City of London School, sixth form 2015: 37.0% of 433 entries at A* or equivalent

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37.0%

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

of 433 entries. A level A* 160 of 433 entries

City of London’s publications give different A-level figures for 2015. 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: 37.0%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

The original grades

A level: A* 160 · A 157 · B 77 · C 22 · D 12 · E 3. 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 band	Comparable figure (our calculation)	The school’s figure (as the school published it)	Original grades
A*–A or equivalent, all sixth-form exams	73.2% of 433 entriesLeft out of comparisons: We cannot establish exactly what one of the figures used in the calculation counts.	The same: it is the school’s own figure	A level: A*–A 73.21% of 433
A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams	37.0% of 433 entriesLeft out of comparisons: The publications disagree about one of the figures used in this calculation. We cannot establish exactly what one of the figures used in the calculation counts.	The same: it is the school’s own figure	A level: A* of 433
A*–B or equivalent, all sixth-form exams	91.0% of 433 entriesLeft out of comparisons: We cannot establish exactly what one of the figures used in the calculation counts.	The same: it is the school’s own figure	A level: A*–B 90.99% of 433

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 73.21% of 433 entries, as printed
A* or equiv.: A level A* 160 of 433 entries
A*–B or equiv.: A level A*–B 90.99% of 433 entries, as printed

The results used in the calculation

A level, 433 entries: City of London School, A level 2015: TOTAL

Cite this figure

City of London School, 2015, A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams: 37.0% (comparable figure, our calculation; A level A* 160 of 433 entries). Method harm-v1. Records: new:city-of-london:2015:governance-more:a-level:main-total:955d2071. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:city-of-london:2015:sixth-form/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:city-of-london:2015: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.: reason codes: 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 2016 report prints 37.4% A* for 2015 and the ISC return counts 162 A* of 433, against 160 (37.0%) in the 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: 433 (printed entries)
Which exams were sat: evidence: A level: 30 school or ISC records (e.g. new:city-of-london:2015:a-level-including-applied-international:isc-return); 22 DfE rows (e.g. new:city-of-london:2015:dfe-ks5:1-a-level:gce-a-level:art-design)

Source references

CGOV_955D20712ADA · City of London School Public Headmaster’s Report, 16 Oct 2015 10.30 am

Method and version

Method: harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest: sha256:7a7a9fb54bf5d75edd93264d241e1aa70775235f2cb68b251a843e67a239e347
Qualification mix: A level (government-table)

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