GCSE results (‘Attainment 8’)
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Contents
- 1. Navigate toMain facts and figures section
- 2. Navigate toThings you need to know section
- 3. Navigate to By ethnicity section
- 4. Navigate to By ethnicity and sex section
- 5. Navigate to By ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals section
- 6. Navigate to By ethnicity and special education needs section
- 7. Navigate to By ethnicity and area section
- 8. Navigate toData sources section
- 9. Navigate toDownload the data section
1. Main facts and figures
- the average ‘Attainment 8’ score for pupils in England was 46.7 out of 90 in the 2018 to 2019 school year – Attainment 8 measures pupils’ results in 8 GCSE-level qualifications
- pupils from the Chinese ethnic group had the highest score out of all ethnic groups (64.3)
- pupils from the White Gypsy and Roma ethnic group had the lowest score (19.1)
- in every ethnic group, girls had a higher average score than boys
- in every ethnic group, pupils eligible for free school meals had a lower average score than pupils who were not eligible
2. Things you need to know
What the data measures
The data measures the results of pupils at state-funded mainstream schools in 8 GCSE-level qualifications, known as ‘Attainment 8’.
Attainment 8 is a way of measuring how well children do in key stage 4, which they usually finish when they are 16 years old.
The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 include English and maths. Out of the remaining 6 subjects:
- 3 must come from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
- 3 can be either EBacc subjects, GCSE subjects, or technical qualifications from a list approved by the Department for Education
Each grade a pupil achieves is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest).
A pupil’s Attainment 8 score is calculated by adding up the points for their 8 subjects (with English and maths counted twice). A school's Attainment 8 score is the average of all of its eligible pupils’ scores.
Attainment 8 scores are rounded to 1 decimal place.
The ethnic groups used in the data
Data is shown for the 16 ethnic groups used in the 2001 Census, with 2 exceptions:
- Traveller of Irish Heritage and White Gypsy and Roma pupils have been separated into 2 categories
- pupils in the Chinese ethnic group are in a separate category from Asian pupils
Local authority data does not include figures for pupils in the ‘Other’ ethnic group. These pupils are included in the ‘All’ category, which also includes pupils whose ethnicity was not known.
The ethnicity of 1.5% of pupils was not known.
Methodology
Read the detailed methodology document (PDF opens in a new window or tab) for the data on this page.
Pupils are included in the figures for free school meals (FSM) if their families claimed eligibility for FSM at the time of the annual spring school census. This definition includes all pupils who were eligible to receive free school meals, not only those who actually received free school meals.
In the data file
See Download the data for data by:
- type of school
- type of selection
- religion of school
Some figures do not add up to the total for all pupils when they are broken down by certain factors (for example, religion of school or special educational needs).
3. By ethnicity
| Ethnicity | Score | Pupils |
|---|---|---|
| All | 46.7 | 542,568 |
| Asian | 51.2 | 58,111 |
| Bangladeshi | 50.6 | 9,877 |
| Indian | 57.3 | 15,429 |
| Pakistani | 46.2 | 23,502 |
| Asian other | 54.5 | 9,303 |
| Black | 44.9 | 31,175 |
| Black African | 47.3 | 19,807 |
| Black Caribbean | 39.4 | 7,493 |
| Black other | 43.0 | 3,875 |
| Chinese | 64.3 | 2,006 |
| Mixed | 47.6 | 27,018 |
| Mixed White/Asian | 53.2 | 6,144 |
| Mixed White/Black African | 47.4 | 3,262 |
| Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 41.0 | 7,504 |
| Mixed other | 49.2 | 10,108 |
| White | 46.1 | 406,708 |
| White British | 46.2 | 375,412 |
| White Irish | 52.1 | 1,688 |
| Gypsy/Roma | 19.1 | 1,243 |
| Irish Traveller | 26.6 | 151 |
| White other | 46.8 | 28,214 |
| Other | 47.3 | 9,607 |
| Unknown | 40.5 | 7,943 |
Download table data for ‘By ethnicity’ (CSV) Source data for ‘By ethnicity’ (CSV)
Summary of GCSE results (‘Attainment 8’) By ethnicity Summary
Figures for the White Gypsy and Roma and Traveller of Irish Heritage ethnic groups are based on a small number of pupils and are less reliable as a result.
