This time we calculate two measures
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2025 8:23 am
Let’s now also include pupils who move within the sector, i.e. transfer from one state-funded mainstream secondary school to another.
In some cases, we would expect pupils to leave the school they were attending in Year 7 to move to another school. This would be the case for pupils enrolled in middle schools, for example.
So for this analysis, we restrict our asia rcs data analysis to schools that cover the full Year 7 to Year 11 range.
The percentage of pupils who were on roll in Year 7 in the January Census who completed Key Stage 4 at a different state-funded mainstream secondary school (“change mainstream school”).
The percentage of pupils who were on roll in Year 7 in the January Census who did not complete Key Stage 4 at a state-funded mainstream secondary school (“leave mainstream sector”).
Results for all six cohorts are shown below.
As we saw in the previous section, the percentage of pupils who left the mainstream sector was lowest among the 2021 and 2022 cohorts. But other than that, rates of pupils changing mainstream school and leaving the mainstream sector were broadly stable. In 2023, the percentage of pupils who left the sector altogether was slightly higher than the percentage who changed mainstream school. In previous years, the latter figure tended to exceed the former figure.
In some cases, we would expect pupils to leave the school they were attending in Year 7 to move to another school. This would be the case for pupils enrolled in middle schools, for example.
So for this analysis, we restrict our asia rcs data analysis to schools that cover the full Year 7 to Year 11 range.
The percentage of pupils who were on roll in Year 7 in the January Census who completed Key Stage 4 at a different state-funded mainstream secondary school (“change mainstream school”).
The percentage of pupils who were on roll in Year 7 in the January Census who did not complete Key Stage 4 at a state-funded mainstream secondary school (“leave mainstream sector”).
Results for all six cohorts are shown below.
As we saw in the previous section, the percentage of pupils who left the mainstream sector was lowest among the 2021 and 2022 cohorts. But other than that, rates of pupils changing mainstream school and leaving the mainstream sector were broadly stable. In 2023, the percentage of pupils who left the sector altogether was slightly higher than the percentage who changed mainstream school. In previous years, the latter figure tended to exceed the former figure.