Brighton College · sixth form · summer 2013

2010–16 · A* at A level

Brighton College, sixth form 2013: 24.8% of 616 entries at A* or equivalent

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24.8%

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

of 616 entries. A level A* 24.8% of 616 entries, as printed

Brighton’s publications give different A-level figures for 2013. We show the figure but don’t compare it.

The school’s figure: 24.8%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

The original grades

A level: 24.8. 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 74.4% of 616 entries The same: it is the school’s own figure A level: A*–A 74.4% of 616
A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams 24.8% of 616 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* 24.8% of 616
A*–B or equivalent, all sixth-form exams 96.3% of 616 entries The same: it is the school’s own figure A level: A*–B 96.3% of 616

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 74.4% of 616 entries, as printed
  • A* or equiv.: A level A* 24.8% of 616 entries, as printed
  • A*–B or equiv.: A level A*–B 96.3% of 616 entries, as printed

The results used in the calculation

Cite this figure

Brighton College, 2013, A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams: 24.8% (comparable figure, our calculation; A level A* 24.8% of 616 entries, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: new:brighton:2013:a-level:brightonian2013. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:brighton:2013:sixth-form/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:brighton:2013: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.: 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 616 entries counts 150 A*, against 153 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
616 (printed entries)
Which exams were sat: evidence
A level: 2 school or ISC records (e.g. new:brighton:2013:a-level-including-applied:isc-return); 28 DfE rows (e.g. new:brighton:2013:dfe-ks5-a-level-15658)

Source references

Method and version

Method
harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest
sha256:c60e12ca10315d3d20eaf72b1022f8907693bb1ace9b1c3e1ce9b9a7e3bdca5e
Qualification mix
A level (government-table)

Brighton College: exam results · How comparable figures work

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