The data shows that:
- the average Attainment 8 score for pupils in England was 46.7 out of 90 in the 2018 to 2019 school year
- pupils from the Chinese ethnic group had the highest average Attainment 8 score out of all ethnic groups (64.3 out of 90)
- White Gypsy and Roma (19.1) and Traveller of Irish Heritage (26.6) pupils had the lowest score, followed by Black Caribbean pupils (39.4)
4. By ethnicity and sex
| Boys | Girls | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnicity | Boys Score | Boys Pupils | Girls Score | Girls Pupils |
| All | 44.0 | 276,638 | 49.5 | 265,930 |
| Asian | 48.6 | 30,008 | 54.0 | 28,103 |
| Bangladeshi | 48.2 | 4,942 | 53.0 | 4,935 |
| Indian | 54.9 | 8,082 | 60.0 | 7,347 |
| Pakistani | 43.6 | 12,063 | 48.9 | 11,439 |
| Asian other | 51.1 | 4,921 | 58.3 | 4,382 |
| Black | 41.1 | 15,519 | 48.7 | 15,656 |
| Black African | 43.6 | 9,802 | 51.0 | 10,005 |
| Black Caribbean | 35.7 | 3,776 | 43.2 | 3,717 |
| Black other | 38.7 | 1,941 | 47.2 | 1,934 |
| Chinese | 62.7 | 1,002 | 65.9 | 1,004 |
| Mixed | 44.9 | 13,558 | 50.3 | 13,460 |
| Mixed White/Asian | 51.0 | 3,130 | 55.5 | 3,014 |
| Mixed White/Black African | 44.2 | 1,617 | 50.6 | 1,645 |
| Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 37.3 | 3,629 | 44.4 | 3,875 |
| Mixed other | 46.8 | 5,182 | 51.8 | 4,926 |
| White | 43.5 | 207,380 | 48.9 | 199,328 |
| White British | 43.6 | 191,323 | 48.9 | 184,089 |
| White Irish | 49.7 | 878 | 54.7 | 810 |
| Gypsy/Roma | 16.7 | 615 | 21.4 | 628 |
| Irish Traveller | 22.7 | 84 | 31.6 | 67 |
| White other | 44.2 | 14,480 | 49.5 | 13,734 |
| Other | 44.5 | 4,983 | 50.3 | 4,624 |
| Unknown | 38.1 | 4,188 | 43.2 | 3,755 |
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Summary of GCSE results (‘Attainment 8’) By ethnicity and sex Summary
Figures for the White Gypsy and Roma, and Traveller of Irish Heritage ethnic groups are based on a small number of pupils and are less reliable as a result.
The data shows that:
- the average Attainment 8 score was 49.5 for girls, and 44.0 for boys
- in every ethnic group, girls had a higher average score than boys
- girls from the Chinese ethnic group had the highest average score out of all groups (65.9) – boys from the White Gypsy and Roma ethnic group had the lowest score (16.7)
- the smallest gap between girls and boys was in the Chinese ethnic group – the average score was 65.9 for girls and 62.7 for boys
- the biggest gap was in the White Irish Traveller ethnic group – the average score was 31.6 for girls and 22.7 for boys
5. By ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals
| Free school meals | No free school meals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnicity | Free school meals Score | Free school meals Pupils | No free school meals Score | No free school meals Pupils |
| All | 34.9 | 76,237 | 48.6 | 466,331 |
| Asian | 43.8 | 9,394 | 52.7 | 48,717 |
| Bangladeshi | 46.4 | 2,504 | 52.0 | 7,373 |
| Indian | 48.2 | 1,070 | 58.0 | 14,359 |
| Pakistani | 41.0 | 4,650 | 47.4 | 18,852 |
| Asian other | 45.0 | 1,170 | 55.9 | 8,133 |
| Black | 39.4 | 7,131 | 46.5 | 24,044 |
| Black African | 42.3 | 4,326 | 48.8 | 15,481 |
| Black Caribbean | 34.1 | 1,896 | 41.2 | 5,597 |
| Black other | 36.7 | 909 | 44.9 | 2,966 |
| Chinese | 57.9 | 130 | 64.8 | 1,876 |
| Mixed | 36.8 | 5,406 | 50.3 | 21,612 |
| Mixed White/Asian | 38.9 | 847 | 55.5 | 5,297 |
| Mixed White/Black African | 40.2 | 699 | 49.4 | 2,563 |
| Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 32.4 | 1,974 | 44.0 | 5,530 |
| Mixed other | 39.3 | 1,886 | 51.5 | 8,222 |
| White | 32.0 | 50,614 | 48.1 | 356,094 |
| White British | 31.8 | 47,358 | 48.2 | 328,054 |
| White Irish | 37.0 | 214 | 54.3 | 1,474 |
| Gypsy/Roma | 16.9 | 418 | 20.2 | 825 |
| Irish Traveller | 22.2 | 85 | 32.3 | 66 |
| White other | 39.0 | 2,539 | 47.6 | 25,675 |
| Other | 42.4 | 2,388 | 48.9 | 7,219 |
| Unknown | 33.9 | 1,174 | 41.7 | 6,769 |
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Summary of GCSE results (‘Attainment 8’) By ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals Summary
Figures for the White Gypsy and Roma and Traveller of Irish Heritage ethnic groups are based on a small number of pupils and are less reliable as a result.
Eligibility for free school meals (FSM) in England is used as an indicator of deprivation.
