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Key stage 4 results: Buckinghamshire

location id: 5PHdi
location name: Buckinghamshire
location code: E10000002
geographic level label: Local authority
academic year: 2018/19
time period: 2018/2019
pupil characteristic: Total
characteristic topic: Total

Headline measures by academic year and pupil characteristic

Every row the source holds for this area, newest academic year first. Each cell is the value in that record; a suppressed or null value prints as “not available”.

2018/19

Pupil characteristic: Total — characteristic topic: Total

academic_year	pupil_characteristic	characteristic_topic	Average Attainment 8 score	Average Attainment 8 score for English element	Average Attainment 8 score for maths element	Average Attainment 8 score for sciences, history or geography, and languages element	Average Attainment 8 score for open element	Average number of GCSE entries with discounting applied	Average number of KS4 entries with discounting applied	Number of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs	Percentage of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving any passes at GCSE or equivalent (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in English lang or lit (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in maths (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in either science pathway (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in a foreign language (%)	Average Progress 8 score	Number of pupils included in Progress 8 measure	Number of schools
2018/19	Total	Total	55.1	11.4	11.0	16.3	16.4	8.3	8.7	5,639	97.4 %	75.5 %	59.9 %	98.1 %	96.3 %	96.7 %	99.1 %	98.2 %	0.16	5,314	45

Pupil characteristic: Boys — characteristic topic: Sex

academic_year	pupil_characteristic	characteristic_topic	Average Attainment 8 score	Average Attainment 8 score for English element	Average Attainment 8 score for maths element	Average Attainment 8 score for sciences, history or geography, and languages element	Average Attainment 8 score for open element	Average number of GCSE entries with discounting applied	Average number of KS4 entries with discounting applied	Number of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs	Percentage of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving any passes at GCSE or equivalent (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in English lang or lit (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in maths (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in either science pathway (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in a foreign language (%)	Average Progress 8 score	Number of pupils included in Progress 8 measure	Number of schools
2018/19	Boys	Sex	53.1	10.6	11.0	16.0	15.5	8.2	8.6	2,859	96.8 %	73.7 %	58.4 %	97.8 %	95.1 %	96.2 %	99.1 %	97.4 %	-0.06	2,719	40

Pupil characteristic: Girls — characteristic topic: Sex

academic_year	pupil_characteristic	characteristic_topic	Average Attainment 8 score	Average Attainment 8 score for English element	Average Attainment 8 score for maths element	Average Attainment 8 score for sciences, history or geography, and languages element	Average Attainment 8 score for open element	Average number of GCSE entries with discounting applied	Average number of KS4 entries with discounting applied	Number of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs	Percentage of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving any passes at GCSE or equivalent (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in English lang or lit (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in maths (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in either science pathway (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in a foreign language (%)	Average Progress 8 score	Number of pupils included in Progress 8 measure	Number of schools
2018/19	Girls	Sex	57.2	12.2	10.9	16.7	17.4	8.4	8.8	2,780	98.1 %	77.4 %	61.4 %	98.5 %	97.5 %	97.2 %	99.1 %	98.9 %	0.39	2,595	39

Pupil characteristic: All SEN provision — characteristic topic: SEN provision

academic_year	pupil_characteristic	characteristic_topic	Average Attainment 8 score	Average Attainment 8 score for English element	Average Attainment 8 score for maths element	Average Attainment 8 score for sciences, history or geography, and languages element	Average Attainment 8 score for open element	Average number of GCSE entries with discounting applied	Average number of KS4 entries with discounting applied	Number of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs	Percentage of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving any passes at GCSE or equivalent (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in English lang or lit (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in maths (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in either science pathway (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in a foreign language (%)	Average Progress 8 score	Number of pupils included in Progress 8 measure	Number of schools
2018/19	All SEN provision	SEN provision	35.1	7.6	7.0	10.1	10.4	6.2	6.7	621	82.5 %	40.8 %	29.0 %	87.3 %	79.3 %	80.1 %	98.7 %	97.8 %	-0.47	710	45

