Magdalen College School: comparable sixth form figures, 2014

No figure

A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams · Comparable figure · our calculation

We haven’t yet established which qualifications pupils took, so we cannot combine their results.

The school’s figure: 43.5% · The school’s combined figure, as published. There is no comparable figure to compare it with.

The original grades

A level: no full grade table in this record

Pre-U: no full grade table in this record

This year’s exams: A levels and Pre-U.

We know because the records disagree, and we have not yet resolved which qualifications they cover.

The comparison, the school’s headline and the original grades
Grade band	Comparable figure (our calculation)	The school’s figure (as the school published it)	Original grades
A*–A or equivalent, all sixth-form exams	No figureThe sources disagree about which qualifications pupils took this year. We need to resolve that before combining the results.	86.6% · The school’s combined figure, as publishedThere is no comparable figure to compare it with.	—
A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams	No figureThe sources disagree about which qualifications pupils took this year. We need to resolve that before combining the results.	43.5% · The school’s combined figure, as publishedThere is no comparable figure to compare it with.	—
A*–B or equivalent, all sixth-form exams	No figureThe sources disagree about which qualifications pupils took this year. We need to resolve that before combining the results.	97.4% · The school’s combined figure, as publishedThere is no comparable figure to compare it with.	—

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.

The results used in the calculation

A level: no usable figures this year. Record details says why.
Pre-U: no usable figures this year. Record details says why.

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:mcs-oxford:2014: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.: reason: DfE’s 2014 tables list English Literature, French, German and History at the school as A levels and show no Pre-U entry, while the school’s later reports call these years “converted A-level/Pre-U”. The owner is asked whether the year was A level only.
A*–A or equiv.: reason codes: awaiting owner ruling
A* or equiv.: reason: DfE’s 2014 tables list English Literature, French, German and History at the school as A levels and show no Pre-U entry, while the school’s later reports call these years “converted A-level/Pre-U”. The owner is asked whether the year was A level only.
A* or equiv.: reason codes: awaiting owner ruling
A*–B or equiv.: reason: DfE’s 2014 tables list English Literature, French, German and History at the school as A levels and show no Pre-U entry, while the school’s later reports call these years “converted A-level/Pre-U”. The owner is asked whether the year was A level only.
A*–B or equiv.: reason codes: awaiting owner ruling
A level: why no figure: no whole-school A level figure is held
Pre-U: why no figure: no whole-school Pre-U figure is held
Which exams were sat: evidence: A level: 4 school or ISC records (e.g. new:mcs-oxford:2014:a-level-including-applied-international:isc-return); 20 DfE rows (e.g. new:mcs-oxford:2014:dfe-ks5-1-a-level-21256)
Which exams were sat: evidence: Pre-U: 3 school or ISC records (e.g. new:mcs-oxford:2014:retrospective-converted-bands:governors-2020)
The school’s figure: The school’s combined figure, as published (new:mcs-oxford:2014:retrospective-converted-bands:governors-2020)
The school’s figure: The school’s combined figure, as published (new:mcs-oxford:2014:sixth-form-grade-bands:governors-2014)

Method and version

Method: harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest: sha256:1ab773fa14a4d9f94fc2be4bb66fac1563ab1aa5e59aa41529fc10bfdeba62a3
Qualification mix: A level, Pre-U (pending-ruling)

Magdalen College School: exam results · How comparable figures work