City of London School · sixth form · summer 2016

City of London School, sixth form 2016: 31.4% of 423 entries at A* or equivalent

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31.4%

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

of 423 entries. A level A* 133 of 423 entries

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: 31.4%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

Grades as sat

A level: A* 133 · A 178 · B 85 · C 23 · D 4 · E 0 · U 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 73.5% of 423 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 73.52% of 423
A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams 31.4% of 423 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* of 423
A*–B or equivalent, all sixth-form exams 93.6% of 423 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 93.62% of 423

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 73.52% of 423 entries, as printed
  • A* or equiv.: A level A* 133 of 423 entries
  • A*–B or equiv.: A level A*–B 93.62% of 423 entries, as printed

The records it is built from

Cite this figure

City of London School, 2016, A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams: 31.4% (comparable figure, our calculation; A level A* 133 of 423 entries). Method harm-v1. Records: new:city-of-london:2016:governance-more:a-level:main-total:892ef4de. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:city-of-london:2016:sixth-form/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:city-of-london:2016: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 same report’s text gives 72.5% A*–A, against 73.52% in its table. 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.: reason codes
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
423 (printed entries)
Which exams were sat: evidence
A level: 25 school or ISC records (e.g. new:city-of-london:2016:a-level-including-applied-international:isc-return); 24 DfE rows (e.g. new:city-of-london:2016:dfe-ks5:1-a-level:gce-a-level:art-design)

Source references

Method and version

Method
harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest
sha256:e060ac08aee36d452b851dd641f0547f7d2709b10baf0bb51d65067699708253
Qualification mix
A level (government-table)

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