 | 43.1 |
Shropshire | 46.4 | 43.8 | 49.1 | 49.6 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 55.7 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 62.0 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 46.9 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 46.3 | 43.8 | 48.9 |
Solihull | 47.1 | 44.6 | 49.6 | 52.6 | 50.0 | 55.0 | 45.9 | 42.5 | 48.4 | 68.1 | 64.7 | 71.6 | 45.3 | 42.7 | 47.9 | 46.8 | 44.4 | 49.2 |
Staffordshire | 44.9 | 41.9 | 47.9 | 47.1 | 44.1 | 50.1 | 41.5 | 39.0 | 43.4 | 59.0 | 62.6 | 55.8 | 43.3 | 40.2 | 46.9 | 44.8 | 41.9 | 47.9 |
Stoke-on-Trent | 43.3 | 39.6 | 46.8 | 44.9 | 41.3 | 48.2 | 46.0 | 41.8 | 50.3 | 59.8 | 54.5 | 63.0 | 42.9 | 39.8 | 45.6 | 43.0 | 39.5 | 46.4 |
Telford and Wrekin | 46.4 | 44.5 | 48.6 | 48.6 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 47.3 | 50.3 | 44.2 | 64.0 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 47.6 | 45.0 | 50.2 | 46.0 | 43.8 | 48.4 |
Walsall | 43.2 | 41.0 | 45.3 | 47.6 | 45.3 | 50.4 | 43.6 | 40.2 | 47.3 | 73.0 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 42.2 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 41.9 | 39.8 | 43.9 |
Warwickshire | 49.0 | 46.5 | 51.5 | 56.9 | 55.0 | 59.4 | 46.3 | 49.2 | 44.3 | 70.6 | 64.2 | 74.2 | 50.3 | 49.9 | 50.7 | 48.5 | 45.8 | 51.3 |
Wolverhampton | 45.0 | 39.9 | 49.8 | 52.1 | 47.4 | 56.3 | 44.5 | 39.7 | 49.9 | 46.9 | 38.2 | 54.2 | 40.0 | 36.2 | 43.9 | 43.0 | 37.5 | 48.2 |
Worcestershire | 46.4 | 43.8 | 49.1 | 48.0 | 45.3 | 50.6 | 39.9 | 40.0 | 39.8 | 64.0 | 65.5 | 62.1 | 45.7 | 43.8 | 47.4 | 46.4 | 43.7 | 49.1 |
Bedford | 45.9 | 42.9 | 48.9 | 45.4 | 42.1 | 48.9 | 42.1 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 71.9 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 40.4 | 37.7 | 43.4 | 46.8 | 43.9 | 49.5 |
Cambridgeshire | 47.7 | 44.9 | 50.6 | 50.7 | 48.7 | 52.8 | 40.0 | 37.5 | 44.9 | 63.1 | 61.6 | 66.0 | 50.1 | 48.4 | 52.1 | 47.6 | 44.7 | 50.6 |
Central Bedfordshire | 45.5 | 42.5 | 48.9 | 53.7 | 49.3 | 58.3 | 39.7 | 31.0 | 55.3 | 60.7 | 67.5 | 55.6 | 43.0 | 42.6 | 43.5 | 45.5 | 42.5 | 48.9 |
Essex | 46.7 | 43.9 | 49.4 | 61.2 | 59.3 | 63.8 | 50.3 | 45.9 | 53.9 | 65.4 | 63.3 | 67.9 | 48.7 | 47.2 | 50.1 | 46.0 | 43.1 | 48.8 |
Hertfordshire | 49.7 | 46.7 | 52.8 | 55.6 | 52.0 | 59.2 | 46.6 | 42.8 | 50.3 | 66.4 | 64.3 | 70.9 | 50.5 | 46.1 | 54.5 | 49.2 | 46.4 | 52.1 |
Luton | 43.5 | 41.1 | 45.9 | 46.5 | 43.9 | 49.2 | 42.3 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 65.4 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 39.6 | 39.0 | 40.4 | 41.4 | 39.2 | 43.6 |
Norfolk | 45.0 | 42.5 | 47.5 | 54.3 | 50.6 | 58.0 | 44.3 | 39.5 | 49.6 | 61.8 | 58.0 | 64.8 | 48.5 | 46.2 | 51.0 | 44.8 | 42.4 | 47.3 |
Peterborough | 42.1 | 39.9 | 44.5 | 44.1 | 42.4 | 46.0 | 43.6 | 43.4 | 43.8 | 62.9 | 66.2 | 60.9 | 41.0 | 36.5 | 45.3 | 41.6 | 39.1 | 44.1 |
Southend-on-Sea | 50.4 | 48.7 | 52.2 | 59.9 | 59.6 | 60.2 | 60.4 | 59.3 | 61.5 | 66.1 | 62.5 | 73.7 | 53.1 | 50.2 | 55.8 | 48.7 | 46.9 | 50.6 |
Suffolk | 44.7 | 42.2 | 47.2 | 52.4 | 49.1 | 55.4 | 38.0 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 63.0 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 43.6 | 40.1 | 47.8 | 44.7 | 42.4 | 47.0 |
Thurrock | 44.4 | 41.9 | 46.9 | 53.7 | 53.1 | 54.3 | 48.9 | 46.0 | 51.9 | 70.9 | 54.0 | 78.1 | 45.9 | 44.6 | 47.4 | 43.2 | 40.7 | 45.7 |
Camden | 48.3 | 44.3 | 51.2 | 46.4 | 44.6 | 48.3 | 44.9 | 37.6 | 49.0 | 70.9 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 49.3 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 49.7 | 46.2 | 52.2 |
