Wycombe Abbey · sixth form · summer 2014

2010–16 · A* at A level

Wycombe Abbey: comparable sixth form figures, 2014

Qualification only

No figure

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

Wycombe Abbey printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications.

The original grades

A level: 48.3. 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.

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 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 90.4%
Pre-U: D1–D3 of 6
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* 48.3%
Pre-U: D1–D2 of 6
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 99.3%
Pre-U: D1–M2 of 6

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

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:wycombe: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
A level: no entry count printed
A*–A or equiv.: reason codes
comparable figure not computable
A* or equiv.: reason
A level: no entry count printed
A* or equiv.: reason codes
comparable figure not computable
A*–B or equiv.: reason
A level: no entry count printed
A*–B or equiv.: reason codes
comparable figure not computable
A level: entries
unknown (no entry count printed)
Pre-U: entries
6 (printed entries)
Which exams were sat: evidence
A level: 27 school or ISC records (e.g. research:wycombe:2014:a-level:archive-20150220102201:table-0:summary); 22 DfE rows (e.g. research:wycombe:2014:dfe:subject-ks5-1-a-level-gce-a-level-art-design)
Which exams were sat: evidence
Pre-U: 2 school or ISC records (e.g. research:wycombe:2014:isc:pre-u-full-course); 1 DfE row (e.g. research:wycombe:2014:dfe:subject-ks5-11-pre-u-pre-u-principal-subject-french)

Source references

Method and version

Method
harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest
sha256:9d28337d6568c4e84ef61e5ff7cc602d0f6d8be6df8f6822c3b0dcd3db29a1ba
Qualification mix
A level, Pre-U (government-table)

Wycombe Abbey: exam results · How comparable figures work

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