Academic attainment

Figures are available for the academic attainment of 16-19 year-olds. The results present 'A' and other level three numbers and rates for young people at the end of their financial year, and cover state-funded schools and colleges.

Students are eligible to be included in 16 to 18 performance measures if they are of
academic age 16, 17, 18 at the start of the 2022 to 2023 academic year (for example, 31 August 2022) and at the end of their 16-18 studies. They are identified as being at the end of 16-18 study when they first meet at least one of the following criteria:

a)  they have entered for at least 2 qualifications, each of which is at least the size of
an A level or they have entered for at least 1 qualification the size of at least 2 A
levels, in the reporting year; OR
b)  they have entered for both a T Level core and T Level occupational specialism
during 16 to 18 study (T Level attainment will not be included in performance
tables until 2024 but this rule will be applied a year early to produce a normal
cohort when reporting begins), OR
c)  they are 18 at the start of the reporting year and have not been reported in 16 to
18 performance measures at their current allocated school or college.

Please click on the following link for the full set of results on the attainment of 16-19 year olds over recent years.

There are many possible key indicators which may be found in the tables, but one is that 92.1% of Lancashire students who studied for A levels achieved at least two A levels. This is above the England level of 86% of state-funded schools and colleges. In Blackburn with Darwen the rate was 86.9% and in Blackpool 77.2%.

Page updated April 2024.