Results over time
Latymer Upper · St Paul’s
A-level grades at A* · 2017–2026
Latymer Upper v St Paul’s
St Paul’s comes out higher
St Paul’s comes out higher than Latymer Upper on the share of A-level entries awarded A* when the available years are compared. The same school comes out higher in every period we checked.
Based on 8 years with comparable figures (2017–2019, 2022–2026).
How we worked this out
Latymer Upper’s recorded result was typically 18.4 percentage points lower than St Paul’s across 8 shared years (2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026). “Typically” means the median of the annual differences.
We checked 21 periods, each with a start year, an end year and at least 3 years with comparable figures. Latymer Upper came out higher in 0, St Paul’s in 21. These periods overlap, so the counts are not probabilities.
- Latest shared year · 2026
- −17 pp
- Typical gap
- −18.4 pp
A positive gap puts Latymer Upper higher. Each shared year counts once in the median.
How we reach the conclusion
With fewer than 3 shared years we give the figures and no verdict. If at least 25% of the year ranges we test point the other way, it depends on the years. A typical gap under 1 point is too close to call. A gap of 1 to 3 points that at least 75% of ranges agree on holds up, narrowly; 3 points or more with at least 90% agreeing holds up, and with 75% to 90% agreeing it holds up, mostly. Anything else is mixed. On Test a claim, a typical gap that favours the other school points the other way. Where comparable figures are known only as a range and the verdict differs between the two ends, it depends on the schools’ rounding. Every year range is tested, as on Test a claim. The comparison rules in full.
2 schools · 10 years · 16 figures · 4 school-years without a compared figure
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| Year | Latymer Upper | St Paul’s | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–2012, 2014–2019, 2022–2026 | 2010–2019, 2022–2026 | ||
| Latest year both schools share: 2026 | |||
| 2026 | |||
| 2023–25 Grading as before Grading returns to its pre-pandemic standard. | |||
| 2025 | Latymer Upper41.17%: Latymer Upper, 2025, figure and source | St Paul’s59.3%: St Paul’s, 2025, figure and source | |
| 2024 | Latymer Upper41.56%: Latymer Upper, 2024, figure and source | St Paul’s60.2%: St Paul’s, 2024, figure and source | |
| 2023 | Latymer Upper38.9%: Latymer Upper, 2023, figure and source | St Paul’s50.6%: St Paul’s, 2023, figure and source | |
| 2022 The way back Exams return, graded between the 2019 and 2021 standards. | |||
| 2022 | Latymer Upper47.02%: Latymer Upper, 2022, figure and source | St Paul’s70.9%: St Paul’s, 2022, figure and source | |
| 2020–21 No exams Exams were cancelled. Teachers set the grades. | |||
| 2021 | Latymer UpperSet by teachers48%: Latymer Upper, 2021, figure and source2020–21, when exams were cancelled and schools assessed grades | St Paul’sSet by teachers76.1%: St Paul’s, 2021, figure and source2020–21, when exams were cancelled and schools assessed grades | |
| 2020 | Latymer UpperSet by teachers42%: Latymer Upper, 2020, figure and source2020–21, when exams were cancelled and schools assessed grades | St Paul’sSet by teachers2020–21, when exams were cancelled and schools assessed grades | |
| 2017–19 Reformed A levels New two-year A levels, examined at the end, arrive from 2017. | |||
| 2019 | Latymer Upper31.8%: Latymer Upper, 2019, figure and source | St Paul’s50.4%: St Paul’s, 2019, figure and source | |
| 2018 | Latymer Upper29.4%: Latymer Upper, 2018, figure and source | St Paul’s51%: St Paul’s, 2018, figure and source | |
| 2017 | Latymer Upper34.8%: Latymer Upper, 2017, figure and source | St Paul’s46.9%: St Paul’s, 2017, figure and source | |
Record details
Each figure’s status as recorded, the precision it was printed to, and its record code.
- Latymer Upper School, 2017: Published figure · 1 decimal place ·
research:latymer-upper:2017:a-level-pre-u:wikipedia-results-table - Latymer Upper School, 2018: Published figure · 1 decimal place ·
research:latymer-upper:2018:a-level-pre-u:wikipedia-results-table - Latymer Upper School, 2019: Published figure · 1 decimal place ·
research:latymer-upper:2019:a-level-pre-u:wikipedia-results-table - Latymer Upper School, 2022: Published figure · 2 decimal places ·
research:latymer-upper:2022:a-level-pre-u:combined-printed-total - Latymer Upper School, 2023: Published figure · 1 decimal place ·
research:latymer-upper:2023:a-level-pre-u:combined-printed-total - Latymer Upper School, 2024: Primary · 2 decimal places ·
ext:latymer_upper_alevel:10 - Latymer Upper School, 2025: Published figure · 2 decimal places ·
ext:latymer_upper_alevel:11 - Latymer Upper School, 2026: Primary · 0 decimal places ·
ext:latymer_upper_alevel:12 - St Paul’s School, 2017: Published figure · 1 decimal place ·
fig:st_pauls_alevel:23 - St Paul’s School, 2018: Published figure · 0 decimal places ·
fig:st_pauls_alevel:24 - St Paul’s School, 2019: Published figure · 1 decimal place ·
fig:st_pauls_alevel:25 - St Paul’s School, 2022: Published figure · 1 decimal place ·
fig:st_pauls_alevel:26 - St Paul’s School, 2023: Published figure · 1 decimal place ·
fig:st_pauls_alevel:27 - St Paul’s School, 2024: Published figure · 1 decimal place ·
fig:st_pauls_alevel:28 - St Paul’s School, 2025: Primary / Secondary · 1 decimal place ·
fig:st_pauls_alevel:29 - St Paul’s School, 2026: Headline bands — full 2026 results due in October · 0 decimal places ·
fig:st_pauls_alevel:30
Years left out, and why
- Set by teachers · 4 Grades in 2020 and 2021 were assessed by schools and teachers. They don’t enter the yearly gaps or the verdict.
