City of London School · sixth form · summer 2014

City of London School, sixth form 2014: 34.6% of 465 entries at A* or equivalent

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34.6%

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

of 465 entries. A level A* 161 of 465 entries

City of London’s publications give different A-level figures for 2014. 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: 34.6%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

Grades as sat

A level: A* 161 · A 181 · B 86 · C 24 · D 9 · E 4. 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 73.6% of 465 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 73.55% of 465
A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams 34.6% of 465 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 465
A*–B or equivalent, all sixth-form exams 92.0% of 465 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 92.04% of 465

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 73.55% of 465 entries, as printed
  • A* or equiv.: A level A* 161 of 465 entries
  • A*–B or equiv.: A level A*–B 92.04% of 465 entries, as printed

The records it is built from

Cite this figure

City of London School, 2014, A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams: 34.6% (comparable figure, our calculation; A level A* 161 of 465 entries). Method harm-v1. Records: new:city-of-london:2014:governance-more:a-level:main-total:3cde24b1. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:city-of-london:2014:sixth-form/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:city-of-london:2014: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 2015 report’s row for 2014, and the ISC return, count 166 A*, 177 A and 85 B, against 161, 181 and 86 of 465 in the October 2014 table used here. 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 2015 report’s row for 2014, and the ISC return, count 166 A*, 177 A and 85 B, against 161, 181 and 86 of 465 in the October 2014 table used here. 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
465 (printed entries)
Which exams were sat: evidence
A level: 28 school or ISC records (e.g. new:city-of-london:2014:a-level-including-applied-international:isc-return); 22 DfE rows (e.g. new:city-of-london:2014:dfe-ks5:1-a-level:gce-a-level:art-design)

Source references

Method and version

Method
harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest
sha256:b9fd346bf6e3ea21e9d60c7b75eeaded5eece76a6f19ffec11148a8c0076dcab
Qualification mix
A level (government-table)

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