Descriptive breakdown of characteristics of study sample for students
| Indicator of student performance | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator variable | UCAS Tariff Points | Year 4 average | |||
| Variable | N (%) | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| School type | |||||
| Independent | 110 (20.88) | 342.43 | 27.29 | 73.56 | 2.46 |
| Grammar | 115 (21.82) | 342.11 | 32.95 | 73.92 | 2.58 |
| Comprehensive | 163 (30.93) | 347.30 | 18.88 | 74.25 | 2.43 |
| Sixth form | 105 (19.92) | 346.73 | 23.25 | 74.31 | 2.46 |
| State (other) | 34 (6.45) | 335.17 | 48.30 | 74.73 | 1.93 |
| p<0.01 | p=0.052 | ||||
| School performance | |||||
| High | 426 (89.31) | 346.82 | 42.85 | 74.22 | 2.52 |
| Low | 51 (10.69) | 338.05 | 22.81 | 73.96 | 2.20 |
| p=0.040 | p=0.404 | ||||
| Deprivation* | |||||
| 1 | 88 (17.81) | 335.24 | 69.89 | 73.82 | 2.57 |
| 2 | 74 (14.98) | 339.71 | 70.45 | 74.38 | 1.99 |
| 3 | 76 (15.38) | 345.21 | 69.83 | 73.93 | 2.27 |
| 4 | 112 (22.670 | 342.94 | 70.03 | 74.17 | 2.42 |
| 5 | 144 (29.15) | 343.57 | 70.27 | 74.24 | 2.63 |
| p=0.253 | p=0.542 | ||||
| POLAR 3† | |||||
| 1 | 44 (7.72) | 335.35 | 69.81 | 73.62 | 3.00 |
| 2 | 65 (11.40) | 348.52 | 70.29 | 73.92 | 2.07 |
| 3 | 109 (19.12) | 341.37 | 70.28 | 74.37 | 2.64 |
| 4 | 145 (25.44) | 343.10 | 69.89 | 74.02 | 2.41 |
| 5 | 207 (36.32) | 341.09 | 70.13 | 74.27 | 2.34 |
| p=0.260 | p=0.351 | ||||
| Sex | |||||
| Males | 196 (34.39) | 339.90 | 69.90 | 73.76 | 2.66 |
| Females | 375 (65.61) | 343.18 | 70.19 | 74.33 | 2.30 |
| p=0.227 | p=0.012 | ||||
| Ethnicity | |||||
| White | 448 (78.46) | 341.25 | 31.35 | 74.41 | 2.33 |
| Asian | 75 (13.13) | 344.66 | 28.97 | 72.97 | 2.52 |
| Black | 5 (0.88) | 325.00 | 30.00 | 74.40 | 2.34 |
| Chinese | 13 (2.28) | 351.67 | 13.37 | 71.80 | 3.00 |
| Mixed | 23 (4.03) | 343.48 | 25.34 | 74.07 | 2.27 |
| Other | 7 (1.23) | 353.33 | 10.33 | 73.42 | 3.30 |
| p=0.873 | p<0.001 | ||||
*Deprivation defined by quintiles of Index of Multiple Deprivation (1=Most deprived to 5=Least deprived).
†Neighbourhood higher education participation (1=Lowest participation to 5=Highest participation). Item Missingness (N): School Type 44; School Performance 94; IMD 77; UCAS Tariff Points 21.