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Percentage of students achieving grades AAB or better at A level (9558) Metric type
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- This is the number of students achieving at least AAB or better A levels expressed as a percentage of students at the end of advanced level study who were entered for at least one A level, applied single A level, applied double A level or combined A/AS level during 16-18 study, excluding critical thinking and general studies. This measure only includes A level students who have entered less than a total of size 1 in other academic, applied general and tech level qualifications.
An applied double award A level at grade A*A* counts as two grade A*s, AA counts as two grade As and an award at grade AB counts as one grade A.
The 16-18 school and college performance headline measures changed in 2016, as a result of previously announced government reforms to the way schools and colleges are held to account for their performance. Results for 2019/20 and 2020/21 includes grades awarded to students, when exams and assessments were cancelled, due to Covid-19 and are not comparable with earlier years.
Local authority, region and the total (state-funded sector) figures cover all state-funded mainstream schools, academies, free schools, city technology colleges (CTCs), state-funded special schools and FE sector colleges. Excludes pupil referral units (PRUs), alternative provision (AP), hospital schools, non-maintained special schools, other government department funded colleges, independent schools, independent special schools and independent schools approved to take pupils with special educational needs (SEN).
Values of 1 or 2, or a percentage based on 1 or 2 pupils are suppressed. Regional level figures are rounded down to the nearest 5.
- Modified
- 22 Nov 2023
- Data last updated
- 22 Nov 2023
- Short label
- % achieving grades AAB or better at A level
- Status
- Live
- Output precision
- 1
- Polarity
- a high value is good
- Measure
- Per cent achieving AAB
- Dataset
- A level or applied A level
- Collection
- A levels and other 16 to 18 results
- Source
- Department for Education
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