City of London | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* |
Hackney | 49.4 | 46.2 | 52.1 | 50.1 | 46.9 | 52.9 | 46.9 | 43.2 | 50.0 | 70.1 | 64.0 | 77.8 | 48.2 | 46.6 | 49.2 | 52.2 | 48.9 | 55.1 |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 50.9 | 47.2 | 54.8 | 52.4 | 49.4 | 56.1 | 43.1 | 41.4 | 45.2 | 70.6 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 46.2 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 56.6 | 53.7 | 59.0 |
Haringey | 46.5 | 44.6 | 48.6 | 49.0 | 47.7 | 50.1 | 42.1 | 38.2 | 46.1 | 59.8 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 47.0 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 48.6 | 47.7 | 49.7 |
Islington | 45.6 | 43.8 | 47.5 | 49.2 | 47.4 | 50.8 | 43.6 | 40.0 | 47.1 | 57.2 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 44.8 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 44.7 | 43.6 | 46.0 |
Kensington and Chelsea | 55.0 | 55.5 | 54.2 | 55.4 | 48.8 | 62.0 | 50.1 | 49.7 | 50.6 | 68.3 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 54.5 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 56.9 | 58.6 | 53.9 |
Lambeth | 44.3 | 40.9 | 48.0 | 48.8 | 45.4 | 55.0 | 41.9 | 37.0 | 46.3 | 62.4 | 60.9 | 65.9 | 43.0 | 39.5 | 47.3 | 47.6 | 45.3 | 50.8 |
Lewisham | 44.2 | 41.5 | 47.2 | 44.2 | 41.4 | 47.2 | 42.3 | 39.1 | 45.7 | 58.4 | 56.5 | 61.8 | 45.8 | 43.9 | 48.1 | 45.2 | 42.1 | 48.8 |
Newham | 48.4 | 46.1 | 50.7 | 52.4 | 50.7 | 54.2 | 45.3 | 42.6 | 48.0 | 63.9 | 63.9 | 63.7 | 44.6 | 41.5 | 47.8 | 43.2 | 39.8 | 46.5 |
Southwark | 50.5 | 49.0 | 51.8 | 54.2 | 52.6 | 55.7 | 48.6 | 46.4 | 50.7 | 57.3 | 55.2 | 59.9 | 48.8 | 47.6 | 49.8 | 52.2 | 52.3 | 52.2 |
Tower Hamlets | 47.2 | 44.1 | 50.3 | 49.9 | 46.6 | 53.2 | 46.7 | 43.1 | 50.1 | 51.0 | 39.5 | 62.5 | 44.5 | 39.0 | 49.8 | 40.7 | 38.9 | 42.6 |
Wandsworth | 49.5 | 48.2 | 51.1 | 49.4 | 50.1 | 48.5 | 45.0 | 42.5 | 47.9 | 65.7 | 75.1 | 58.9 | 51.3 | 50.2 | 52.4 | 52.9 | 51.1 | 55.4 |
Westminster | 52.6 | 47.7 | 57.0 | 54.7 | 53.0 | 57.2 | 49.6 | 45.1 | 54.1 | 63.5 | 61.2 | 64.6 | 53.4 | 46.9 | 58.8 | 56.2 | 46.3 | 62.0 |
Barking and Dagenham | 46.7 | 43.5 | 50.1 | 53.0 | 50.3 | 55.9 | 47.4 | 42.7 | 52.3 | 48.0 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 45.6 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 43.3 | 40.9 | 46.1 |
Barnet | 54.7 | 52.3 | 57.2 | 64.3 | 65.3 | 63.1 | 47.6 | 44.1 | 50.8 | 69.1 | 69.0 | 69.3 | 54.9 | 51.1 | 58.8 | 53.9 | 50.8 | 57.2 |
Bexley | 49.0 | 46.5 | 51.5 | 60.4 | 56.2 | 63.9 | 54.9 | 51.5 | 57.9 | 60.6 | 57.0 | 66.6 | 50.6 | 49.4 | 51.4 | 45.8 | 43.8 | 48.0 |
Brent | 49.0 | 46.8 | 51.1 | 51.9 | 49.8 | 54.1 | 42.4 | 39.5 | 45.1 | 66.1 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 45.8 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 46.7 | 43.7 | 49.5 |
Bromley | 49.8 | 46.9 | 52.5 | 60.8 | 59.9 | 61.6 | 51.1 | 47.6 | 54.1 | 69.2 | 74.0 | 64.6 | 51.4 | 47.3 | 54.6 | 50.3 | 47.6 | 52.8 |
Croydon | 45.0 | 41.3 | 48.5 | 51.5 | 48.0 | 55.3 | 43.0 | 39.3 | 46.6 | 64.5 | 67.1 | 61.9 | 47.2 | 44.8 | 49.1 | 45.6 | 41.7 | 49.0 |
Ealing | 48.7 | 46.1 | 51.5 | 50.9 | 48.6 | 53.4 | 44.0 | 40.4 | 47.6 | 47.9 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 48.7 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 50.0 | 47.5 | 52.7 |
Enfield | 46.2 | 44.1 | 48.6 | 56.5 | 54.9 | 58.4 | 44.2 | 41.3 | 47.2 | 67.6 | 75.1 | 58.2 | 47.7 | 47.6 | 47.7 | 45.2 | 43.0 | 47.7 |
Greenwich | 45.9 | 43.3 | 48.8 | 50.5 | 47.9 | 53.1 | 46.2 | 44.0 | 48.5 | 59.3 | 57.8 | 60.0 | 45.7 | 44.2 | 47.3 | 44.6 | 41.7 | 48.0 |
