King’s College School, Wimbledon · sixth form · summer 2011
King’s College School, Wimbledon, sixth form 2011: 40.1% of 436 entries at A* or equivalent
Compared
40.1%
A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams · Comparable figure · IB Higher Level only this year, so it is the school’s own figure
of 436 entries
The school’s figure: 40.1% · The school’s combined figure, as published. One exam system this year, so the comparable figure is the school’s own figure.
Grades as sat
IB HL: 40.1
This year’s exams: IB Higher Level 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 examsCambridge aligns Pre-U D3 with A and UCAS scores IB 6 like an A. | 81.2% of 436 entries | The same: it is the school’s own figure | IB Higher Level: 7–6 81.2% of 436 |
| A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams | 40.1% of 436 entries | The same: it is the school’s own figure | IB Higher Level: 7 40.1% of 436 |
| A*–B or equivalent, all sixth-form examsIB Higher Level 5 counts as B by the schools’ convention; UCAS scores it like a C. | 95.6% of 436 entries | The same: it is the school’s own figure | IB Higher Level: 7–5 95.6% of 436 |
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.: IB Higher Level 7–6 81.2% of 436 entries, as printed
- A* or equiv.: IB Higher Level 7 40.1% of 436 entries, as printed
- A*–B or equiv.: IB Higher Level 7–5 95.6% of 436 entries, as printed
The records it is built from
- IB Higher Level, 436 entries: King’s College School, Wimbledon: A-level and IB published crosswalk, 2011
Cite this figure
King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2011, A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams: 40.1% (comparable figure, our calculation; IB Higher Level 7 40.1% of 436 entries, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: fig:kcs_combined_alevel_ib:7. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:kcs:2011:sixth-form/
Record details
Record ID harm:v1:kcs:2011: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
- IB Higher 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
- IB Higher 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
- IB Higher Level only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
- A*–B or equiv.: precision
- 1 decimal place, as printed
- IB Higher Level: entries
- 436 (printed entries)
- IB Higher Level: note
- The ISC return for the same 436 entries gives 39.0 / 80.5 / 95.6%, a few entries away from KCS’s printed 40.1 / 81.2 / 95.6%; its counts do not reproduce KCS’s figures, so they are not used.
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- A level: 1 school or ISC record (e.g. fig:kcs_combined_alevel_ib:7)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- IB HL: 8 school or ISC records (e.g. fig:kcs_combined_alevel_ib:7)
- Which exams were sat: note
- KCS’s own records give 0 A-level takers and call 2014 “the last all-IB year”.
- The school’s figure
- The school’s combined figure, as published (fig:kcs_combined_alevel_ib:7)
Source references
FB13· Our research file (not public). A compilation we made of the schools’ and universities’ full tables, for our own research. (as recorded: “controlling full-table base”)KCS_FT_2011· Financial Times Schools Special · 10 September 2011. A printed newspaper table. We haven’t found a public copy online; libraries that keep the Financial Times’s back issues, such as the British Library, can help trace it. · secondary league table: 145 IB candidates and 436 printed IB Higher-Level entries; the printed entry total is retained despite exceeding three per candidate by one
Method and version
- Method
harm-v1 1.0.0- Inputs digest
sha256:41b3d9cc6384d26f2dd2d301d953b6c3c2c50547d6883b9414b079d0f33e54d1- Qualification mix
IB HL (school-statement)
King’s College School, Wimbledon: exam results · How comparable figures work