Wycombe Abbey · sixth form · summer 2024

2023–25 · Grading as before

Wycombe Abbey, sixth form 2024: 42% at A* or equivalent

Shown, not compared

42%

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

Wycombe Abbey’s publications give different A-level figures for 2024. We show the figure but don’t compare it.

The school’s figure: 42%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

The original grades

A level: 42. 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 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
A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams 42% Left out of comparisons: The publications disagree about one of the figures used in this calculation. The same: it is the school’s own figure A level: A* 42%
A*–B or equivalent, all sixth-form exams 95% Left out of comparisons: The publications disagree about one of the figures used in this calculation. The same: it is the school’s own figure A level: A*–B 95%

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* or equiv.: A level A* 42%, as printed
  • A*–B or equiv.: A level A*–B 95%, as printed

The results used in the calculation

Cite this figure

Wycombe Abbey, 2024, A* or equivalent, all sixth-form exams: 42% (comparable figure, our calculation; A level A* 42%, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: fig:wycombe_exam_anchors:1. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:wycombe:2024:sixth-form/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:wycombe:2024: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: A level A*–A not printed
A*–A or equiv.: reason codes
comparable figure not computable
A* or equiv.: basis
A level only this year, so this is the figure held from a secondary source
A* or equiv.: note
A level: the school’s publications give different A-level A* figures for 2024, and the difference is not settled.
A* or equiv.: reason codes
source disagreement
A* or equiv.: precision
0 decimal places, as printed
A*–B or equiv.: basis
A level only this year, so this is the figure held from a secondary source
A*–B or equiv.: note
A level: the school’s publications give different A-level A*–B figures for 2024, and the difference is not settled.
A*–B or equiv.: reason codes
source disagreement
A*–B or equiv.: precision
0 decimal places, as printed
A level: entries
unknown (no entry count printed)
Which exams were sat: evidence
A level: 2 school or ISC records (e.g. fig:wycombe_exam_anchors:1); 25 DfE rows (e.g. research:wycombe:2024:dfe:later-ks5-qualification-aggregate-institution-aggregated-results-a-level-gce-a-level-all-subjects)

Source references

  • FB13 · Our research file (not public). A compilation we made of the schools’ and universities’ full tables, for our own research. (as recorded: “controlling full-table base”)
  • 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 and version

Method
harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest
sha256:6f798ee0ca4b087df9497a84f5177b3ea00d4e3d7e120ed8cfd3e571a2edbc68
Qualification mix
A level (government-table)

Wycombe Abbey: exam results · How comparable figures work

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