The data shows that for pupils eligible for free school meals:
- the average Attainment 8 score was 34.9, compared with 48.6 for non-eligible pupils
- in every ethnic group, they had lower average scores than non-eligible pupils
- pupils from the Chinese ethnic group had the highest average score (57.9) and White Gypsy and Roma pupils had the lowest (16.9)
- the biggest gap was in the White Irish ethnic group – their average score was 37.0, compared with 54.3 for non-eligible pupils
6. By ethnicity and special education needs
| Any SEN | No identified SEN | SEN Support | SEN with a statement or EHC plan | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnicity | Any SEN Score | Any SEN Pupils | No identified SEN Score | No identified SEN Pupils | SEN Support Score | SEN Support Pupils | SEN with a statement or EHC plan Score | SEN with a statement or EHC plan Pupils |
| All | 27.6 | 76,961 | 49.9 | 464,515 | 32.6 | 56,588 | 13.7 | 20,373 |
| Asian | 27.7 | 5,818 | 53.8 | 52,292 | 33.4 | 4,216 | 12.8 | 1,602 |
| Black | 26.4 | 4,371 | 47.9 | 26,803 | 31.7 | 3,152 | 12.7 | 1,219 |
| Chinese | 39.8 | 158 | 66.4 | 1,848 | 51.6 | 105 | 16.4 | 53 |
| Mixed | 28.2 | 3,848 | 50.8 | 23,169 | 33.4 | 2,823 | 14.1 | 1,025 |
| White | 27.6 | 60,661 | 49.4 | 346,034 | 32.5 | 44,733 | 13.8 | 15,928 |
| Other | 28.0 | 1,113 | 49.8 | 8,494 | 32.7 | 841 | 13.4 | 272 |
| Unknown | 25.8 | 992 | 47.4 | 5,875 | 30.3 | 718 | 14.0 | 274 |
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Summary of GCSE results (‘Attainment 8’) By ethnicity and special education needs Summary
The data shows that, for pupils with special education needs:
- their average Attainment 8 score was 27.6, compared with 49.9 for pupils without special education needs
- pupils from the Chinese ethnic group had the highest average Attainment 8 score (39.8)
- Black pupils had the lowest score (26.4) out of all ethnic groups
7. By ethnicity and area
| All | Asian | Black | Chinese | Mixed | White | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geography | All Score | All Pupils | Asian Score | Asian Pupils | Black Score | Black Pupils | Chinese Score | Chinese Pupils | Mixed Score | Mixed Pupils | White Score | White Pupils |
| All - England | 46.8 | 540,006 | 51.5 | 57,606 | 45.2 | 30,819 | 64.5 | 1,996 | 47.7 | 26,905 | 46.2 | 405,623 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 46.4 | 2,353 | 53.3 | 530 | 48.0 | 642 | 69.0 | 3 | 44.7 | 227 | 41.7 | 903 |
| Barnet | 57.1 | 3,804 | 68.6 | 536 | 49.8 | 532 | 72.9 | 44 | 55.7 | 398 | 56.7 | 1,821 |
| Barnsley | 44.1 | 2,097 | 43.7 | 7 | 38.2 | 18 | 66.0 | 1 | 49.0 | 36 | 44.1 | 2,021 |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 48.9 | 2,134 | 56.1 | 38 | 32.4 | 22 | 69.5 | 8 | 45.6 | 87 | 49.6 | 1,840 |
| Bedford | 45.2 | 1,843 | 46.3 | 271 | 40.4 | 122 | 63.3 | 3 | 42.2 | 148 | 45.6 | 1,253 |
| Bexley | 49.6 | 3,115 | 59.5 | 221 | 55.3 | 612 | 73.8 | 31 | 51.8 | 216 | 46.0 | 1,966 |
| Birmingham | 46.6 | 13,034 | 48.4 | 5,206 | 43.0 | 1,708 | 69.8 | 38 | 45.4 | 1,015 | 46.6 | 4,242 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 46.4 | 1,875 | 50.3 | 889 | 46.1 | 19 | 59.0 | 3 | 45.3 | 54 | 42.5 | 880 |
| Blackpool | 37.8 | 1,156 | 52.8 | 27 | 42.6 | 5 | 48.8 | 3 | 36.8 | 32 | 37.5 | 1,083 |
