City of London School · sixth form · summer 2012

City of London School, sixth form 2012: 29.3% of 440 entries at A* or equivalent

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29.3%

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

of 440 entries. A level A* 129 of 440 entries

City of London’s publications give different A-level figures for 2012. It isn’t clear exactly which entries City of London’s figure counts. We show the figure but don’t compare it.

The school’s figure: 29.3%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

Grades as sat

A level: A* 129 · A 218 · B 80 · C 10 · D 2 · E 1. Subjects and grades

This year’s exams: A levels only.

We know because the government’s tables confirm it.

Three figures for each grade band, never merged
Grade bandComparable figure (our calculation)The school’s figure (as the school published it)Original grades
A*–A or equivalent, all sixth-form exams 78.9% of 440 entriesLeft out of comparisons: Publications disagree about a figure it is built from. What a figure it is built from counts isn’t established. The same: it is the school’s own figure A level: A*–A 78.9% of 440
A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams 29.3% of 440 entriesLeft out of comparisons: Publications disagree about a figure it is built from. What a figure it is built from counts isn’t established. The same: it is the school’s own figure A level: A* of 440
A*–B or equivalent, all sixth-form exams 97.0% of 440 entriesLeft out of comparisons: Publications disagree about a figure it is built from. What a figure it is built from counts isn’t established. The same: it is the school’s own figure A level: A*–B 97.0% of 440

How we built it

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 78.9% of 440 entries, as printed
  • A* or equiv.: A level A* 129 of 440 entries
  • A*–B or equiv.: A level A*–B 97.0% of 440 entries, as printed

The records it is built from

Cite this figure

City of London School, 2012, A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams: 29.3% (comparable figure, our calculation; A level A* 129 of 440 entries). Method harm-v1. Records: new:city-of-london:2012:a-level:governance-2013-retrospective-total. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:city-of-london:2012:sixth-form/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:city-of-london: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 October 2012 report counts 127 A*, 219 A and 81 B of the same 440 entries, against 129, 218 and 80 in the October 2013 report’s table used here; the ISC return counts 122, 214 and 82 of 433. The difference is not settled.
A*–A or equiv.: reason codes
source disagreement; unknown population basis
A*–A or equiv.: precision
1 decimal place, as printed
A* or equiv.: basis
A level only this year; from the school’s printed grade counts
A* or equiv.: note
A level: the October 2012 report counts 127 A*, 219 A and 81 B of the same 440 entries, against 129, 218 and 80 in the October 2013 report’s table used here; the ISC return counts 122, 214 and 82 of 433. The difference is not settled.
A* or equiv.: reason codes
source disagreement; unknown population basis
A* or equiv.: precision
Exact, from printed counts
A*–B or equiv.: basis
A level only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
A*–B or equiv.: note
A level: the October 2012 report counts 127 A*, 219 A and 81 B of the same 440 entries, against 129, 218 and 80 in the October 2013 report’s table used here; the ISC return counts 122, 214 and 82 of 433. The difference is not settled.
A*–B or equiv.: reason codes
source disagreement; unknown population basis
A*–B or equiv.: precision
1 decimal place, as printed
A level: entries
440 (printed entries)
A level: note
Other figures the school printed for the same entries are not used, because their bands disagree with the ones used here.
Which exams were sat: evidence
A level: 54 school or ISC records (e.g. new:city-of-london:2012:a-level-including-applied:isc-return); 26 DfE rows (e.g. new:city-of-london:2012:dfe-ks5:a-level:gce-a-level:additional-mathematics)

Source references

Method and version

Method
harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest
sha256:57a01a5aa17c6052632ff39e5948801d38745b5137f4a3b795b6c912d95a2125
Qualification mix
A level (government-table)

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