England's administrative data on GCSE exam results for 15-year-old pupils, broken down by ethnic group. The dataset covers 578,265 pupils across Local Authority Districts, Government Office Regions, and national levels from 2005 to 2008. It was published by Neighbourhood Statistics and sourced from the Department for Children, Schools and Families.
Use Cases
- Analyzing disparities in 'good' pass rates (grade A*-C) among different ethnic groups.
- Tracking changes in the percentage of pupils obtaining no GCSE passes over time.
- Mapping educational attainment by ethnic group across different Local Authority Districts.
- Benchmarking national and regional GCSE performance metrics by ethnicity.
Strengths
- Covers a specific, large cohort of 578,265 pupils.
- Provides multi-geographic granularity: Local Authority District, Government Office Region, and National levels.
- Includes multiple performance metrics: total pupils, percentage with any passes, percentage with 'good' passes, and percentage with no passes.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Time coverage is limited to four years (2005-2008).
- Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the administrative source.
Provenance
- Source
- Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF)
- Collection Method
- Administrative data
- Time Range
- 2005 to 2008
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:33.134336; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- England