Record details
Each left-out figure, as the table prints it, with its record code and the source references its record names.
- Latymer Upper, 2017 · 34:
ext:latymer_upper_alevel:3· referencesEXT_LATYMER_UPPER_3DC48EA7 - Latymer Upper, 2017:
research:latymer-upper:2017:a-level-pre-u:combined-printed-total· referencesREV_CFE1ED2B6C37 - Latymer Upper, 2018 · a third:
ext:latymer_upper_alevel:4· referencesEXT_LATYMER_UPPER_77E4FAD5,EXT_LATYMER_UPPER_D8B8B26B - Latymer Upper, 2018:
research:latymer-upper:2018:a-level-pre-u:combined-printed-total· referencesREV_D98FDCE851CE - Latymer Upper, 2019 · 31.8:
ext:latymer_upper_alevel:5· referencesEXT_LATYMER_UPPER_3A3277DB,EXT_LATYMER_UPPER_66AAFA0F - Latymer Upper, 2019:
research:latymer-upper:2019:a-level-pre-u:combined-printed-total· referencesREV_9B8BBA443CBB - Latymer Upper, 2020 · 42:
ext:latymer_upper_alevel:6· referencesEXT_LATYMER_UPPER_C2B67276 - Latymer Upper, 2020:
research:latymer-upper:2020:a-level-pre-u:combined-printed-total· referencesREV_508A8E7CE15F - Latymer Upper, 2021 · 48:
ext:latymer_upper_alevel:7· referencesEXT_LATYMER_UPPER_AACFD27C - Latymer Upper, 2021:
research:latymer-upper:2021:a-level-pre-u:combined-printed-total· referencesREV_23C3D98EA8E2 - Latymer Upper, 2022 · 46:
ext:latymer_upper_alevel:8· referencesEXT_LATYMER_UPPER_9F645B14 - Latymer Upper, 2022:
research:latymer-upper:2022:source-variant:3392e132:p2:totals· referencesREV_3392E1322729 - Latymer Upper, 2022:
research:latymer-upper:2022:dfe-later-ks5-institution-aggregated-results-1169· referencesCOMMERCIAL_DFE_2022_KS5_UNDERLYING - Latymer Upper, 2022:
research:latymer-upper:2022:a-level-pre-u:school-sheet-cumulative-shares· referencesLATYMER_RESULTS_2022_NO_PICTURES,REV_06E669E7EA5A - Latymer Upper, 2023 · 38.9:
ext:latymer_upper_alevel:9· referencesEXT_LATYMER_UPPER_3A35B2EB,EXT_LATYMER_UPPER_B0B4C801,EXT_LATYMER_UPPER_14327544 - Latymer Upper, 2023:
research:latymer-upper:2023:dfe-later-ks5-institution-aggregated-results-1307· referencesCOMMERCIAL_DFE_2023_KS5_UNDERLYING - Latymer Upper, 2023:
research:latymer-upper:2023:a-level-pre-u:school-sheet-cumulative-shares· referencesLATYMER_RESULTS_2023_NO_PICTURES,REV_DDEBCFF66901 - Latymer Upper, 2024 · 41.56:
research:latymer-upper:2024:a-level:pure-printed-total· referencesREV_8039521E225A - Latymer Upper, 2024 · 43.17:
research:latymer-upper:2024:additional:annual2025-a-level-2024· referencesREV_A38634E6E5D6 - Latymer Upper, 2024:
research:latymer-upper:2024:dfe-later-ks5-institution-aggregated-results-1112· referencesCOMMERCIAL_DFE_2024_KS5_UNDERLYING - Latymer Upper, 2025 · 41.17:
research:latymer-upper:2025:a-level:pure-printed-total· referencesREV_A50C65B70D7A - Latymer Upper, 2025 · 39.12:
research:latymer-upper:2025:source-variant:4140b0d5:p1:totals· referencesREV_4140B0D592D2 - Latymer Upper, 2025 · 41.32:
research:latymer-upper:2025:additional:annual2025-a-level-2025· referencesREV_A38634E6E5D6 - Latymer Upper, 2025:
research:latymer-upper:2025:additional:annual2025-a-level-entries· referencesREV_A38634E6E5D6 - Latymer Upper, 2025:
research:latymer-upper:2025:dfe-later-ks5-institution-aggregated-results-1136· referencesCOMMERCIAL_DFE_2025_KS5_UNDERLYING - Latymer Upper, 2026 · 42.53:
research:latymer-upper:2026:a-level:pure-printed-total· referencesREV_3DED4863FAAB - Latymer Upper, 2026 · 42.53:
research:latymer-upper:2026:source-variant:5d413417:p1:totals· referencesREV_5D41341714BD - St Paul’s, 2020:
research:st-pauls:2020:filed-report:a-level---pre-u-combined· referencesREV_DDCA27965AFD - St Paul’s, 2021:
research:st-pauls:2021:filed-report:a-level---pre-u-combined· referencesREV_B98C035D86CA - St Paul’s, 2021 · 76.1:
research:st-pauls:2021:six-school-audit:a-level:derived-annual-information-a-level· referencesSIX_AUDIT_A4873458A0514F15 - St Paul’s, 2022:
