City of London School · sixth form · summer 2012
City of London School, sixth form 2012: 29.3% of 440 entries at A* or equivalent
Shown, not compared
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.
| Grade band | Comparable 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
- A level, 440 entries: City of London School, A level 2012: 78.9% of 440 entries graded A*–A
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
CGOV_87D80964DF57· City of London School: Public Headmaster’s Report, 3 October 2013
Method and version
- Method
harm-v1 1.0.0- Inputs digest
sha256:57a01a5aa17c6052632ff39e5948801d38745b5137f4a3b795b6c912d95a2125- Qualification mix
A level (government-table)
City of London School: exam results · How comparable figures work