St Paul’s School, sixth form 2016: 45.1% at A* or equivalent

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 2026-10-15

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 2026-10-15

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 2026-10-15

A*–B or equiv.: precision

Published percentage; no grade count inferred

A level: entries

unknown (No common entry total supplied)

Which exams were sat: evidence

The owner approves the existing recorded annual results for comparison on 15 October 2026, excluding the teacher-assessed years 2020 and 2021. The selected percentages and native grade labels are unchanged; no grade counts or missing bands are inferred. Original publications, alternative versions and the prior qualification mix and calculation remain in the audit trail. The 45.1% A* and 84.9% A*–A headlines count A level and Pre-U together. The separate A-level table gives 44.2% and 84.5% over 606 entries; the additional 30 Pre-U English entries reproduce the combined headlines over 636 entries. This selection retains the school headline and does not describe it as an A-level-only population.

Source references

• FB146 · Our research file (not public). A companion file we made for seven schools, with our list of archived copies of their web pages. (as recorded: “latest seven-school companion and Wayback/destination lock”)
• SPS_2002_EXAM_CC · St Paul’s School · 2002 examination results · Common Crawl recovery · first-party page recovered at ARC offset 69,280,402; supplies 92.5% GCSE A*/A and 92.5% A-level A/B school headlines
• public-source-34813ac6749f899b · St Paul’s School · A-level summary 2005–09 · Wayback · direct school five-year final grid; pre-A* A, A–B and A–C grade-entry shares

Method and version

Method

harm-v1 1.0.0

Inputs digest

sha256:f1f6eae3673ced0a727ada67ed6cf6ec66ef7942482a8670bb2ee33d8caee290

Qualification mix

A level (owner-selection)