Harrow | 49.7 | 46.8 | 52.6 | 54.1 | 51.7 | 56.8 | 41.8 | 38.5 | 44.9 | 68.5 | N/A* | 68.5 | 49.0 | 48.5 | 49.6 | 47.6 | 43.2 | 51.7 |
Havering | 47.5 | 45.6 | 49.5 | 52.4 | 49.0 | 54.7 | 50.8 | 48.2 | 53.5 | 66.8 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 48.2 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 46.5 | 44.9 | 48.3 |
Hillingdon | 47.1 | 44.2 | 50.4 | 53.1 | 50.7 | 56.0 | 43.9 | 40.7 | 47.7 | 35.4 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 48.6 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 44.4 | 41.1 | 48.0 |
Hounslow | 48.0 | 45.6 | 50.7 | 54.2 | 51.3 | 57.6 | 46.4 | 44.0 | 48.9 | 71.3 | 69.8 | 73.3 | 48.3 | 45.2 | 52.0 | 47.9 | 46.8 | 49.0 |
Kingston upon Thames | 55.5 | 53.3 | 57.6 | 62.0 | 59.2 | 64.4 | 45.5 | 44.0 | 47.0 | 79.6 | 78.8 | 80.4 | 54.9 | 56.6 | 53.7 | 53.0 | 50.9 | 54.9 |
Merton | 50.2 | 47.5 | 53.0 | 52.7 | 53.4 | 51.8 | 46.8 | 42.5 | 50.7 | 56.6 | 54.4 | 59.5 | 51.7 | 47.1 | 56.2 | 50.5 | 47.7 | 53.4 |
Redbridge | 51.2 | 48.2 | 54.4 | 55.3 | 52.6 | 58.2 | 44.8 | 40.4 | 49.1 | 59.7 | 58.6 | 62.2 | 48.8 | 46.3 | 51.9 | 46.9 | 44.1 | 50.0 |
Richmond upon Thames | 52.7 | 49.3 | 56.2 | 51.8 | 48.8 | 55.1 | 39.2 | 36.7 | 42.2 | 62.3 | 53.0 | 67.9 | 54.0 | 50.5 | 57.9 | 53.4 | 50.0 | 56.6 |
Sutton | 56.2 | 54.6 | 57.8 | 68.7 | 68.5 | 68.9 | 53.5 | 47.6 | 59.9 | 76.4 | 75.2 | 77.7 | 58.7 | 57.5 | 59.8 | 51.4 | 49.9 | 53.0 |
Waltham Forest | 45.5 | 43.0 | 47.9 | 47.9 | 46.8 | 49.0 | 42.0 | 39.2 | 44.7 | 51.1 | 40.7 | 65.3 | 44.2 | 42.6 | 46.2 | 46.0 | 42.6 | 49.4 |
Bracknell Forest | 46.3 | 44.2 | 48.5 | 51.1 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 44.9 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 42.9 | 39.7 | 45.4 | 46.2 | 44.0 | 48.4 |
Brighton and Hove | 46.8 | 43.9 | 50.0 | 49.2 | 44.1 | 55.4 | 45.5 | 40.3 | 51.5 | 69.7 | 67.3 | 72.0 | 46.3 | 43.7 | 48.7 | 46.6 | 43.8 | 49.8 |
Buckinghamshire | 52.9 | 50.0 | 56.1 | 53.7 | 49.9 | 57.6 | 47.9 | 47.3 | 48.7 | 69.9 | 67.5 | 73.0 | 52.7 | 49.1 | 56.6 | 52.8 | 49.9 | 55.8 |
East Sussex | 45.3 | 42.7 | 48.1 | 52.5 | 47.4 | 56.7 | 39.3 | 37.8 | 42.1 | 54.9 | 48.9 | 60.9 | 46.8 | 41.0 | 53.0 | 45.1 | 42.8 | 47.7 |
Hampshire | 47.0 | 44.2 | 50.0 | 52.3 | 48.6 | 57.0 | 44.1 | 39.6 | 49.0 | 57.3 | 55.3 | 59.1 | 48.2 | 45.5 | 50.9 | 46.8 | 44.0 | 49.8 |
Isle of Wight | 40.1 | 37.7 | 43.0 | 54.5 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 45.7 | 47.1 | 44.2 | 39.9 | 37.4 | 42.8 |
Kent | 46.3 | 43.7 | 49.0 | 57.6 | 56.6 | 58.7 | 52.7 | 48.4 | 56.8 | 68.1 | 68.3 | 68.0 | 51.1 | 46.8 | 55.3 | 45.4 | 42.9 | 48.0 |
Medway | 45.7 | 44.0 | 47.4 | 57.0 | 55.5 | 58.3 | 51.5 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 63.4 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 48.4 | 44.5 | 52.8 | 44.4 | 42.8 | 46.1 |
Milton Keynes | 44.9 | 42.6 | 47.5 | 49.5 | 48.1 | 50.8 | 44.6 | 42.0 | 47.3 | 63.2 | 63.4 | 63.0 | 44.3 | 42.7 | 46.5 | 44.3 | 41.7 | 47.0 |
Oxfordshire | 47.6 | 44.8 | 50.4 | 46.3 | 44.3 | 48.2 | 45.2 | 43.3 | 47.9 | 60.3 | 54.8 | 65.1 | 46.2 | 43.3 | 49.7 | 47.7 | 44.9 | 50.5 |
Portsmouth | 42.3 | 39.2 | 45.9 | 56.2 | 52.8 | 59.2 | 48.0 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 69.7 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 46.8 | 43.3 | 50.4 | 41.0 | 38.0 | 44.4 |
Reading | 49.6 | 47.8 | 51.5 | 56.5 | 53.4 | 58.9 | 41.7 | 37.0 | 44.9 | 80.8 | 79.5 | 82.5 | 46.6 | 42.0 | 51.2 | 48.9 | 48.2 | 49.8 |
Slough | 52.2 | 49.0 | 55.4 | 55.3 | 52.8 | 58.1 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 50.1 | 49.4 | 50.7 | 47.7 | 42.7 | 52.6 |
