{"metric":"attainment_8","title":"Average Attainment 8 score","topic":"education","unit":"points","measure_type":"index","geography":"E92000001","comparison_method":"previous_period","latest":{"period_start":"2024-09-01","period_end":"2025-08-31","period_label":"2024/25 academic year","value":46.1,"status":"final","vintage":"2026-08-04"},"comparison":{"period_label":"2023/24 academic year","value":45.9,"vintage":"2026-08-04"},"source":{"publisher":"Department for Education","publication":"Explore Education Statistics: absence, SEN, attainment, apprenticeships, NEET, class sizes","landing_url":"https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/","sheet":"ks4","table":"19e39901-560d-f972-b6f3-dd085539c095","row":"Pupil characteristic=Total; Pupil characteristic topic=Total","column":"Average Attainment 8 score","raw_value":"46.1","file_url":"https://api.education.gov.uk/statistics/v1/data-sets","file_sha256":"301a1eda429205c90247cc4efad5564351b549d7772715a628d8459e360d8b47","release_date":"2026-08-04","release_label":"Explore Education Statistics: releases to August 2026"},"definition":"The average Attainment 8 score of pupils at the end of key stage 4 in state-funded schools in England: their best eight GCSE results, weighted towards English and maths, scored 0 to 90.\n","does_not_measure":"Results in independent schools, or comparisons across years in which grading standards were changed, including the 2020 and 2021 teacher-assessed grades.\n","links":{"page":"/education/attainment-8","series":"/api/metrics/attainment_8/series","vintages":"/api/metrics/attainment_8/vintages"}}