King’s College School, Wimbledon: A-level and IB published crosswalk, 2025

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What it counts

school-defined combined A-level + IB-HL equivalent; percentage and entry denominator use A-level subject entries plus IB Higher-Level entries only

The figures

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

A-level entries: 666
Entries: 825
IB Higher-Level entries: 159
Candidates: 235
IB candidates: 53
A* or IB HL 7: 54.42
A-level pathway pupils: 182
Actual A-level takers: 183
A*–A or IB HL 7–6: 88.2
A*–B or IB HL 7–5: 96.2

Notes and original wording (2)

Note: One IB-route pupil also sat one A level. The pupil is included once in the 235-pupil cohort but is included among the 183 actual A-level takers.
Year: 2025

Where it was published

We have yet to check this figure against the original publication. These are the sources named in the research; some may concern other results in the collection:

Old King's Club Newsletter 103 · Summer 2003 examination results

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Old King's Club Newsletter 105 · Summer 2004 examination results

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Financial Times · Top 1,000 Schools · 8 March 2008

A printed newspaper table. We haven’t found a public copy online; libraries that keep the Financial Times’s back issues, such as the British Library, can help trace it.
Financial Times · Independent schools · 12 September 2009

A printed newspaper table. We haven’t found a public copy online; libraries that keep the Financial Times’s back issues, such as the British Library, can help trace it.

1 more source the record names

Financial Times Schools Special · 10 September 2011

A printed newspaper table. We haven’t found a public copy online; libraries that keep the Financial Times’s back issues, such as the British Library, can help trace it.

Notes on this record

Where it’s from: Original publication
Worth knowing: One IB-route pupil also sat one A level. The pupil is included once in the 235-pupil cohort but is included among the 183 actual A-level takers.

Record details

Record ID fig:kcs_combined_alevel_ib:17. Quote it if you report a problem.

As recorded

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

Collection note: Candidate counts are unique route cohorts; entry counts are A-level entries plus IB Higher-Level entries, not all six IB diploma subjects. Missing grade percentages and denominators are not inferred.
Source note: Primary

Source references

FB13 · Our research file (not public). A compilation we made of the schools’ and universities’ full tables, for our own research. (as recorded: “controlling full-table base”)
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”)
public-source-d33709b36604f2d2 · KCS Wimbledon · A-level and IB results · 2017–2025 chronological pack. King’s College School’s own A-level and IB results tables for 2017–2025, gathered in date order for our research. · controlling school-result tables for modern A-level pathway counts, actual A-level takers, A-level entries, IB candidates, IB Higher-Level entries and the unique combined cohort
KCS_OKC_2003 · Old King's Club Newsletter 103 · Summer 2003 examination results · primary contemporary KCS report: A-level, IB, combined Upper Sixth and GCSE candidate counts plus A-level/GCSE subject-exam totals
KCS_OKC_2004 · Old King's Club Newsletter 105 · Summer 2004 examination results · primary contemporary KCS report: A-level, IB, combined Upper Sixth and GCSE candidate counts plus A-level/GCSE subject-exam totals
KCS_FT_2007 · Financial Times · Top 1,000 Schools · 8 March 2008. A printed newspaper table. We haven’t found a public copy online; libraries that keep the Financial Times’s back issues, such as the British Library, can help trace it. · secondary league table for 2007 results: 44 A-level-only pupils, 111 IB candidates and 155 combined candidates
KCS_FT_2009 · Financial Times · Independent schools · 12 September 2009. A printed newspaper table. We haven’t found a public copy online; libraries that keep the Financial Times’s back issues, such as the British Library, can help trace it. · secondary league table: 135 IB candidates and no A-level candidates
KCS_FT_2011 · Financial Times Schools Special · 10 September 2011. A printed newspaper table. We haven’t found a public copy online; libraries that keep the Financial Times’s back issues, such as the British Library, can help trace it. · secondary league table: 145 IB candidates and 436 printed IB Higher-Level entries; the printed entry total is retained despite exceeding three per candidate by one
public-source-ac809a47570cbcf0 · KCS Wimbledon · legacy sixth-form cohort report. A summary we compiled from earlier secondary reports, used only for the figures it is labelled against. · secondary synthesis used only for explicitly labelled 2008 lower-bound, 2014, 2016 and 2017 cohort facts where the underlying primary file is not held

Codes and identifiers

Evidence: P

Comparison codes

a_star · incompatible definitions; unknown population basis; missing value · missing · As published; not an exact number · origin P
a_star_a · incompatible definitions; unknown population basis; missing value · missing · As published; not an exact number · origin P
a_star_b · incompatible definitions; unknown population basis; missing value · missing · As published; not an exact number · origin P

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