| Bolton | 44.6 | 3,325 | 51.7 | 731 | 43.7 | 170 | 58.3 | 8 | 42.9 | 128 | 42.4 | 2,235 |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 50.0 | 3,554 | 61.4 | 88 | 48.7 | 24 | 68.9 | 18 | 52.0 | 165 | 49.9 | 3,081 |
| Bracknell Forest | 46.9 | 1,112 | 49.4 | 55 | 48.7 | 33 | 72.0 | 1 | 50.9 | 56 | 46.3 | 951 |
| Bradford | 42.4 | 6,080 | 43.1 | 2,774 | 42.2 | 97 | 65.7 | 6 | 41.1 | 248 | 41.6 | 2,813 |
| Brent | 50.2 | 3,038 | 53.1 | 876 | 45.2 | 703 | 65.9 | 4 | 50.6 | 216 | 48.0 | 572 |
| Brighton and Hove | 47.6 | 2,221 | 48.0 | 81 | 46.1 | 53 | 50.1 | 9 | 47.5 | 198 | 47.8 | 1,820 |
| Bristol, City of | 44.7 | 3,378 | 47.2 | 268 | 39.9 | 385 | 72.0 | 10 | 44.3 | 280 | 45.3 | 2,339 |
| Bromley | 50.8 | 3,312 | 67.2 | 206 | 48.6 | 338 | 72.9 | 36 | 53.5 | 323 | 49.1 | 2,314 |
| Buckinghamshire | 55.1 | 5,789 | 57.6 | 1,148 | 49.8 | 156 | 74.1 | 35 | 53.7 | 366 | 54.5 | 3,974 |
| Bury | 43.5 | 2,132 | 45.6 | 339 | 39.8 | 51 | 64.7 | 9 | 43.3 | 104 | 43.1 | 1,590 |
| Calderdale | 49.2 | 2,547 | 51.8 | 429 | 45.4 | 44 | 63.8 | 4 | 46.8 | 114 | 48.8 | 1,942 |
| Cambridgeshire | 49.2 | 5,726 | 57.6 | 194 | 44.8 | 65 | 65.2 | 27 | 50.9 | 243 | 48.7 | 5,044 |
| Camden | 48.6 | 1,571 | 47.8 | 278 | 44.9 | 402 | 67.1 | 9 | 49.7 | 195 | 51.3 | 541 |
| Central Bedfordshire | 44.8 | 2,722 | 53.5 | 50 | 42.3 | 62 | 59.2 | 10 | 46.0 | 146 | 44.6 | 2,397 |
| Cheshire East | 49.3 | 3,727 | 55.0 | 43 | 43.9 | 13 | 64.8 | 16 | 50.4 | 114 | 49.2 | 3,493 |
| Cheshire West and Chester | 46.9 | 3,461 | 51.9 | 46 | 38.5 | 16 | 50.7 | 8 | 50.2 | 71 | 46.9 | 3,285 |
| Cornwall | 45.4 | 5,100 | 48.1 | 15 | 45.0 | 8 | 53.4 | 4 | 46.5 | 94 | 45.4 | 4,901 |
| County Durham | 45.0 | 4,796 | 55.8 | 34 | 46.0 | 15 | 56.6 | 7 | 52.0 | 60 | 45.3 | 4,597 |
| Coventry | 43.6 | 3,513 | 50.7 | 683 | 42.7 | 365 | 70.4 | 9 | 41.5 | 221 | 41.7 | 2,162 |
| Croydon | 45.5 | 3,640 | 51.1 | 477 | 41.5 | 1,130 | 63.2 | 17 | 45.3 | 570 | 47.1 | 1,283 |
| Cumbria | 46.1 | 4,930 | 50.9 | 32 | 44.3 | 10 | 60.3 | 17 | 51.7 | 66 | 46.1 | 4,604 |
| Darlington | 46.6 | 1,156 | 45.3 | 19 | 39.2 | 3 | 43.0 | 3 | 52.1 | 25 | 46.6 | 1,089 |
| Derby | 43.3 | 2,845 | 48.3 | 528 | 43.2 | 95 | 65.9 | 8 | 40.9 | 179 | 42.3 | 1,953 |
| Derbyshire | 46.2 | 7,249 | 49.2 | 69 | 47.2 | 17 | 61.8 | 16 | 45.1 | 163 | 46.2 | 6,936 |
| Devon | 46.3 | 6,817 | 62.8 | 39 | 35.5 | 11 | 58.6 | 20 | 47.0 | 120 | 46.2 | 6,364 |
| Doncaster | 44.0 | 3,003 | 51.2 | 92 | 48.0 | 29 | 67.1 | 9 | 43.8 | 73 | 43.7 | 2,761 |
| Dorset | 46.4 | 3,500 | 53.8 | 37 | 43.0 | 7 | 61.6 | 8 | 49.0 | 89 | 46.3 | 3,318 |
| Dudley | 43.9 | 3,299 | 45.4 | 310 | 41.3 | 100 | 45.1 | 8 | 42.9 | 231 | 44.0 | 2,547 |
| Ealing | 50.9 | 2,956 | 52.8 | 906 | 47.1 | 560 | 73.3 | 7 | 51.2 | 204 | 52.6 | 815 |
| East Midlands | 45.8 | 47,019 | 50.7 | 4,087 | 44.1 | 1,440 | 62.5 | 123 | 44.8 | 2,028 | 45.4 | 38,424 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 47.1 | 3,093 | 53.1 | 10 | 29.6 | 3 | 52.0 | 2 | 48.9 | 53 | 47.1 | 3,000 |
| East Sussex | 45.3 | 4,784 | 56.6 | 86 | 43.7 | 31 | 64.7 | 10 | 47.8 | 204 | 45.1 | 4,356 |
| East of England | 47.0 | 60,993 | 53.0 | 3,873 | 47.2 | 2,134 | 64.5 | 245 | 48.3 | 2,895 | 46.4 | 50,485 |
