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.

Published figures and source readings
Grade bandPublished 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)

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