King’s College School, Wimbledon: GCSE results, 2018, transition

Checked against the original: top two bands and top three bands. Not yet checked: 5 figures, including additional Mathematics entries, candidates and entries.

What it counts

all-held annual headline rows with candidate and subject-entry denominators where printed; scale, coverage and exclusions explicit

The figures

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

Entries: 1555
Letter-grade entries: 1088
Numbered-grade entries: 467
Candidates: 147
Additional Mathematics entries: 88
Grade scale: transition
Top two bands: 81.7
Top three bands: 96.4

Notes and original wording (3)

Note: The 1,555-entry total excludes 88 Additional Mathematics entries. The combined headline band and separate 467-entry numbered subset use different rulers.
Top band: Unknown / not recorded
Year: 2018

Some figures here are measured differently from the comparison charts.

Where it was published

KCS GCSE/IGCSE results 2025: historical full-course tables

page 1 · Checked 6 Sep 2026

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matches top two bands and top three bands
Retrospective school table; mixed numbered/lettered equivalence bands where applicable. Does not verify other fields or year-specific candidate counts.

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Notes on this record

Where it’s from: Original publication
Worth knowing: The 1,555-entry total excludes 88 Additional Mathematics entries. The combined headline band and separate 467-entry numbered subset use different grading scales.

Can I compare it?

top two bands and top three bands: left out of comparisons: measured differently.
top two bands and top three bands: left out of comparisons: measured differently.

Record details

Record ID fig:kcs_gcse_headline: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 totals, grade-entry totals, numbered/lettered components and excluded Additional Mathematics entries are distinct fields. Rounded percentages are not inverted to manufacture totals.
Check note (top two bands and top three bands): Retrospective school table; mixed numbered/lettered equivalence bands where applicable. Does not verify other fields or year-specific candidate counts.
Source note: Primary
Note: The 1,555-entry total excludes 88 Additional Mathematics entries. The combined headline band and separate 467-entry numbered subset use different rulers.

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-150ef77b0f83a455 · KCS Wimbledon · GCSE and IGCSE results · 2017–2025 chronological pack. King’s College School’s own GCSE and IGCSE results tables for 2017–2025, gathered in date order for our research. · controlling modern candidate and subject-entry denominators; records the 2018 Additional Mathematics exclusion and the numbered/lettered entry split
KCS_OKC_1990 · Old King's Club Newsletter 78 · Summer 1990 examination results · primary contemporary KCS report: A-level candidates and entry-grade counts; GCSE candidates split between Upper and Lower Fifth and entry-grade counts
KCS_OKC_1991 · Old King's Club Newsletter 80 · Summer 1991 examination results · primary contemporary KCS report: A-level candidates and printed grade counts/percentages; GCSE candidates split between Upper and Lower Fifth with A–C counts only
KCS_OKC_1995 · Old King's Club Newsletter 87 · Summer 1995 examination results · primary contemporary KCS report: exact A-level candidates/entries and exact GCSE A* count/share; GCSE total denominator not printed
KCS_OKC_1996 · Old King's Club Newsletter 89 · Summer 1996 examination results · primary contemporary KCS report: exact A-level candidates/entries and exact GCSE entry total
KCS_OKC_1997 · Old King's Club Newsletter 91 · Summer 1997 examination results · primary contemporary KCS report: exact A-level and GCSE candidate and subject-entry totals
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

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Evidence: P

Comparison codes

top · incompatible definitions; missing value · missing · As published; not an exact number · origin P
top_2 · incompatible definitions · exact · 1 decimal place · origin P
top_3 · incompatible definitions · exact · 1 decimal place · origin P
top · incompatible definitions; missing value · missing · As published; not an exact number · origin P
top_2 · incompatible definitions · exact · 1 decimal place · origin P
top_3 · incompatible definitions · exact · 1 decimal place · origin P

Check log

2026-09-06 · top_2 · verified · KCS GCSE/IGCSE results 2025: historical full-course tables · page 1
2026-09-06 · top_3 · verified · KCS GCSE/IGCSE results 2025: historical full-course tables · page 1

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