King’s College School, Wimbledon · sixth form · summer 2017
King’s College School, Wimbledon, sixth form 2017: 51.6% at A* or equivalent
Compared
51.6%
A* or equivalent · Published figure · annual series
Published result details
A level + IB HL: 51.6%
Results used: A levels and IB Higher Level.
The annual series uses the published figures and qualification scope shown here.
| Grade band | Published figure (annual series) | The school’s figure (as the school published it) | Source readings |
|---|---|---|---|
| A*–A or equivalentCambridge aligns Pre-U D3 with A and UCAS scores IB 6 like an A. | 88.3% | — | A level + IB HL: A*–A or 7–6 88.3% |
| A* or equivalent | 51.6% | — | A level + IB HL: A* or 7 51.6% |
| A*–B or equivalentIB Higher Level 5 counts as B by the schools’ convention; UCAS scores it like a C. | 97.8% | — | A level + IB HL: A*–B or 7–5 97.8% |
How this figure is used
The percentage is taken as published for this annual series. The sources below give its qualification scope.
- A*–A or equiv.: A*–A or 7–6 88.3%, as published
- A* or equiv.: A* or 7 51.6%, as published
- A*–B or equiv.: A*–B or 7–5 97.8%, as published
The published records
Cite this figure
King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2017, A* or equivalent: 51.6% (published figure, annual series; A* or 7 51.6%, as published). Method harm-v1. Records: fig:kcs_combined_alevel_ib:11. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:kcs:2017:sixth-form/
Record details
Record ID harm:v1:kcs:2017:sixth-form. Quote it if you report a problem.
As recorded
The record’s own wording, where this page puts it in plainer words.
- Publication selection
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- A*–A or equiv.: basis
- Published annual result selected for comparison by the owner on 2026-09-28
- A*–A or equiv.: precision
- Published percentage; no grade count inferred
- A* or equiv.: basis
- Published annual result selected for comparison by the owner on 2026-09-28
- A* or equiv.: precision
- Published percentage; no grade count inferred
- A*–B or equiv.: basis
- Published annual result selected for comparison by the owner on 2026-09-28
- A*–B or equiv.: precision
- Published percentage; no grade count inferred
- A level + IB HL: entries
- unknown (No common entry total supplied)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- The owner approves KCS’s own combined A-level and IB Higher Level figures for 2017 (51.6% A*/7, 88.3% A*–A/7–6, 97.8% A*–B/7–5), as KCS reprints them in its results series through 2025. KCS counts A* with IB 7, A with 6 and B with 5, the same grade map the site uses, so the combined percentage is the comparable figure. No entry total is printed, and no grade counts are inferred.
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”)public-source-ac809a47570cbcf0· KCS Wimbledon · legacy sixth-form cohort report. A summary we compiled from earlier secondary reports, used only for the figures it is labelled against. · secondary synthesis used only for explicitly labelled 2008 lower-bound, 2014, 2016 and 2017 cohort facts where the underlying primary file is not held
Method and version
- Method
harm-v1 1.0.0- Inputs digest
sha256:2f666512180d99a12e335533e01b0f8c74385a8dba82c434734e4217c2f2b414- Qualification mix
A level, IB HL (owner-selection)
King’s College School, Wimbledon: exam results · How comparable figures work