| Enfield | 46.5 | 3,606 | 57.3 | 308 | 43.2 | 890 | 70.3 | 19 | 49.9 | 318 | 45.1 | 1,769 |
| Essex | 46.1 | 14,485 | 62.7 | 354 | 48.1 | 477 | 64.3 | 60 | 49.0 | 507 | 45.4 | 12,735 |
| Gateshead | 46.9 | 1,842 | 57.7 | 46 | 56.7 | 19 | 72.7 | 6 | 42.7 | 22 | 46.3 | 1,666 |
| Gloucestershire | 49.6 | 6,390 | 60.1 | 206 | 44.4 | 86 | 66.0 | 20 | 50.5 | 225 | 49.2 | 5,767 |
| Greenwich | 45.3 | 2,364 | 52.6 | 178 | 46.1 | 708 | 57.6 | 28 | 44.9 | 247 | 43.0 | 1,098 |
| Hackney | 49.2 | 2,230 | 52.3 | 280 | 44.8 | 849 | 67.0 | 10 | 49.2 | 200 | 53.4 | 749 |
| Halton | 45.4 | 1,363 | 55.5 | 6 | NA | NA | 55.5 | 1 | 50.0 | 20 | 45.3 | 1,316 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 53.9 | 1,326 | 54.9 | 120 | 47.0 | 305 | 66.8 | 5 | 52.5 | 140 | 58.3 | 594 |
| Hampshire | 47.6 | 12,818 | 54.8 | 327 | 43.8 | 105 | 56.7 | 42 | 49.8 | 346 | 47.2 | 11,776 |
| Haringey | 46.9 | 2,336 | 53.3 | 127 | 41.2 | 634 | 61.5 | 13 | 50.1 | 235 | 48.6 | 1,090 |
| Harrow | 50.9 | 2,210 | 56.3 | 939 | 42.4 | 326 | 52.3 | 11 | 49.4 | 191 | 48.8 | 575 |
| Hartlepool | 43.0 | 994 | 54.0 | 17 | 34.8 | 3 | 70.3 | 2 | 47.4 | 12 | 42.7 | 952 |
| Havering | 48.5 | 2,829 | 53.3 | 162 | 50.0 | 340 | 63.2 | 16 | 50.4 | 157 | 47.8 | 2,090 |
| Herefordshire, County of | 44.7 | 1,710 | 62.7 | 5 | NA | NA | 49.5 | 1 | 39.3 | 29 | 44.8 | 1,662 |
| Hertfordshire | 51.1 | 12,874 | 59.4 | 970 | 48.2 | 545 | 67.2 | 78 | 51.5 | 800 | 50.4 | 10,275 |
| Hillingdon | 47.7 | 3,203 | 53.4 | 760 | 45.4 | 379 | 54.7 | 9 | 50.4 | 325 | 44.4 | 1,436 |
| Hounslow | 49.3 | 2,731 | 53.9 | 833 | 48.5 | 352 | 35.3 | 4 | 50.1 | 227 | 50.3 | 877 |
| Inner London | 48.4 | 26,861 | 51.9 | 5,764 | 44.3 | 8,148 | 63.9 | 183 | 47.8 | 2,619 | 50.1 | 7,648 |
| Isle of Wight | 41.8 | 1,173 | 72.0 | 1 | 47.8 | 3 | NA | NA | 40.6 | 28 | 41.9 | 1,132 |
| Isles of Scilly | 52.4 | 14 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 46.0 | 1 | 52.8 | 13 |
| Islington | 45.8 | 1,465 | 52.5 | 171 | 42.3 | 414 | 68.1 | 7 | 47.8 | 188 | 44.9 | 551 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 53.6 | 867 | 57.8 | 37 | 49.0 | 169 | 81.8 | 4 | 53.9 | 109 | 54.7 | 343 |
| Kent | 47.4 | 15,833 | 61.1 | 649 | 55.4 | 423 | 65.5 | 66 | 51.7 | 701 | 46.2 | 13,742 |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | 43.9 | 2,355 | 59.8 | 40 | 45.0 | 50 | 42.0 | 2 | 50.4 | 69 | 44.0 | 2,071 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 56.9 | 1,550 | 66.1 | 404 | 47.1 | 76 | 75.3 | 19 | 55.4 | 140 | 52.7 | 802 |
| Kirklees | 45.3 | 4,706 | 46.5 | 1,272 | 38.2 | 95 | 64.5 | 11 | 40.7 | 269 | 45.4 | 2,994 |
| Knowsley | 33.8 | 994 | 55.5 | 5 | 41.7 | 9 | 54.8 | 2 | 30.8 | 17 | 33.5 | 954 |
| Lambeth | 44.1 | 2,189 | 50.9 | 91 | 41.4 | 1,058 | 64.2 | 18 | 44.3 | 267 | 47.9 | 567 |
| Lancashire | 46.7 | 12,086 | 48.2 | 1,366 | 46.7 | 44 | 65.4 | 42 | 49.1 | 319 | 46.4 | 10,198 |
| Leeds | 45.1 | 7,621 | 46.0 | 891 | 43.3 | 466 | 67.5 | 35 | 43.7 | 398 | 46.1 | 5,503 |
| Leicester | 43.1 | 3,576 | 48.5 | 1,736 | 40.9 | 405 | 64.1 | 10 | 39.2 | 215 | 36.5 | 1,108 |
| Leicestershire | 46.2 | 7,154 | 54.8 | 583 | 44.0 | 94 | 59.8 | 22 | 45.7 | 311 | 45.4 | 6,070 |
| Lewisham | 43.7 | 2,187 | 50.9 | 131 | 40.8 | 999 | 58.8 | 21 | 44.3 | 267 | 46.0 | 623 |
