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2020–21 · No exams

Eton College · A level · summer 2020

Eton College, A level 2020: 49.2% of entries graded A*

  • 49.2%

    83.3% A*–A · 97.4% A*–B

    A-level entries graded A*

    A-level entries (the total isn’t printed) · summer 2020 exams

    Not yet checked against the original

    Eton College: recovered qualification-specific final results · signed 12 Oct 2020 Open original: Eton College: recovered qualification-specific final results

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    Eton College. A-level entries graded A*: 49.2% (A-level entries (the total isn’t printed)), summer 2020 exams. Status: Not yet checked against the original. Source: Eton College: recovered qualification-specific final results, signed 12 Oct 2020, https://www.etoncollege.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/GCEStatistics2020.pdf. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/fig:eton_alevel_headline_gap_years:7/

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What it counts

school-published/secondary headline rows filling years outside primary sheet run

The figures

As printed. Percentages are of subject entries, not pupils.

A* · A level and Pre-U combined, Pre-U grades converted
49.2
A*–A · A level and Pre-U combined, Pre-U grades converted
83.3
A*–B · A level and Pre-U combined, Pre-U grades converted
97.4
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Notes and original wording (1)
Year
2020

Awarded in 2020–21, when exams were cancelled and schools assessed grades, so kept out of comparisons with exam years.

Some figures here are measured differently from the comparison charts.

Where it was published

  • Eton College: recovered qualification-specific final results

    Final subject-grade table, total awards and cumulative bands · Checked 9 Sep 2026

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    different groups counted

    Eton’s 2020 figures of 49.2 / 83.3 / 97.4% count A-level and Pre-U entries together (868 entries), not A level alone. The recovered A-level/A-level-only table differs from this inherited headline. Do not silently replace, average, or assume Pre-U equivalence. Both publications may be shown, but this ambiguous inherited headline should not enter like-for-like A-level comparison until its population is established. All three inherited values are exactly reproduced at one decimal place by pooling the recovered A-level awards with Pre-U/PUSC awards: A* equivalent uses D1+D2; A*–A equivalent uses D1–D3; A*–B equivalent uses D1–M2. This is a source-based arithmetic inference, not an assertion that the original publication printed the formula. It supports excluding this inherited combined-equivalent population from A-level-only comparisons.

  • Eton College annual report and financial statements 2020

    PDF page 15, Academic performance · Checked 6 Sep 2026

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    different groups counted (A*–A 80.8) · different groups counted (A*–B 96.5)

    Eton’s 2020 figures of 49.2 / 83.3 / 97.4% count A-level and Pre-U entries together (868 entries), not A level alone.

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Where it’s from
An original publication and a second-hand source

Revision log

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Different groups counted · logged

Eton’s 2020 figures of 49.2 / 83.3 / 97.4% count A-level and Pre-U entries together (868 entries), not A level alone.

  • A*, A*–A, A*–B: A level and Pre-U combined, Pre-U grades converted · outside the A-level series
What was checked

The record held 49.2 / 83.3 / 97.4% (A* / A*–A / A*–B) as A-level results. Each figure is reproduced exactly, at its printed precision, by Eton’s A-level table (666 entries) and Pre-U table (202 entries) added together, with Pre-U Distinction 1 and 2 counted as A*, Distinction 3 as A and Merit 1 and 2 as B: A* 49.19%; A*–A 83.29%; A*–B 97.35%. The A-level table alone gives A* 45.50%, A*–A 80.78%, A*–B 96.55%. The two sets count different groups of entries, so both are shown, each labelled, and only the A-level table enters the A-level comparison. Eton’s 2019/20 annual report prints 80.8% A*–A and 96.5% A*–B for A level, the A-level table’s figures. Grades in 2020 were centre-assessed, so the year stays out of comparisons. The two tables’ 666 and 202 entries are the sums of their printed grade totals.

Can I compare it?

  • A*, A*–A and A*–B: left out of comparisons: measured differently; 2020–21, when exams were cancelled and schools assessed grades.
Record details

Record ID fig:eton_alevel_headline_gap_years:7. Quote it if you report a problem.

As recorded

The record’s own wording, where this page puts it in plainer words.

Check note (A*–A and A*–B)
Eton’s 2020 figures of 49.2 / 83.3 / 97.4% count A-level and Pre-U entries together (868 entries), not A level alone. Original report supports a different version from frozen headline values.
Check note
Eton’s 2020 figures of 49.2 / 83.3 / 97.4% count A-level and Pre-U entries together (868 entries), not A level alone. The recovered A-level/A2-only table differs from this inherited headline. Do not silently replace, average, or assume Pre-U equivalence. Both publications may be shown, but this ambiguous inherited headline should not enter like-for-like A-level comparison until its population is established. All three inherited values are exactly reproduced at one decimal place by pooling the recovered A-level awards with Pre-U/PUSC awards: A* equivalent uses D1+D2; A*–A equivalent uses D1–D3; A*–B equivalent uses D1–M2. This is a source-based arithmetic inference, not an assertion that the original publication printed the formula. It supports excluding this inherited combined-equivalent population from A-level-only comparisons.
Source note
Primary / Secondary

Source references

  • FB146 · Our research file (not public). A companion file we made for seven schools, with our list of archived copies of their web pages. (as recorded: “latest seven-school companion and Wayback/destination lock”)
  • ATT · Our research file (not public). A working copy kept with the linked public record. · Supports the linked public record.

Codes and identifiers

Evidence
P/S

Comparison codes

  • a_star · incompatible definitions; assessment-regime exclusion · exact · 1 decimal place · origin P/S
  • a_star_a · incompatible definitions; assessment-regime exclusion · exact · 1 decimal place · origin P/S
  • a_star_b · incompatible definitions; assessment-regime exclusion · exact · 1 decimal place · origin P/S

Check log

  1. 2026-09-06 · a_star_a · different groups counted · Eton College annual report and financial statements 2020 · PDF page 15; Academic performance
  2. 2026-09-06 · a_star_b · different groups counted · Eton College annual report and financial statements 2020 · PDF page 15; Academic performance
  3. 2026-09-09 · * · different groups counted · Eton College: recovered qualification-specific final results · Final subject-grade table; total awards and cumulative bands

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