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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Key Stage 4 key indicators by Free School Meal entitlement and gender (legacy data)

This cube covers data published in the Welsh Government's annual "Examination Results" release. From 2018/19 the Welsh government has introduced a new set of performance measures. As a result this report is no longer being updated. For these new measures please see the ‘Key Stage 4 Interim Measures by FSM and Gender, from 2018/19’ table.

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[Collapse]AreaData can be viewed at a Wales level or broken down by the regional consortia or local authorities. The figures for Wales include all 15 year olds in Wales, including those from Independent school. Figures for Consortia and Local Authorities only include pupils from maintained schools. [Filtered]
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Click here to sortCohortFrom 2015/16, cohort based on pupils in Year 11. Up to 2014/15, cohort based on pupils aged 15 at the start of the academic year.Click here to sortPercentage who achieved Level 1Percentage of pupils aged 15 who achieved the Level 1 threshold<br />Level 1: a volume of qualifications at Level 1 is equivalent to the volume of 5 GCSEs at grade A*-GClick here to sortPercentage who achieved Level 2Percentage of pupils aged 15 who achieved the Level 2 threshold<br />Level 2: a volume of qualifications at Level 2 is equivalent to the volume of 5 GCSEs at grade A*-CClick here to sortPercentage who achieved Level 2 incl. English/Welsh and mathsLevel 2 Inclusive: a volume of qualifications at Level 2 (equivalent to the volume of 5 GCSEs at grade A*-C) Including an A*-C GCSE pass in English or Welsh 1st language and MathematicsClick here to sortCapped 9 ScoreClick here to sortAverage capped wider points scoreAverage capped wider points score for pupils aged 15. This is the average points gained from the 8 best qualifications achieved by each pupil.Click here to sortPercentage achieving A*-C in Maths (best of)Percentage of pupils aged 15 who achieved a Level 2 (A*-C GCSE or equivalent) core Maths qualification. \'Core\' is defined as contributing the the Core Subject Indicator (CSI). From 2016/17, the best of GCSE Mathematics/ Mathematics - Numeracy is used to calculate the overall Mathematics A*-C.Click here to sortPercentage who achieved the Skills Challenge Certificate at National or Foundation LevelClick here to sortPercentage who achieved the Skills Challenge Certificate at National LevelClick here to sortPercentage who achieved the Welsh Baccalaureate at National or Foundation LevelClick here to sortPercentage who achieved the Welsh Baccalaureate at National Level
Eligible for FSM[Collapse]All Pupils9,180177.183.158.1582.8555.577.775.554.371.626.0
All PupilsBoys4,779172.372.350.5558.6532.077.872.247.668.422.2
Girls4,401182.294.866.4609.1581.077.679.061.675.230.3
Not eligible for FSM[Collapse]All Pupils50,879195.1147.6122.7739.9683.4138.791.979.490.757.8
All PupilsBoys25,955193.8137.5114.2717.2661.5138.089.572.488.351.7
Girls24,924196.4158.1131.5763.5706.1139.394.486.693.364.2
All Pupils[Collapse]All Pupils61,750188.1134.1109.8700.4649.9126.086.973.485.351.4
All PupilsBoys31,830185.2123.1100.8673.6624.5124.583.866.182.145.4
Girls29,920191.3145.8119.3728.9677.0127.790.281.188.757.9

Metadata

General description

This table covers data published in the Welsh Government's annual "Examination Results" release. It provides information on headline indicators for Year 11 pupils by free school meal entitlement (FSM). For more information see the Weblinks.

Rounding applied

Percentages are shown as whole numbers and have been rounded to 0 decimal places.

Keywords

GCSE; KS4, FSM

Title

Key Stage 4 indicators by Free School Meal entitlement

Last update

December 2019 December 2019

Next update

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Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Welsh Examinations Database, Welsh Government (via Awarding Organisations and a contracted collection body)

Source 2

Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC), Welsh Government

Contact email

school.stats@gov.wales

Designation

National Statistics

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

Statistical quality

For more Information see the notes section of the Examination Results release (See Weblinks)