City of London School · sixth form · summer 2015
City of London School, sixth form 2015: 37.0% of 433 entries at A* or equivalent
Shown, not compared
37.0%
A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams · Comparable figure · A levels only this year, so it is the school’s own figure
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.
Grades as sat
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.
| 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: What a figure it is built from counts isn’t established. | The same: it is the school’s own figure | A level: A*–A 73.21% of 433 |
| A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams | 37.0% of 433 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 433 |
| A*–B or equivalent, all sixth-form exams | 91.0% of 433 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 90.99% of 433 |
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 73.21% 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 records it is built from
- 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)
City of London School: exam results · How comparable figures work