City of London School · sixth form · summer 2013

City of London School, sixth form 2013: 36.7% of 403 entries at A* or equivalent

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36.7%

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

of 403 entries. A level A* 148 of 403 entries

City of London’s publications give different A-level figures for 2013. 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: 36.7%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

Grades as sat

A level: A* 148 · A 150 · B 83 · C 18 · D 4 · E 0. 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 74.0% of 403 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 73.95% of 403
A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams 36.7% of 403 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 403
A*–B or equivalent, all sixth-form exams 94.5% of 403 entriesLeft out of comparisons: What a figure it is built from counts isn’t established. The same: it is the school’s own figure A level: A*–B 94.54% of 403

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 73.95% of 403 entries, as printed
  • A* or equiv.: A level A* 148 of 403 entries
  • A*–B or equiv.: A level A*–B 94.54% of 403 entries, as printed

The records it is built from

Cite this figure

City of London School, 2013, A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams: 36.7% (comparable figure, our calculation; A level A* 148 of 403 entries). Method harm-v1. Records: new:city-of-london:2013:a-level:governance-2013-table-total. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:city-of-london:2013:sixth-form/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:city-of-london: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.: note
A level: the October 2014 report’s row for 2013 counts 149 A* and gives 74.19% A*–A (74.2% in the October 2016 report), against 148 and 73.95% in the 2013 table used here; the ISC return counts 143 A* of 398. The difference is not settled.
A*–A or equiv.: reason codes
source disagreement; unknown population basis
A*–A or equiv.: precision
2 decimal places, 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 2014 report’s row for 2013 counts 149 A* and gives 74.19% A*–A (74.2% in the October 2016 report), against 148 and 73.95% in the 2013 table used here; the ISC return counts 143 A* of 398. 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.: reason codes
unknown population basis
A*–B or equiv.: precision
2 decimal places, as printed
A level: entries
403 (printed entries)
Which exams were sat: evidence
A level: 29 school or ISC records (e.g. new:city-of-london:2013:a-level-including-applied:isc-return); 23 DfE rows (e.g. new:city-of-london:2013:dfe-ks5:a-level:gce-a-level:art-design)

Source references

Method and version

Method
harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest
sha256:f60aca8e769dc757ff51cc0869f1cd9253e363d30fdb60ea355c8dc81d4098ca
Qualification mix
A level (government-table)

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