St Mary’s School Ascot · sixth form · summer 2016

2010–16 · A* at A level

St Mary’s School Ascot, sixth form 2016: 30% at A* or equivalent

Shown, not compared

30%

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

It isn’t clear exactly which entries St Mary’s Ascot’s figure counts. We show the figure but don’t compare it.

The school’s figure: 30%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

The original grades

A level: 30. Subjects and grades

This year’s exams: A levels only.

We know because the government’s tables confirm it.

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 71% Left out of comparisons: We cannot establish exactly what one of the figures used in the calculation counts. The same: it is the school’s own figure A level: A*–A 71%
A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams 30% Left out of comparisons: We cannot establish exactly what one of the figures used in the calculation counts. The same: it is the school’s own figure A level: A* 30%
A*–B or equivalent, all sixth-form exams No figureThe school’s own tables don’t give a comparable figure for this year. No combined figure from the school A level: A*–B

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 71%, as printed
  • A* or equiv.: A level A* 30%, as printed

The results used in the calculation

Cite this figure

St Mary’s School Ascot, 2016, A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams: 30% (comparable figure, our calculation; A level A* 30%, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: new:st-marys-ascot:2016:a-level-bands:governors-report. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:st-marys-ascot:2016:sixth-form/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:st-marys-ascot:2016: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.: reason codes
unknown population basis
A*–A or equiv.: precision
0 decimal places, as printed
A* or equiv.: basis
A level only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
A* or equiv.: reason codes
unknown population basis
A* or equiv.: precision
0 decimal places, as printed
A*–B or equiv.: reason
A level: A level A*–B not printed
A*–B or equiv.: reason codes
comparable figure not computable
A level: entries
unknown (no entry count printed)
Which exams were sat: evidence
A level: 4 school or ISC records (e.g. new:st-marys-ascot:2016:a-level-bands:governors-report); 24 DfE rows (e.g. new:st-marys-ascot:2016:dfe-ks5-1-a-level-8865)
Which exams were sat: evidence
Pre-U: 2 school or ISC records (e.g. new:st-marys-ascot:2016:pre-u-populations:isc-return)
Which exams were sat: note
The ISC return’s five “Pre-U” entries are short courses (they equal its count of Pre-U candidates), which the method leaves out, and DfE lists no Pre-U entry for the school in 2016.

Source references

Method and version

Method
harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest
sha256:4b1df57ad6c852fde67f7e3673533a0d31f3a28bf2fd422719398c9a39314112
Qualification mix
A level (government-table)

St Mary’s School Ascot: exam results · How comparable figures work

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