Southampton | 44.2 | 41.5 | 46.8 | 50.9 | 47.3 | 54.5 | 43.0 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 68.6 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 47.3 | 43.4 | 50.5 | 43.1 | 40.7 | 45.4 |
Surrey | 50.0 | 47.4 | 52.7 | 54.0 | 50.5 | 57.8 | 48.5 | 44.9 | 52.3 | 67.1 | 64.7 | 69.1 | 51.8 | 50.1 | 53.7 | 49.5 | 47.1 | 52.1 |
West Berkshire | 47.4 | 44.5 | 50.5 | 53.5 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 40.4 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 69.9 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 47.9 | 40.8 | 54.0 | 48.0 | 45.2 | 51.1 |
West Sussex | 46.8 | 43.9 | 49.9 | 49.5 | 46.2 | 52.9 | 39.6 | 35.4 | 44.9 | 53.0 | 57.0 | 50.4 | 48.8 | 46.1 | 52.2 | 46.7 | 43.8 | 49.8 |
Windsor and Maidenhead | 49.4 | 47.1 | 51.5 | 49.3 | 45.1 | 53.2 | 49.4 | 44.1 | 53.0 | 43.4 | 34.0 | 51.0 | 45.2 | 43.8 | 45.9 | 49.9 | 47.9 | 51.7 |
Wokingham | 51.7 | 48.8 | 54.8 | 53.8 | 51.2 | 57.2 | 46.1 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 69.2 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 49.7 | 49.7 | 49.7 | 51.7 | 48.6 | 54.9 |
Bath and North East Somerset | 47.5 | 43.3 | 51.8 | 56.3 | 53.4 | 59.4 | 37.0 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 55.8 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 44.5 | 39.4 | 47.4 | 47.7 | 43.5 | 52.0 |
Bournemouth | 48.0 | 45.7 | 50.5 | 55.7 | 54.0 | 57.8 | 44.7 | 42.5 | 46.3 | 59.1 | 72.3 | 43.4 | 48.6 | 49.3 | 47.4 | 47.7 | 45.2 | 50.4 |
Bristol, City of | 44.0 | 40.7 | 47.4 | 46.8 | 44.3 | 49.4 | 39.4 | 39.2 | 39.7 | 52.2 | 48.9 | 56.7 | 44.8 | 40.3 | 48.3 | 44.3 | 40.5 | 48.2 |
Cornwall | 45.7 | 43.3 | 48.3 | 45.4 | 54.2 | 39.9 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 48.2 | 43.8 | 51.8 | 45.7 | 43.3 | 48.3 |
Devon | 46.5 | 43.8 | 49.4 | 55.8 | 50.0 | 59.8 | 25.2 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 51.8 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 51.5 | 49.1 | 53.7 | 46.4 | 43.7 | 49.3 |
Dorset | 45.2 | 42.5 | 48.0 | 49.1 | 48.2 | 49.6 | 44.3 | N/A* | 44.3 | 55.0 | 56.2 | 53.9 | 46.7 | 42.5 | 51.7 | 45.1 | 42.4 | 48.0 |
Gloucestershire | 48.4 | 45.8 | 51.2 | 56.0 | 55.6 | 56.5 | 40.7 | 36.9 | 43.3 | 60.7 | 66.8 | 57.4 | 48.4 | 45.4 | 51.3 | 48.3 | 45.6 | 51.2 |
Isles of Scilly | 45.0 | 37.7 | 51.5 | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 44.8 | 36.4 | 51.5 |
North Somerset | 46.0 | 43.3 | 48.7 | 54.9 | 51.7 | 62.9 | 45.5 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 46.3 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 50.8 | 50.0 | 51.9 | 45.8 | 43.1 | 48.5 |
Plymouth | 44.5 | 42.0 | 47.0 | 52.6 | 51.0 | 54.0 | 40.9 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 64.4 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 44.6 | 37.3 | 51.9 | 44.3 | 42.0 | 46.7 |
Poole | 51.5 | 48.7 | 54.5 | 60.2 | 53.4 | 68.5 | 49.0 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 62.4 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 55.8 | 54.0 | 57.4 | 51.2 | 48.5 | 54.0 |
Somerset | 45.7 | 43.0 | 48.5 | 56.3 | 52.3 | 60.5 | 39.8 | 33.8 | 47.3 | 72.7 | 73.1 | 72.0 | 47.8 | 45.1 | 51.5 | 45.6 | 42.9 | 48.3 |
South Gloucestershire | 43.7 | 41.1 | 46.6 | 49.3 | 47.3 | 52.3 | 45.2 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 62.7 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 42.8 | 39.0 | 46.6 | 43.6 | 40.8 | 46.5 |
Swindon | 42.9 | 39.8 | 46.1 | 43.4 | 40.3 | 46.4 | 48.7 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 59.8 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 44.8 | 40.9 | 48.0 | 42.6 | 39.6 | 45.7 |
