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, so it is the school’s own figure

The school’s figure: 22%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

Grades as sat

A level: 22

This year’s exams: A levels only.

We know because the school says so.

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 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 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 60%, as printed
  • A* or equiv.: A level A* 22%, as printed
  • A*–B or equiv.: A level A*–B 85%, as printed

The records it is built from

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

Method and version

Method
harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest
sha256:a40c7433a115aecf0b8c16fbba359c3a10e54859ecc55fe36e33720a37f20552
Qualification mix
A level (school-statement)

Downe House: exam results · How comparable figures work

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