| Lincolnshire | 46.8 | 7,652 | 67.4 | 135 | 50.2 | 44 | 72.7 | 10 | 54.4 | 190 | 46.2 | 7,178 |
| Liverpool | 43.1 | 4,723 | 61.3 | 144 | 42.9 | 163 | 63.4 | 44 | 44.2 | 259 | 42.3 | 3,879 |
| Luton | 43.4 | 2,594 | 46.2 | 1,163 | 41.8 | 323 | 64.5 | 2 | 42.1 | 195 | 40.2 | 838 |
| Manchester | 43.3 | 4,993 | 48.4 | 1,179 | 43.3 | 952 | 58.9 | 40 | 43.2 | 395 | 39.8 | 2,069 |
| Medway | 46.6 | 3,068 | 58.7 | 182 | 52.2 | 177 | 64.1 | 12 | 48.4 | 173 | 45.1 | 2,479 |
| Merton | 51.1 | 1,455 | 54.3 | 249 | 44.7 | 263 | 72.3 | 5 | 52.0 | 196 | 52.1 | 686 |
| Middlesbrough | 41.5 | 1,347 | 48.5 | 157 | 48.9 | 26 | NA | NA | 41.2 | 60 | 40.0 | 1,066 |
| Milton Keynes | 45.0 | 2,920 | 49.6 | 273 | 43.6 | 392 | 58.8 | 12 | 48.4 | 228 | 44.1 | 1,940 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 43.6 | 2,387 | 48.2 | 249 | 43.2 | 92 | 61.5 | 14 | 47.2 | 76 | 42.6 | 1,891 |
| Newham | 48.8 | 3,933 | 52.4 | 1,852 | 45.7 | 978 | 63.7 | 14 | 46.4 | 226 | 43.1 | 622 |
| Norfolk | 45.3 | 7,640 | 55.2 | 94 | 46.6 | 54 | 60.8 | 26 | 46.6 | 219 | 45.0 | 7,116 |
| North East | 44.7 | 25,455 | 50.0 | 902 | 46.4 | 218 | 63.3 | 60 | 48.1 | 471 | 44.5 | 23,358 |
| North East Lincolnshire | 41.4 | 1,606 | 43.5 | 11 | 34.8 | 2 | NA | NA | 45.6 | 28 | 44.4 | 1,314 |
| North Lincolnshire | 44.6 | 1,672 | 48.6 | 65 | 47.6 | 9 | 59.0 | 3 | 44.6 | 27 | 44.5 | 1,523 |
| North Somerset | 46.1 | 2,117 | 48.7 | 24 | 46.4 | 13 | 54.2 | 6 | 48.1 | 58 | 46.0 | 1,992 |
| North Tyneside | 45.9 | 2,007 | 50.9 | 55 | 38.3 | 14 | 67.4 | 9 | 48.4 | 40 | 45.7 | 1,869 |
| North West | 45.5 | 74,006 | 49.3 | 7,488 | 44.2 | 2,003 | 63.3 | 319 | 46.5 | 2,623 | 45.1 | 59,824 |
| North Yorkshire | 48.7 | 6,135 | 56.3 | 130 | 52.7 | 23 | 73.9 | 7 | 51.5 | 140 | 48.5 | 5,773 |
| Northamptonshire | 45.4 | 7,538 | 53.3 | 338 | 47.0 | 364 | 61.4 | 21 | 42.9 | 385 | 45.0 | 6,316 |
| Northumberland | 46.5 | 3,004 | 52.1 | 39 | 48.4 | 6 | 63.0 | 11 | 52.0 | 57 | 46.1 | 2,875 |
| Nottingham | 42.6 | 2,753 | 48.4 | 494 | 43.4 | 308 | 49.6 | 8 | 41.2 | 290 | 40.7 | 1,544 |
| Nottinghamshire | 47.5 | 7,746 | 54.7 | 202 | 47.3 | 111 | 64.4 | 28 | 49.8 | 281 | 47.3 | 6,837 |
| Oldham | 42.1 | 2,994 | 43.1 | 964 | 43.3 | 94 | 52.3 | 7 | 41.1 | 130 | 41.8 | 1,726 |
| Outer London | 50.4 | 52,840 | 56.6 | 11,060 | 46.4 | 9,205 | 68.4 | 344 | 50.6 | 4,870 | 48.9 | 23,508 |
| Oxfordshire | 47.4 | 6,153 | 47.7 | 363 | 43.4 | 149 | 50.7 | 16 | 47.8 | 352 | 47.8 | 5,100 |
| Peterborough | 42.2 | 2,330 | 43.4 | 388 | 46.0 | 62 | 68.1 | 7 | 40.0 | 145 | 41.9 | 1,667 |
| Plymouth | 43.7 | 2,546 | 59.7 | 24 | 49.3 | 13 | 62.2 | 10 | 51.1 | 68 | 43.1 | 2,371 |
| Portsmouth | 40.8 | 1,647 | 53.6 | 96 | 45.4 | 48 | 60.1 | 10 | 40.1 | 68 | 39.4 | 1,337 |
| Reading | 50.5 | 1,141 | 58.7 | 283 | 42.0 | 90 | 77.9 | 13 | 44.2 | 108 | 48.4 | 612 |
| Redbridge | 54.0 | 3,687 | 57.0 | 1,961 | 47.6 | 486 | 68.4 | 18 | 53.7 | 266 | 50.7 | 866 |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 43.8 | 1,539 | 52.0 | 21 | 46.2 | 3 | NA | NA | 47.2 | 36 | 43.5 | 1,465 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 54.1 | 1,586 | 50.8 | 112 | 44.6 | 63 | 68.5 | 6 | 53.7 | 158 | 55.2 | 1,184 |
| Rochdale | 42.6 | 2,350 | 43.0 | 605 | 47.9 | 82 | 72.1 | 4 | 44.8 | 98 | 41.9 | 1,533 |
