St Paul’s School · sixth form · summer 2016

St Paul’s School, sixth form 2016: 45.1% of 636 entries at A* or equivalent

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45.1%

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

of 636 entries. A level A* 268 + Pre-U D1–D2 19 = 287 of 636 entries

St Paul’s publications give different A-level figures for 2016. We show the figure but don’t compare it.

Grades as sat

A level: A* 268 · A 244 · B 81 · C 9 · D 2 · E 2 · U 0. Subjects and grades

Pre-U: D1 10 · D2 9 · D3 9 · M1 1 · M2 1. Subjects and grades

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

We know because the government’s tables confirm it.

Three figures for each grade band, never merged
Grade band	Comparable figure (our calculation)	The school’s figure (as the school published it)	Original grades
A*–A or equivalent, all sixth-form examsCambridge aligns Pre-U D3 with A and UCAS scores IB 6 like an A.	84.9% of 636 entriesLeft out of comparisons: Publications disagree about a figure it is built from.	No combined figure from the school	A level: A*–A of 606 Pre-U: D1–D3 of 30
A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams	45.1% of 636 entriesLeft out of comparisons: Publications disagree about a figure it is built from.	No combined figure from the school	A level: A* of 606 Pre-U: D1–D2 of 30
A*–B or equivalent, all sixth-form exams	98.0% of 636 entries	No combined figure from the school	A level: A*–B of 606 Pre-U: D1–M2 of 30

How we built it

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 512 + Pre-U D1–D3 28 = 540 of 636 entries
A* or equiv.: A level A* 268 + Pre-U D1–D2 19 = 287 of 636 entries
A*–B or equiv.: A level A*–B 593 + Pre-U D1–M2 30 = 623 of 636 entries

The records it is built from

A level, 606 entries: St Paul’s School, A level and Pre-U 2016: 44.2% of 606 entries graded A*
Pre-U, 30 entries: St Paul’s School, Pre-U 2016: English

Cite this figure

St Paul’s School, 2016, A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams: 45.1% (comparable figure, our calculation; A level A* 268 + Pre-U D1–D2 19 = 287 of 636 entries). Method harm-v1. Records: research:st-pauls:2016:six-school-audit:a-level:derived-published-total, research:st-pauls:2016:pre-u:english:ff5ea676. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:st-pauls:2016:sixth-form/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:st-pauls: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: Weighted by entries across A level and Pre-U
A*–A or equiv.: note: A level: another figure TSR holds for 2016 gives 84.9%, against 84.5% (512 of 606) in the table used here. The difference is not settled.
A*–A or equiv.: reason codes: source disagreement
A*–A or equiv.: precision: Exact, from printed counts
A* or equiv.: basis: Weighted by entries across A level and Pre-U
A* or equiv.: note: A level: another figure TSR holds for 2016 gives 45.1%, against 44.2% (268 of 606) in the table used here. The difference is not settled.
A* or equiv.: reason codes: source disagreement
A* or equiv.: precision: Exact, from printed counts
A*–B or equiv.: basis: Weighted by entries across A level and Pre-U
A*–B or equiv.: precision: Exact, from printed counts
A level: entries: 606 (printed entries)
Pre-U: entries: 30 (sum of 1 subject row of the school’s table)
Which exams were sat: evidence: A level: 25 school or ISC records (e.g. fig:st_pauls_alevel:22); 23 DfE rows (e.g. research:st-pauls:2016:dfe-ks5-1-a-level-4164)
Which exams were sat: evidence: Pre-U: 1 school or ISC record (e.g. research:st-pauls:2016:pre-u:english:ff5ea676); 1 DfE row (e.g. research:st-pauls:2016:dfe-ks5-13-pre-u-prinicpal-subject-41)

Source references

SIX_AUDIT_FF5EA67640251E22 · A level and Pre-U results for 2016 - St Paul’s School · Exact publication checked for the named qualification, year and source population
REV_FF5EA6764025 · A level and Pre-U results for 2016 - St Paul’s School

Method and version

Method: harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest: sha256:bc7378b2465d5bd755d13ce18d1831c3350a8a8643ff32bf7fe9c101f55d8063
Qualification mix: A level, Pre-U (government-table)

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