Westminster School · sixth form · summer 2017

Westminster School: comparable sixth form figures, 2017

Qualification only

No figure

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

Westminster’s 2017 Pre-U table contradicts itself: it prints 99% at D1–D2 but 88% at D1–D3, which can’t both be right.

Grades as sat

A level: 47. Subjects and grades

Pre-U: no full grade table in this record. 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 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*–A 81% of 469 Pre-U: D1–D3
A* 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* 47% of 469 Pre-U: D1–D2
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 95% of 469 Pre-U: D1–M2

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 level, 469 entries: Westminster School, A level 2017: 47% of 469 entries graded A*
Pre-U: Westminster School, Pre-U 2017: 88% of 265 entries at D1–D3

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:westminster:2017:sixth-form. Quote it if you report a problem.

The record’s own wording, where this page puts it in plainer words.

A*–A or equiv.: reason: Pre-U: the printed cumulative bands fall, which cannot happen (D1-D2 99, D1-D3 88); a source inconsistency, so this component is not used
A*–A or equiv.: reason codes: comparable figure not computable
A* or equiv.: reason: Pre-U: the printed cumulative bands fall, which cannot happen (D1-D2 99, D1-D3 88); a source inconsistency, so this component is not used
A* or equiv.: reason codes: comparable figure not computable
A*–B or equiv.: reason: Pre-U: the printed cumulative bands fall, which cannot happen (D1-D2 99, D1-D3 88); a source inconsistency, so this component is not used
A*–B or equiv.: reason codes: comparable figure not computable
A level: entries: 469 (printed entries)
Pre-U: refused: the printed cumulative bands fall, which cannot happen (D1-D2 99, D1-D3 88); a source inconsistency, so this component is not used
Pre-U: note: Refused by the engine: the printed cumulative bands fall, which cannot happen (D1-D2 99, D1-D3 88); a source inconsistency, so this component is not used
Which exams were sat: evidence: A level: 3 school or ISC records (e.g. fig:westminster_alevel:29); 10 DfE rows (e.g. new:westminster:2017:dfe-ks5-1-a-level-and-as-level-46979)
Which exams were sat: evidence: Pre-U: 3 school or ISC records (e.g. fig:westminster_pre_u:7); 12 DfE rows (e.g. new:westminster:2017:dfe-ks5-2-other-qualifications-15236)

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”)

Method: harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest: sha256:fb1b1c14ddc716e1d6b2338846a1ab279e829afdfed71be6894861bc89d6dff3
Qualification mix: A level, Pre-U (government-table)