| Rotherham | 44.4 | 3,140 | 45.6 | 290 | 46.3 | 47 | 58.0 | 6 | 46.2 | 65 | 44.3 | 2,706 |
| Rutland | 51.3 | 506 | 43.5 | 2 | 20.5 | 2 | NA | NA | 50.9 | 14 | 51.6 | 482 |
| Salford | 39.3 | 2,100 | 50.0 | 57 | 45.1 | 101 | 40.0 | 1 | 45.8 | 121 | 38.2 | 1,752 |
| Sandwell | 42.2 | 3,657 | 45.6 | 1,052 | 40.2 | 319 | 50.9 | 6 | 40.7 | 268 | 41.0 | 1,888 |
| Sefton | 44.2 | 2,935 | 57.4 | 20 | 33.1 | 11 | 56.5 | 10 | 44.8 | 56 | 44.7 | 2,745 |
| Sheffield | 44.9 | 5,224 | 45.1 | 581 | 44.3 | 316 | 66.6 | 19 | 42.9 | 334 | 45.2 | 3,754 |
| Shropshire | 46.2 | 2,925 | 47.1 | 25 | 34.0 | 5 | 60.2 | 10 | 49.8 | 70 | 46.1 | 2,768 |
| Slough | 53.4 | 1,856 | 56.9 | 957 | 50.5 | 164 | 76.5 | 2 | 55.4 | 173 | 46.1 | 459 |
| Solihull | 47.6 | 2,943 | 50.7 | 374 | 46.0 | 92 | 48.2 | 7 | 46.6 | 230 | 47.3 | 2,170 |
| Somerset | 44.9 | 4,935 | 54.8 | 46 | 43.4 | 14 | 55.9 | 6 | 49.5 | 102 | 44.7 | 4,713 |
| South East | 48.0 | 85,952 | 54.9 | 6,176 | 47.9 | 2,330 | 62.8 | 325 | 49.7 | 4,358 | 47.3 | 70,927 |
| South Gloucestershire | 44.8 | 2,575 | 49.3 | 85 | 41.7 | 48 | 68.7 | 6 | 42.3 | 113 | 44.9 | 2,290 |
| South Tyneside | 42.6 | 1,568 | 50.9 | 65 | 58.0 | 2 | NA | NA | 48.6 | 23 | 43.9 | 1,397 |
| South West | 46.7 | 51,455 | 53.0 | 1,174 | 41.6 | 741 | 64.6 | 140 | 48.0 | 1,667 | 46.7 | 46,342 |
| Southampton | 44.1 | 1,958 | 51.1 | 212 | 50.3 | 53 | 51.8 | 12 | 46.3 | 117 | 42.6 | 1,535 |
| Southend-on-Sea | 53.0 | 2,059 | 68.0 | 189 | 63.0 | 162 | 67.6 | 14 | 53.6 | 99 | 50.4 | 1,544 |
| Southwark | 49.5 | 2,509 | 57.0 | 144 | 47.7 | 1,146 | 63.0 | 31 | 46.9 | 273 | 51.5 | 666 |
| St. Helens | 44.5 | 1,757 | 60.5 | 20 | 45.0 | 12 | 59.0 | 2 | 48.3 | 33 | 44.6 | 1,642 |
| Staffordshire | 44.5 | 8,444 | 46.9 | 279 | 40.3 | 79 | 68.1 | 12 | 42.3 | 227 | 44.5 | 7,757 |
| Stockport | 47.4 | 2,657 | 52.9 | 180 | 39.0 | 30 | 58.6 | 13 | 47.2 | 134 | 47.0 | 2,240 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 46.4 | 2,027 | 47.3 | 105 | 55.7 | 16 | 69.0 | 4 | 49.3 | 41 | 46.1 | 1,853 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 42.8 | 2,376 | 45.0 | 370 | 45.3 | 73 | 69.8 | 7 | 44.5 | 106 | 42.0 | 1,784 |
| Suffolk | 44.9 | 6,972 | 51.3 | 109 | 41.2 | 69 | 59.0 | 9 | 48.1 | 306 | 44.6 | 6,322 |
| Sunderland | 42.9 | 2,788 | 52.4 | 95 | 47.4 | 19 | 65.1 | 4 | 48.6 | 19 | 42.4 | 2,638 |
| Surrey | 50.3 | 10,388 | 51.4 | 647 | 46.4 | 179 | 64.7 | 48 | 50.9 | 596 | 50.3 | 8,642 |
| Sutton | 58.6 | 2,796 | 71.9 | 636 | 57.3 | 234 | 75.4 | 52 | 60.7 | 229 | 52.3 | 1,556 |
| Swindon | 45.3 | 2,101 | 46.5 | 221 | 43.6 | 54 | 72.0 | 6 | 48.4 | 99 | 44.8 | 1,672 |
| Tameside | 44.2 | 2,486 | 48.8 | 263 | 49.7 | 60 | 69.8 | 8 | 50.8 | 109 | 43.0 | 2,023 |
| Telford and Wrekin | 46.2 | 1,947 | 52.2 | 134 | 48.3 | 56 | 66.7 | 10 | 48.7 | 97 | 45.3 | 1,641 |
| Thurrock | 43.6 | 1,748 | 54.6 | 91 | 47.6 | 193 | 54.6 | 9 | 46.9 | 87 | 41.9 | 1,294 |
| Torbay | 46.2 | 1,488 | 75.5 | 12 | 36.4 | 3 | 67.0 | 6 | 51.3 | 32 | 47.5 | 1,308 |
| Tower Hamlets | 48.4 | 2,808 | 50.5 | 1,962 | 45.2 | 346 | 63.7 | 15 | 39.2 | 113 | 42.8 | 270 |
| Trafford | 56.1 | 2,925 | 64.2 | 407 | 53.3 | 94 | 73.6 | 41 | 52.6 | 175 | 54.7 | 2,126 |
