Eton College · sixth form · summer 2024

2023–25 · Grading as before

Eton College, sixth form 2024: 38.7% of 935 entries at A* or equivalent

Compared

38.7%

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

of 935 entries. A level A* 38.7% of 935 entries, as printed

The school’s figure: 38.7%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

The original grades

A level: A* 362 · A 354 · B 159 · C 40 · D 12 · E 8. Subjects and grades

This year’s exams: A levels only.

We know because the school says so.

The comparison, the school’s headline and the original grades
Grade bandComparable figure (our calculation)The school’s figure (as the school published it)Original grades
A*–A or equivalent, all sixth-form exams 76.6% of 935 entries The same: it is the school’s own figure A level: A*–A 76.6% of 935
A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams 38.7% of 935 entries The same: it is the school’s own figure A level: A* 38.7% of 935
A*–B or equivalent, all sixth-form exams 93.6% of 935 entries The same: it is the school’s own figure A level: A*–B 93.6% of 935

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 76.6% of 935 entries, as printed
  • A* or equiv.: A level A* 38.7% of 935 entries, as printed
  • A*–B or equiv.: A level A*–B 93.6% of 935 entries, as printed

The results used in the calculation

Cite this figure

Eton College, 2024, A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams: 38.7% (comparable figure, our calculation; A level A* 38.7% of 935 entries, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: new:eton:2024:school-final-a-level-distribution. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:eton:2024:sixth-form/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:eton: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
1 decimal place, as printed
A* or equiv.: basis
A level only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
A* or equiv.: precision
1 decimal place, 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
1 decimal place, as printed
A level: entries
935 (sum of printed grade counts (they reproduce every printed percentage))
A level: note
Eton’s re-signed 2024 A-level table (22 Nov 2024) controls the year: 362 A* of 935 entries. It is the whole sixth form, as no Pre-U was sat in 2024.
Which exams were sat: evidence
A level: 32 school or ISC records (e.g. fig:eton_alevel_primary_sheets:3); 51 DfE rows (e.g. new:eton:2024:dfe-ks5-institution-aggregated-results-12455)
Which exams were sat: evidence
Pre-U: 3 DfE rows (e.g. new:eton:2024:dfe-ks5-institution-aggregated-results-12463): one subject, Chinese, 2 entries, no graded result, in the government's end-of-sixth-form cohort file, which may include qualifications taken earlier
Which exams were sat: evidence
School statement: Eton's exam-results page (https://www.etoncollege.com/inside-the-classroom/exam-results/) publishes a 2024 A-level table and no 2024 Pre-U table; its Pre-U tables end with summer 2023, the last Cambridge Pre-U examinations
Which exams were sat: note
Eton’s 2024 sixth-form results are A level only: no Pre-U was sat that summer, and the signed 2024 A-level table (935 entries) is the whole year.

Source references

Method and version

Method
harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest
sha256:84a34ca012f6e0a3bc5483f816eee315c1b99a04508065fe7646f151121e1b96
Qualification mix
A level (school-statement)

Eton College: exam results · How comparable figures work

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