Pupil characteristic: Education, health and care plan — characteristic topic: SEN provision

academic_year	pupil_characteristic	characteristic_topic	Average Attainment 8 score	Average Attainment 8 score for English element	Average Attainment 8 score for maths element	Average Attainment 8 score for sciences, history or geography, and languages element	Average Attainment 8 score for open element	Average number of GCSE entries with discounting applied	Average number of KS4 entries with discounting applied	Number of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs	Percentage of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving any passes at GCSE or equivalent (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in English lang or lit (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in maths (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in either science pathway (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in a foreign language (%)	Average Progress 8 score	Number of pupils included in Progress 8 measure	Number of schools
2018/19	Education, health and care plan	SEN provision	16.9	3.8	3.4	4.6	5.0	3.4	3.6	112	48.1 %	16.3 %	8.2 %	61.8 %	44.2 %	47.2 %	99.1 %	100.0 %	-1.07	228	35

Pupil characteristic: SEN support / SEN without an EHC plan — characteristic topic: SEN provision

academic_year	pupil_characteristic	characteristic_topic	Average Attainment 8 score	Average Attainment 8 score for English element	Average Attainment 8 score for maths element	Average Attainment 8 score for sciences, history or geography, and languages element	Average Attainment 8 score for open element	Average number of GCSE entries with discounting applied	Average number of KS4 entries with discounting applied	Number of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs	Percentage of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving any passes at GCSE or equivalent (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in English lang or lit (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in maths (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in either science pathway (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in a foreign language (%)	Average Progress 8 score	Number of pupils included in Progress 8 measure	Number of schools
2018/19	SEN support / SEN without an EHC plan	SEN provision	43.2	9.3	8.6	12.5	12.8	7.5	8.0	509	97.9 %	51.7 %	38.3 %	98.7 %	95.0 %	94.8 %	98.6 %	97.6 %	-0.18	482	37

Pupil characteristic: No SEN provision — characteristic topic: SEN provision

academic_year	pupil_characteristic	characteristic_topic	Average Attainment 8 score	Average Attainment 8 score for English element	Average Attainment 8 score for maths element	Average Attainment 8 score for sciences, history or geography, and languages element	Average Attainment 8 score for open element	Average number of GCSE entries with discounting applied	Average number of KS4 entries with discounting applied	Number of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs	Percentage of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving any passes at GCSE or equivalent (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in English lang or lit (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in maths (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in either science pathway (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in a foreign language (%)	Average Progress 8 score	Number of pupils included in Progress 8 measure	Number of schools
2018/19	No SEN provision	SEN provision	58.1	12.0	11.6	17.3	17.3	8.6	9.0	5,018	99.6 %	80.7 %	64.5 %	99.8 %	98.8 %	99.2 %	99.2 %	98.3 %	0.26	4,604	37

Pupil characteristic: Disadvantaged — characteristic topic: Disadvantage status

academic_year	pupil_characteristic	characteristic_topic	Average Attainment 8 score	Average Attainment 8 score for English element	Average Attainment 8 score for maths element	Average Attainment 8 score for sciences, history or geography, and languages element	Average Attainment 8 score for open element	Average number of GCSE entries with discounting applied	Average number of KS4 entries with discounting applied	Number of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs	Percentage of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving any passes at GCSE or equivalent (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in English lang or lit (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in maths (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in either science pathway (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in a foreign language (%)	Average Progress 8 score	Number of pupils included in Progress 8 measure	Number of schools
2018/19	Disadvantaged	Disadvantage status	37.6	8.4	7.3	10.5	11.3	6.9	7.6	743	92.5 %	46.0 %	29.1 %	94.3 %	89.7 %	90.4 %	96.7 %	95.4 %	-0.48	765	45

Pupil characteristic: Not known to be disadvantaged — characteristic topic: Disadvantage status

academic_year	pupil_characteristic	characteristic_topic	Average Attainment 8 score	Average Attainment 8 score for English element	Average Attainment 8 score for maths element	Average Attainment 8 score for sciences, history or geography, and languages element	Average Attainment 8 score for open element	Average number of GCSE entries with discounting applied	Average number of KS4 entries with discounting applied	Number of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs	Percentage of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving any passes at GCSE or equivalent (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in English lang or lit (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in maths (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in either science pathway (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in a foreign language (%)	Average Progress 8 score	Number of pupils included in Progress 8 measure	Number of schools
2018/19	Not known to be disadvantaged	Disadvantage status	57.9	11.9	11.6	17.3	17.2	8.5	8.9	4,896	98.2 %	80.2 %	64.8 %	98.8 %	97.3 %	97.8 %	99.5 %	98.5 %	0.27	4,549	45

