Brighton College · sixth form · summer 2012

2010–16 · A* at A level

Brighton College, sixth form 2012: 30.7% of 563 entries at A* or equivalent

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30.7%

A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams · Comparable figure · A levels only this year; the school’s own figure is used

of 563 entries. A level A* 30.7% of 563 entries, as printed

Brighton’s publications give different A-level figures for 2012. We show the figure but don’t compare it.

The school’s figure: 30.7%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

The original grades

A level: 30.7. Subjects and grades

This year’s exams: A levels only.

We know because the government’s tables confirm it.

The comparison, the school’s headline and the original grades
Grade bandComparable figure (our calculation)The school’s figure (as the school published it)Original grades
A*–A or equivalent, all sixth-form exams 77.8% of 563 entriesLeft out of comparisons: The publications disagree about one of the figures used in this calculation. The same: it is the school’s own figure A level: A*–A 77.8% of 563
A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams 30.7% of 563 entriesLeft out of comparisons: The publications disagree about one of the figures used in this calculation. The same: it is the school’s own figure A level: A* 30.7% of 563
A*–B or equivalent, all sixth-form exams 96.8% of 563 entries The same: it is the school’s own figure A level: A*–B 96.8% of 563

How the figure is calculated

The number of entries at or above the band, across every exam system, divided by all the entries. We never average two percentages.

  • A*–A or equiv.: A level A*–A 77.8% of 563 entries, as printed
  • A* or equiv.: A level A* 30.7% of 563 entries, as printed
  • A*–B or equiv.: A level A*–B 96.8% of 563 entries, as printed

The results used in the calculation

Cite this figure

Brighton College, 2012, A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams: 30.7% (comparable figure, our calculation; A level A* 30.7% of 563 entries, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: new:brighton:2012:a-level:brightonian2012. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:brighton:2012:sixth-form/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:brighton:2012:sixth-form. Quote it if you report a problem.

As recorded

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

A*–A or equiv.: basis
A level only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
A*–A or equiv.: note
A level: the school’s ISC return for the same 563 entries counts 170 A* and 436 A*–A, against 173 and 438 in the annual review used here. The difference is not settled.
A*–A or equiv.: reason codes
source disagreement
A*–A or equiv.: precision
1 decimal place, as printed
A* or equiv.: basis
A level only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
A* or equiv.: note
A level: the school’s ISC return for the same 563 entries counts 170 A* and 436 A*–A, against 173 and 438 in the annual review used here. The difference is not settled.
A* or equiv.: reason codes
source disagreement
A* or equiv.: precision
1 decimal place, as printed
A*–B or equiv.: basis
A level only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
A*–B or equiv.: precision
1 decimal place, as printed
A level: entries
563 (printed entries)
Which exams were sat: evidence
A level: 2 school or ISC records (e.g. new:brighton:2012:a-level-including-applied:isc-return); 27 DfE rows (e.g. new:brighton:2012:dfe-ks5:a-level:gce-a-level:art-design-fine-art)

Source references

Method and version

Method
harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest
sha256:03439c443a3b5e2d6557cc004ad4c78fbe1dba784613b23b20f8bd847768e15e
Qualification mix
A level (government-table)

Brighton College: exam results · How comparable figures work

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