research:st-pauls:2022:dfe-ks5-institution-aggregated-results-6187· referencesEXISTING_DFE_2022_KS5_UNDERLYING - St Paul’s, 2022 · 70:
research:st-pauls:2022:a-level:2025-summary-version· referencesREVIEW_SPS_AL_2025 - St Paul’s, 2022 · 71.1:
research:st-pauls:2022:six-school-audit:dfe-completion-cohort:a-level· referencesSIX_AUDIT_57682C58358FCEC0 - St Paul’s, 2023:
research:st-pauls:2023:dfe-ks5-institution-aggregated-results-6376· referencesEXISTING_DFE_2023_KS5_UNDERLYING - St Paul’s, 2023 · 51:
research:st-pauls:2023:a-level:2025-summary-version· referencesREVIEW_SPS_AL_2025 - St Paul’s, 2023 · 50.6:
research:st-pauls:2023:six-school-audit:a-level:derived-annual-information-a-level· referencesSIX_AUDIT_5E655741B4F60DA7 - St Paul’s, 2023 · 49.7:
research:st-pauls:2023:six-school-audit:dfe-completion-cohort:a-level· referencesSIX_AUDIT_38FD403BEC7C86CB - St Paul’s, 2024:
research:st-pauls:2024:dfe-ks5-institution-aggregated-results-5755· referencesEXISTING_DFE_2024_KS5_UNDERLYING - St Paul’s, 2024 · 61:
research:st-pauls:2024:a-level:2025-summary-version· referencesREVIEW_SPS_AL_2025 - St Paul’s, 2024 · 59.2:
research:st-pauls:2024:six-school-audit:dfe-completion-cohort:a-level· referencesSIX_AUDIT_03F2FBE2C616A6C9 - St Paul’s, 2025:
research:st-pauls:2025:dfe-ks5-institution-aggregated-results-5471· referencesEXISTING_DFE_2025_KS5_UNDERLYING - St Paul’s, 2025 · 54.5:
research:st-pauls:2025:six-school-audit:dfe-completion-cohort:a-level· referencesSIX_AUDIT_9FBB538325ACF358 - St Paul’s, 2026 · 60:
research:st-pauls:2026:school-article:a-level-headlines· referencesREV_5FDB981BFC6C - St Paul’s, 2026:
research:st-pauls:2026:school-article:nothing-below-a· referencesREV_5FDB981BFC6C - St Paul’s, 2026:
research:st-pauls:2026:school-article:three-or-more-a-star· referencesREV_5FDB981BFC6C - St Paul’s, 2026:
research:st-pauls:2026:school-article:four-a-star· referencesREV_5FDB981BFC6C - St Paul’s, 2026:
research:st-pauls:2026:school-article:nothing-below-a-percentage· referencesREV_5FDB981BFC6C
Share of published A-level entries awarded A* in the named examination year.
What this result does and does not cover
These figures cover A levels alone. IB, Pre-U and combined-qualification results are kept separately. Teacher-assessed results from 2020–21 are left out unless you choose to include them. Where publications disagree and the difference remains unresolved, both figures stay in the source record and neither enters this comparison.
- Latymer Upper
- St Paul’s
Each school against the same scale and years.
Exam eras: 2017–19; 2020–21 (grades set by schools); 2022 (return to exams); 2023–25; 2026. The rule beneath the axis marks exam conditions, not schools.
A break in a line means a year has no comparable figure; nothing is estimated. A hollow marker is a provisional figure the school may revise. The figures behind the chart are in the table above.
What these figures can’t tell you
The results can show whether a lead persists through the available years. Explaining it takes more: who the school admitted, which subjects pupils chose and how they were taught. Ask about those things before drawing a conclusion about your child. This comparison cannot predict their grades or admission, and it does not test statistical significance.
Questions to take to the school
- Latymer Upper: For the 2017 result, exactly which pupils or exam entries were counted, how many were there, and is this the final figure? View the supporting record: Latymer Upper School, 2017
- St Paul’s: For the 2020 result, exactly which pupils or exam entries were counted, how many were there, and is this the final figure? View the supporting record: St Paul’s School, 2020
Reopen this comparison with the same schools and years. Each source page says what has been checked and what is still uncertain.