Pupil characteristic: Known or believed to be English — characteristic topic: First language

academic_year	pupil_characteristic	characteristic_topic	Average Attainment 8 score	Average Attainment 8 score for English element	Average Attainment 8 score for maths element	Average Attainment 8 score for sciences, history or geography, and languages element	Average Attainment 8 score for open element	Average number of GCSE entries with discounting applied	Average number of KS4 entries with discounting applied	Number of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs	Percentage of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving any passes at GCSE or equivalent (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in English lang or lit (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in maths (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in either science pathway (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in a foreign language (%)	Average Progress 8 score	Number of pupils included in Progress 8 measure	Number of schools
2018/19	Known or believed to be English	First language	55.5	11.5	11.0	16.5	16.5	8.3	8.7	4,662	97.3 %	76.5 %	61.1 %	98.1 %	96.2 %	96.8 %	99.2 %	98.2 %	0.11	4,448	45

Pupil characteristic: Known or believed to be other than English — characteristic topic: First language

academic_year	pupil_characteristic	characteristic_topic	Average Attainment 8 score	Average Attainment 8 score for English element	Average Attainment 8 score for maths element	Average Attainment 8 score for sciences, history or geography, and languages element	Average Attainment 8 score for open element	Average number of GCSE entries with discounting applied	Average number of KS4 entries with discounting applied	Number of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs	Percentage of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving any passes at GCSE or equivalent (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in English lang or lit (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in maths (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in either science pathway (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in a foreign language (%)	Average Progress 8 score	Number of pupils included in Progress 8 measure	Number of schools
2018/19	Known or believed to be other than English	First language	53.0	11.0	10.6	15.7	15.8	8.2	8.8	966	98.0 %	70.6 %	54.2 %	98.3 %	96.7 %	96.3 %	98.7 %	98.3 %	0.43	857	42

Pupil characteristic: High prior attainment — characteristic topic: Prior attainment

academic_year	pupil_characteristic	characteristic_topic	Average Attainment 8 score	Average Attainment 8 score for English element	Average Attainment 8 score for maths element	Average Attainment 8 score for sciences, history or geography, and languages element	Average Attainment 8 score for open element	Average number of GCSE entries with discounting applied	Average number of KS4 entries with discounting applied	Number of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs	Percentage of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving any passes at GCSE or equivalent (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in English lang or lit (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in maths (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in either science pathway (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in a foreign language (%)	Average Progress 8 score	Number of pupils included in Progress 8 measure	Number of schools
2018/19	High prior attainment	Prior attainment	67.6	13.5	13.7	20.5	19.8	9.3	9.5	3,098	99.6 %	96.7 %	88.1 %	99.8 %	99.3 %	99.7 %	99.6 %	98.5 %	0.34	3,110	38

Pupil characteristic: Low prior attainment — characteristic topic: Prior attainment

academic_year	pupil_characteristic	characteristic_topic	Average Attainment 8 score	Average Attainment 8 score for English element	Average Attainment 8 score for maths element	Average Attainment 8 score for sciences, history or geography, and languages element	Average Attainment 8 score for open element	Average number of GCSE entries with discounting applied	Average number of KS4 entries with discounting applied	Number of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs	Percentage of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving any passes at GCSE or equivalent (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in English lang or lit (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in maths (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in either science pathway (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in a foreign language (%)	Average Progress 8 score	Number of pupils included in Progress 8 measure	Number of schools
2018/19	Low prior attainment	Prior attainment	20.6	5.1	3.4	5.2	6.9	5.3	5.9	380	79.3 %	6.5 %	0.8 %	84.1 %	76.2 %	72.7 %	96.8 %	100.0 %	-0.31	479	32

