Downe House · sixth form · summer 2024

Downe House, sixth form 2024: 26% at A* or equivalent

Compared

26%

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

The school’s figure: 26%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

Grades as sat

A level: 26. 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 59% The same: it is the school’s own figure A level: A*–A 59%
A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams 26% The same: it is the school’s own figure A level: A* 26%
A*–B or equivalent, all sixth-form exams 82% The same: it is the school’s own figure A level: A*–B 82%

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 59%, as printed
  • A* or equiv.: A level A* 26%, as printed
  • A*–B or equiv.: A level A*–B 82%, as printed

The records it is built from

Cite this figure

Downe House, 2024, A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams: 26% (comparable figure, our calculation; A level A* 26%, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: new:downe-house:2024:a-level:results-day. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:downe-house:2024:sixth-form/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:downe-house:2024: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.: precision
0 decimal places, as printed
A* or equiv.: basis
A level only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
A* or equiv.: precision
0 decimal places, as printed
A*–B or equiv.: basis
A level only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
A*–B or equiv.: precision
0 decimal places, as printed
A level: entries
unknown (no entry count printed)
A level: note
The school’s results-day page counts EPQ grades in pupils’ A* tallies and does not say whether these percentages include the EPQ.
Which exams were sat: evidence
A level: 1 school or ISC record (e.g. new:downe-house:2024:a-level:results-day); 59 DfE rows (e.g. new:downe-house:2024:dfe-ks5-institution-aggregated-results-12118)

Source references

Method and version

Method
harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest
sha256:b2a4c50b0cb88cdaefe49f358efb2d52b2d22734b3fd44b274940003db44753b
Qualification mix
A level (government-table)

Downe House: exam results · How comparable figures work

Source evidenceOpen full record ↗