Downe House · sixth form · summer 2026
Downe House, sixth form 2026: 22% at A* or equivalent
Compared
22%
A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams · Comparable figure · A levels only this year; the school’s own figure is used
The school’s figure: 22%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.
The original grades
A level: 22
This year’s exams: A levels only.
We know because the school says so.
| 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 | 60% | The same: it is the school’s own figure | A level: A*–A 60% |
| A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams | 22% | The same: it is the school’s own figure | A level: A* 22% |
| A*–B or equivalent, all sixth-form exams | 85% | The same: it is the school’s own figure | A level: A*–B 85% |
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 60%, as printed
- A* or equiv.: A level A* 22%, as printed
- A*–B or equiv.: A level A*–B 85%, as printed
The results used in the calculation
Cite this figure
Downe House, 2026, A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams: 22% (comparable figure, our calculation; A level A* 22%, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: new:downe-house:2026:a-level:results-day. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:downe-house:2026:sixth-form/
Record details
Record ID harm:v1:downe-house:2026: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:2026:a-level:results-day)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- School statement: 2026 results page, “22% of all our girls’ grades are at A*” (https://www.downehouse.net/a-level-results-2026/)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- Pre-U withdrawn: last examination June 2023, resit June 2024 (https://www.cambridgeinternational.org/news/news-details/view/cambridge-international-announces-withdrawal-of-cambridge-pre-u-20191108/)
- Which exams were sat: note
- The school’s own 2026 results name A level and no other qualification, and no Pre-U could be sat in 2026: Cambridge’s last Pre-U examination was in June 2023, with a resit in June 2024. TSR holds no IB entry for the school in any year.
Source references
NEW_0B34C8478E4E· Downe House A Level results 2026
Method and version
- Method
harm-v1 1.0.0- Inputs digest
sha256:a40c7433a115aecf0b8c16fbba359c3a10e54859ecc55fe36e33720a37f20552- Qualification mix
A level (school-statement)