Pupil characteristic: Mid prior attainment — characteristic topic: Prior attainment

academic_year	pupil_characteristic	characteristic_topic	Average Attainment 8 score	Average Attainment 8 score for English element	Average Attainment 8 score for maths element	Average Attainment 8 score for sciences, history or geography, and languages element	Average Attainment 8 score for open element	Average number of GCSE entries with discounting applied	Average number of KS4 entries with discounting applied	Number of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs	Percentage of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving any passes at GCSE or equivalent (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in English lang or lit (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in maths (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in either science pathway (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in a foreign language (%)	Average Progress 8 score	Number of pupils included in Progress 8 measure	Number of schools
2018/19	Mid prior attainment	Prior attainment	39.9	9.0	7.6	11.0	12.3	7.2	7.9	1,693	98.1 %	54.4 %	21.5 %	98.9 %	96.3 %	98.0 %	98.6 %	96.2 %	-0.03	1,725	41

Pupil characteristic: Mobile — characteristic topic: Mobility

academic_year	pupil_characteristic	characteristic_topic	Average Attainment 8 score	Average Attainment 8 score for English element	Average Attainment 8 score for maths element	Average Attainment 8 score for sciences, history or geography, and languages element	Average Attainment 8 score for open element	Average number of GCSE entries with discounting applied	Average number of KS4 entries with discounting applied	Number of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs	Percentage of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving any passes at GCSE or equivalent (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in English lang or lit (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in maths (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in either science pathway (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in a foreign language (%)	Average Progress 8 score	Number of pupils included in Progress 8 measure	Number of schools
2018/19	Mobile	Mobility	38.8	8.4	7.9	11.3	11.2	6.9	7.3	132	95.0 %	48.9 %	36.0 %	95.7 %	84.2 %	92.8 %	96.0 %	100.0 %	-0.75	106	34

Pupil characteristic: Non mobile — characteristic topic: Mobility

academic_year	pupil_characteristic	characteristic_topic	Average Attainment 8 score	Average Attainment 8 score for English element	Average Attainment 8 score for maths element	Average Attainment 8 score for sciences, history or geography, and languages element	Average Attainment 8 score for open element	Average number of GCSE entries with discounting applied	Average number of KS4 entries with discounting applied	Number of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs	Percentage of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving any passes at GCSE or equivalent (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in English lang or lit (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in maths (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in either science pathway (%)	Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in a foreign language (%)	Average Progress 8 score	Number of pupils included in Progress 8 measure	Number of schools
2018/19	Non mobile	Mobility	55.5	11.5	11.0	16.5	16.5	8.3	8.8	5,507	97.5 %	76.1 %	60.5 %	98.2 %	96.5 %	96.8 %	99.2 %	98.2 %	0.18	5,208	45

Indicators in the table

Label, id, unit and decimal places as recorded in ks4_indicators.json for each column shown above.

Indicator	Indicator id	Unit	Decimal places
academic_year		—
pupil_characteristic		—
characteristic_topic		—
Average Attainment 8 score	H21zL	—	1
Average Attainment 8 score for English element	WcWm2	—	1
Average Attainment 8 score for maths element	EAEiq	—	1
Average Attainment 8 score for sciences, history or geography, and languages element	0e0HT	—	1
Average Attainment 8 score for open element	QtQMw	—	1
Average number of GCSE entries with discounting applied	O7IIC	—	1
Average number of KS4 entries with discounting applied	7HfYX	—	1
Number of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs	uDYo4	—	0
Percentage of pupils entering English and maths GCSEs	eNpuS	%	1
Percentage of pupils achieving grades 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs	5KXdi	%	1
Percentage of pupils achieving grades 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs	fLjYF	%	1
Percentage of pupils achieving any passes at GCSE or equivalent	9kUT4	%	1
Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in English lang or lit	Pmu5e	%	1
Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in maths	oU9um	%	1
Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in either science pathway	9kU94	%	1
Percentage of pupils achieving grade 1 or above in a foreign language	wqtDb	%	1
Average Progress 8 score	YWiHK	—	2
Number of pupils included in Progress 8 measure	T6fPJ	—	0
Number of schools	c7m31	—	0

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Source: Explore education statistics — Key stage 4 performance (data set 19e39901-560d-f972-b6f3-dd085539c095, version 2.0.1). Figures cover 2018/19. Data fetched 2026-10-30. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.