Torbay | 49.3 | 47.0 | 51.8 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | N/A* | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 49.7 | 47.5 | 52.0 |
Wiltshire | 46.6 | 44.0 | 49.4 | 60.4 | 53.0 | 65.8 | 44.0 | 46.4 | 41.2 | 60.2 | 56.2 | 67.4 | 52.9 | 51.7 | 54.3 | 46.7 | 44.2 | 49.2 |
All - England | 46.4 | 43.8 | 49.1 | 50.2 | 47.8 | 52.7 | 45.0 | 41.7 | 48.3 | 63.0 | 61.0 | 65.1 | 47.1 | 44.4 | 49.9 | 46.0 | 43.4 | 48.7 |
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Summary of GCSE results (‘Attainment 8’) for children aged 14 to 16 (key stage 4) By ethnicity, gender and area Summary
This data shows that:
- overall, girls had a higher average Attainment 8 score than boys for every local authority apart from Kensington and Chelsea – although boys had higher average scores than girls in some local authorities within some ethnic groups
- the biggest gaps in Attainment 8 scores between girls and boys were in Westminster for White pupils (girls scored an average of 15.7 points more); in Warrington for pupils with Mixed ethnicity (girls scored an average of 17.3 points more); in Blackpool for Asian pupils (girls scored an average of 19.2 points more); in Central Bedfordshire for Black pupils (girls scored an average of 24.3 points more); and in Bournemouth for pupils from the Chinese ethnic group (boys scored an average of 28.9 points more)
- please be aware that the statistics quoted here for Attainment 8 achievement by local authority and gender are based on small numbers of pupils and are highly variable over time
8. By ethnicity, gender and type of selection
All | Asian | Black | Chinese | Mixed | White | |||||||||||||
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Admissions basis | All All | All Boys | All Girls | Asian All | Asian Boys | Asian Girls | Black All | Black Boys | Black Girls | Chinese All | Chinese Boys | Chinese Girls | Mixed All | Mixed Boys | Mixed Girls | White All | White Boys | White Girls |
All state-funded mainstream schools | 47.1 | 44.8 | 49.5 | 50.5 | 48.1 | 52.9 | 45.6 | 42.5 | 48.6 | 63.2 | 61.3 | 65.2 | 47.9 | 45.4 | 50.3 | 46.8 | 44.5 | 49.1 |
Non-selective schools in highly selective areas | 42.1 | 39.8 | 44.3 | 46.1 | 43.4 | 49.0 | 45.2 | 41.9 | 48.5 | 55.6 | 52.3 | 60.1 | 43.7 | 40.7 | 46.8 | 41.5 | 39.4 | 43.7 |
Non-selective schools in other areas (inc. low selective areas) | 46.5 | 44.1 | 48.9 | 48.8 | 46.3 | 51.4 | 44.8 | 41.8 | 47.8 | 60.2 | 58.1 | 62.3 | 46.8 | 44.3 | 49.2 | 46.3 | 44.0 | 48.6 |
Selective schools | 69.3 | 67.8 | 70.9 | 72.9 | 71.9 | 74.0 | 70.5 | 68.3 | 72.3 | 76.8 | 75.1 | 78.8 | 71.4 | 69.7 | 73.1 | 68.0 | 66.3 | 69.7 |
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Summary of GCSE results (‘Attainment 8’) for children aged 14 to 16 (key stage 4) By ethnicity, gender and type of selection Summary
This data groups schools by admissions type into the following three categories, according to whether they select their pupils by ability:
- selective schools
- non-selective schools in highly selective areas (where 25% or more of state-funded secondary places are in state-funded selective schools)
- all other non-selective schools (including schools in local authorities with some selection, as well as those with no selection)
In 2016/17, 22,715 pupils at the end of key stage 4 were in selective schools, 33,611 in non-selective schools in highly selective areas, and 460,255 in non-selective schools in other areas.