| Wakefield | 45.3 | 3,463 | 45.4 | 142 | 49.8 | 42 | 56.1 | 4 | 45.1 | 89 | 45.2 | 3,166 |
| Walsall | 44.0 | 3,304 | 50.4 | 754 | 44.2 | 160 | 65.6 | 10 | 42.8 | 191 | 41.7 | 2,130 |
| Waltham Forest | 46.2 | 2,605 | 49.4 | 766 | 41.8 | 571 | 55.5 | 15 | 45.6 | 262 | 46.4 | 895 |
| Wandsworth | 49.4 | 1,785 | 52.6 | 354 | 44.4 | 452 | 58.5 | 11 | 48.5 | 234 | 51.8 | 616 |
| Warrington | 48.8 | 2,297 | 48.5 | 46 | 45.5 | 24 | 70.6 | 9 | 48.8 | 55 | 49.0 | 2,111 |
| Warwickshire | 49.8 | 5,623 | 57.8 | 327 | 48.0 | 58 | 59.9 | 9 | 52.4 | 234 | 49.3 | 4,911 |
| West Berkshire | 47.7 | 1,851 | 50.2 | 44 | 48.5 | 41 | 61.8 | 6 | 48.3 | 91 | 48.3 | 1,613 |
| West Midlands | 45.6 | 60,984 | 48.8 | 10,314 | 43.1 | 3,355 | 64.0 | 144 | 44.7 | 3,387 | 45.2 | 42,175 |
| West Sussex | 46.9 | 8,002 | 51.0 | 333 | 40.2 | 128 | 55.0 | 20 | 48.1 | 335 | 46.7 | 7,066 |
| Westminster | 53.4 | 1,655 | 56.9 | 217 | 48.6 | 396 | 66.2 | 25 | 51.6 | 172 | 56.9 | 416 |
| Wigan | 45.4 | 3,352 | 52.9 | 34 | 43.2 | 30 | 60.7 | 9 | 48.1 | 51 | 45.3 | 3,190 |
| Wiltshire | 48.7 | 4,806 | 56.1 | 71 | 45.9 | 53 | 66.7 | 12 | 51.0 | 134 | 48.7 | 4,373 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 50.2 | 1,494 | 49.3 | 208 | 48.3 | 28 | 66.5 | 6 | 52.1 | 109 | 50.2 | 1,104 |
| Wirral | 48.4 | 3,388 | 63.0 | 85 | 57.8 | 13 | 64.2 | 22 | 53.8 | 82 | 47.7 | 3,150 |
| Wokingham | 50.9 | 1,744 | 53.8 | 231 | 48.5 | 77 | 59.2 | 5 | 46.2 | 109 | 51.0 | 1,289 |
| Wolverhampton | 45.1 | 2,770 | 51.6 | 619 | 45.0 | 312 | 59.5 | 6 | 41.9 | 279 | 43.0 | 1,520 |
| Worcestershire | 46.6 | 5,439 | 48.7 | 176 | 45.3 | 28 | 67.5 | 11 | 46.7 | 189 | 46.5 | 4,993 |
| York | 51.4 | 1,699 | 58.2 | 34 | 64.1 | 4 | 69.1 | 4 | 59.7 | 44 | 51.0 | 1,591 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 45.4 | 54,441 | 45.6 | 6,768 | 43.8 | 1,245 | 65.4 | 113 | 44.6 | 1,987 | 45.7 | 42,932 |
Download table data for ‘By ethnicity and area’ (CSV) Source data for ‘By ethnicity and area’ (CSV)
Summary of GCSE results (‘Attainment 8’) By ethnicity and area Summary
The summary only includes figures based on high enough pupil numbers to make reliable generalisations.
The data shows that:
- pupils in Sutton (London) had the highest average Attainment 8 score (58.6)
- pupils in Knowsley had the lowest average score (33.8)
- out of all local authorities, the highest average score for White pupils was in Hammersmith and Fulham (58.3) – the lowest score was in Knowsley (33.5)
8. Data sources
Source
Key stage 4 and multi-academy trust performance 2019
Type of data
Administrative data
Type of statistic
National Statistics
Publisher
Department for Education
Publication frequency
Yearly
Purpose of data source
The data is collected to help measure schools’ and pupils’ performance at GCSE level (key stage 4).
9. Download the data
Attainment 8 scores Local Authority (2018/19)
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Attainment 8 scores National (2018/19)
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This file contains the following: measure, ethnicity, ethnicity_type, time, time_type, geography, geography_type, geography_code, gender, age, FSM, SEN_type, SEN_grouping, admission_type, school_characteristic, religious_denomination, value, denominator and numerator