This data shows that:
- girls had a higher average Attainment 8 score than boys across all types of school and all ethnic groups
- girls from the Chinese ethnic group in selective schools had the highest average score for Attainment 8 (78.8) out of all ethnic groups, types of school and among boys and girls; White boys in non-selective schools in highly selective areas had the lowest (39.4)
- overall, the biggest difference in scores between boys and girls was found among Chinese pupils in non-selective schools in highly selective areas
- the smallest difference in scores between boys and girls was among Asian pupils in selective schools
- for White pupils, the biggest gap between girls and boys was found in non-selective schools in non-selective areas, where girls scored an average of 4.6 points more than boys
9. By ethnicity and type of school
All | Asian | Black | Chinese | Mixed | White | |||||||
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School Type | All Score | All Pupils | Asian Score | Asian Pupils | Black Score | Black Pupils | Chinese Score | Chinese Pupils | Mixed Score | Mixed Pupils | White Score | White Pupils |
Academies and free schools | 47.8 | 343,917 | 51.9 | 32,383 | 46.4 | 16,747 | 64.7 | 1,466 | 48.8 | 15,314 | 47.3 | 268,974 |
All state-funded mainstream schools | 47.1 | 517,756 | 50.5 | 52,047 | 45.6 | 27,385 | 63.2 | 2,053 | 47.9 | 23,009 | 46.8 | 398,259 |
All state-funded schools | 46.3 | 527,859 | 49.8 | 52,787 | 44.8 | 27,922 | 62.6 | 2,073 | 47.0 | 23,483 | 45.9 | 406,342 |
Converter academies | 49.9 | 250,283 | 54.1 | 22,782 | 47.9 | 10,066 | 66.5 | 1,183 | 51.0 | 10,770 | 49.4 | 199,607 |
Free schools | 48.7 | 3,362 | 54.0 | 847 | 46.2 | 260 | 56.3 | 19 | 48.4 | 196 | 46.9 | 1,860 |
Further education colleges with provision for 14- to 16-year-olds | 14.2 | 1,175 | 1.5 | 12 | 2.0 | 11 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 3.8 | 7 | 9.3 | 78 |
Local authority maintained mainstream schools | 46.0 | 172,106 | 48.2 | 19,620 | 44.4 | 10,604 | 59.3 | 583 | 46.1 | 7,638 | 45.7 | 128,774 |
Sponsored academies | 42.2 | 86,459 | 46.2 | 8,424 | 44.3 | 6,204 | 56.8 | 261 | 43.6 | 4,182 | 41.4 | 64,659 |
State-funded special schools | 2.7 | 10,103 | 1.1 | 740 | 1.7 | 537 | 0.4 | 20 | 3.5 | 474 | 2.9 | 8,083 |
Studio schools | 36.5 | 1,258 | 40.6 | 78 | 43.5 | 27 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 34.9 | 46 | 36.1 | 1,046 |
University technical colleges | 37.5 | 2,555 | 39.6 | 252 | 36.3 | 190 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 35.8 | 120 | 37.6 | 1,802 |
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Summary of GCSE results (‘Attainment 8’) for children aged 14 to 16 (key stage 4) By ethnicity and type of school Summary
In 2016/17, 65% of pupils at the end of key stage 4 were educated in academies and free schools, 33% in local authority-maintained mainstream schools, 2% in state-funded special schools.
This data shows that:
- overall, across all state-funded mainstream schools (but excluding state-funded special schools), pupils from the Chinese ethnic group had the highest average Attainment 8 score (63.2) and Black pupils the lowest (45.6)
- pupils from the Chinese ethnic group also had the highest average Attainment 8 scores and Black pupils the lowest within most types of state-funded mainstream school (local authority-maintained mainstream school, and academy or free school); sponsored academies were the exception, with White pupils (41.4) scoring lower than Black pupils (44.3)
10. By ethnicity, special education needs and gender
All | Asian | Black | Chinese | Mixed | White | |||||||||||||
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SEN | All All | All Boys | All Girls | Asian All | Asian Boys | Asian Girls | Black All | Black Boys | Black Girls | Chinese All | Chinese Boys | Chinese Girls | Mixed All | Mixed Boys | Mixed Girls | White All | White Boys | White Girls |
All SEN | 27.1 | 25.9 | 29.2 | 27.6 | 26.4 | 29.5 | 27.1 | 25.5 | 29.6 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 27.7 | 26.2 | 30.2 | 27.0 | 25.9 | 29.1 |
No identified SEN | 49.5 | 47.6 | 51.4 | 52.5 | 50.4 | 54.5 | 47.9 | 45.1 | 50.5 | 64.3 | 62.5 | 66.1 | 50.3 | 48.3 | 52.2 | 49.1 | 47.2 | 50.9 |
SEN Support | 31.9 | 30.9 | 33.4 | 32.7 | 31.4 | 34.6 | 31.7 | 30.5 | 33.5 | 44.0 | 43.1 | 45.8 | 32.6 | 31.4 | 34.1 | 31.8 | 30.9 | 33.2 |
SEN with a statement or EHC plan | 13.9 | 14.5 | 12.4 | 13.1 | 13.5 | 12.2 | 12.9 | 13.5 | 11.4 | 18.1 | 18.0 | 18.1 | 13.9 | 14.3 | 12.8 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 12.5 |
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Summary of GCSE results (‘Attainment 8’) for children aged 14 to 16 (key stage 4) By ethnicity, special education needs and gender Summary
Pupils with special education needs (SEN) have learning difficulties or disabilities that make it harder for them to learn than most students of the same age.
The data categorises pupils as follows:
- all SEN: pupils either receiving SEN support, or with a SEN statement or an education, health and care (EHC) plan
- no identified SEN: pupils with no special needs
- SEN support: pupils who are given extra or different help from that provided as part of the school’s usual curriculum, and whose class teacher and SEN coordinator (SENCO) may receive advice or support from outside specialists
- SEN with a statement or EHC plan: pupils who are given a SEN statement or EHC plan once a formal assessment of their needs has been made
In 2016/17, there were 74,420 pupils with special education needs at the end of key stage 4. Of these, 79% were White, 5% had Mixed ethnicity, 8% were Asian, 6% were Black and 0.2% were from the Chinese ethnic group.
This data shows that:
- of the 74,420 SEN pupils in total, 74% had SEN support and 26% had an SEN statement or EHC plan
- out of all pupils with special education needs across all ethnic groups, those from the Chinese ethnic group had the highest average Attainment 8 score (36.5) and White pupils had the lowest (27.0)
- among pupils with special education needs, the biggest difference between boys and girls in Attainment 8 achievement was found among Black pupils and those with Mixed ethnicity – in both groups, girls scored 4 points more than boys on average
11. By ethnicity, religion of school and gender
All | Asian | Black | Chinese | Mixed | White | |||||||||||||
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Religious character | All All | All Boys | All Girls | Asian All | Asian Boys | Asian Girls | Black All | Black Boys | Black Girls | Chinese All | Chinese Boys | Chinese Girls | Mixed All | Mixed Boys | Mixed Girls | White All | White Boys | White Girls |
All state-funded mainstream schools | 47.1 | 44.8 | 49.5 | 50.5 | 48.1 | 52.9 | 45.6 | 42.5 | 48.6 | 63.2 | 61.3 | 65.2 | 47.9 | 45.4 | 50.3 | 46.8 | 44.5 | 49.1 |
Church of England schools | 48.1 | 46.1 | 50.2 | 51.9 | 51.0 | 53.1 | 46.3 | 42.7 | 49.6 | 64.2 | 65.3 | 62.3 | 48.7 | 47.5 | 50.1 | 47.9 | 45.8 | 50.0 |
Hindu school | 54.9 | 53.6 | 56.8 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality |
Jewish schools | 58.6 | 56.7 | 60.5 | 58.2 | 55.1 | 63.5 | 42.5 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 58.5 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 52.4 | 50.9 | 53.7 | 57.8 | 55.3 | 60.0 |
Muslim schools | 56.6 | 55.9 | 56.9 | 57.1 | 56.4 | 57.4 | 50.1 | 51.5 | 48.8 | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | N/A* | withheld to protect confidentiality |
No religious character | 46.9 | 44.5 | 49.3 | 50.0 | 47.6 | 52.5 | 45.0 | 41.9 | 48.1 | 63.1 | 60.7 | 65.6 | 47.5 | 45.0 | 50.1 | 46.5 | 44.2 | 48.8 |
Other Christian faith schools | 48.2 | 46.5 | 50.1 | 58.9 | 57.0 | 61.4 | 46.3 | 42.8 | 50.5 | 66.8 | 65.4 | 69.1 | 52.0 | 51.6 | 52.5 | 46.8 | 45.0 | 48.6 |
Roman Catholic schools | 49.0 | 46.8 | 51.1 | 52.2 | 49.7 | 54.9 | 47.6 | 45.1 | 49.6 | 61.5 | 60.3 | 62.3 | 49.0 | 46.4 | 51.2 | 48.8 | 46.6 | 50.9 |
Sikh school | 54.5 | 52.6 | 56.7 | 55.0 | 53.3 | 57.2 | withheld to protect confidentiality | N/A* | withheld to protect confidentiality | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | N/A* | withheld to protect confidentiality |
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Summary of GCSE results (‘Attainment 8’) for children aged 14 to 16 (key stage 4) By ethnicity, religion of school and gender Summary
This data divides schools into the following religious categories:
- no religious character
- Church of England schools
- Roman Catholic schools
- Other Christian faith schools (including those of mixed denomination or other Christian beliefs, for example, Greek Orthodox)
- Jewish schools
- Muslim schools
- Sikh schools
- Hindu school
There were 517,756 pupils at the end of key stage 4 attending state-funded mainstream schools in 2016/17. 82% of pupils attended schools with no religious character, 10% attended Roman Catholic schools, 6% attended Church of England schools, 2% attended Other Christian faith schools, 0.3% attended Jewish schools, 0.1% attended Muslim schools, 0.1% attended Sikh schools and 0.02% attended a Hindu school.
The data shows that:
- overall, pupils at Jewish schools had the highest average Attainment 8 score (58.6), and those at schools with no religious character had the lowest (46.9)
- girls from the Chinese ethnic group at Other Christian faith schools had the highest average score (69.1) out of all ethnic groups and religious categories of school, and Black boys at schools with no religious character had the lowest (41.9)
- White pupils did best at Jewish schools (where they scored an average of 57.8) and worst at schools with no religious character (where they scored an average of 46.5)
12. Methodology
The key stage 4 datasets are compiled using information matched together from three data sources:
- prior attainment records (key stage 2 results)
- school census records
- qualification entries and results collected from awarding bodies
The census data is provided for all pupils aged 5 and over on 31 August 2016. Any information that still needs to be collected is recorded as ‘not yet obtained’.
If a pupil or parent refused to give information, this is recorded as 'refused'.
These statistics include pupils whose ethnicity was not obtained, who refused to respond, or whose ethnicity could not be determined.
Key stage 4 data received from awarding bodies are combined with pupil characteristics from the school census and prior attainment. Records are matched, using identifiers such as surname, forename, date of birth, UPN, gender and postcode. This successfully matches around 98% of results.
The statistics in this commission cover the data collated for the 2017 secondary school performance tables. The performance tables and the related statistical first release report results based on pupils at the end of key stage 4, who are typically aged 15 at the start of the academic year.
The coverage of the local authority and regional statistics is state-funded schools in England. This includes city technology colleges and academies but excludes hospital schools, pupil referral units and alternative provision.
Pupils are included in the figures for free school meals (FSM) if their families have claimed eligibility for FSM at the time of the annual spring school census. This FSM definition includes all who were eligible to receive free school meals, not only those who actually received free school meals. Pupils not eligible for free school meals or unclassified pupils are described as ‘Non-FSM’ or ‘All other pupils’.
Parents are able to claim FSM if they receive a qualifying benefit.
FSM is used as an indicator of disadvantage, but when drawing conclusions, it should be remembered that not all eligible parents apply for FSM and families who do not quite reach the eligibility threshold for FSM may still be suffering deprivation.
Suppression rules and disclosure control
Values of 1 or 2, or a percentage based on 1 or 2 pupils who achieved; or 0, 1 or 2 pupils who did not achieve a particular level are suppressed in circumstances where non-suppression would lead to disclosure of pupils. Some additional figures have been suppressed to prevent the possibility of a suppressed figure being revealed.
This suppression is consistent with DfE’s statistical policy statement on confidentiality (PDF opens in a new window or tab) (PDF). The Code of Practice for Official Statistics requires DfE to take reasonable steps to ensure that their published or disseminated statistics protect confidentiality.
Rounding
Figures in charts and tables are rounded to the 1 decimal place. In the downloads, percentages and Attainment 8 scores are rounded to 1 decimal place.
Related publications
Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2017
Quality and methodology information
13. Data sources
Source
Revised GCSE and equivalent results in England: 2016 to 2017
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 schools’ and pupils’ performance at key stage 4 (GCSE), both to monitor and improve standards and inform parental choice.
14. Download the data
This file contains the following: ethnicity, year, local authority, gender, value and denominator
This file contains the following: ethnicity, year, gender, FSM, admissions basis, type of school, SEN, religious character, value and denominator