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Eton College · A level · summer 2017

Eton College, A level 2017: 42.1% of entries graded A*

Checked against the original: 13 figures, including A* count, A* and A*–A.

What it counts

Eton’s own 2017 A-level table (16 subjects), reproduced by Sohu on 15 October 2018. The table prints percentages, not counts; its whole-table cumulative row is 42.1, 79.5, 93, 98.2, 99.4, 99.6, 100. The grade counts (A* 228, A 203, B 73, C 28, D 7, E 1, U 2; 542 entries) are the only whole numbers that reproduce every printed subject and whole-table percentage. They were reconstructed by exhaustive search and checked in Wolfram Language. The 2017 annual report’s rounded A-level shares (42, 80, 98) are kept as a separate record.

The figures

As printed. Percentages are of subject entries, not pupils.

A count
203
A*
42.1
A*–A
79.5
A*–B
93.0
A*–C
98.2
A* count
228
A*–D
99.4
A*–E
99.6
B count
73
C count
28
D count
7
E count
1
Qualification
A-level
Grade scale
A*-U
U count
2
The record’s notes and other fields, as recorded (5)
What it counts
Eton’s own 2017 A2 table (16 subjects), reproduced by Sohu on 15 October 2018. The table prints percentages, not counts; its whole-table cumulative row is 42.1, 79.5, 93, 98.2, 99.4, 99.6, 100. The grade counts (A* 228, A 203, B 73, C 28, D 7, E 1, U 2; 542 entries) are the only whole numbers that reproduce every printed subject and whole-table percentage. They were reconstructed by exhaustive search and checked in Wolfram Language. The 2017 annual report’s rounded A-level shares (42, 80, 98) are kept as a separate record.
Note
Eton’s own 2017 A2 table (16 subjects), reproduced by Sohu on 15 October 2018. The table prints percentages, not counts; its whole-table cumulative row is 42.1, 79.5, 93, 98.2, 99.4, 99.6, 100. The grade counts (A* 228, A 203, B 73, C 28, D 7, E 1, U 2; 542 entries) are the only whole numbers that reproduce every printed subject and whole-table percentage. They were reconstructed by exhaustive search and checked in Wolfram Language. The 2017 annual report’s rounded A-level shares (42, 80, 98) are kept as a separate record.
What it counts
Examination grade distribution
Who is counted
A-level subject entries
Year
2017

Where it was published

  • Eton College A2 and Pre-U results, Summer 2017: the school’s subject tables, reproduced by Sohu (15 October 2018) · A2 and Pre-U percentage tables, subject rows and whole-table rows

    Checked 28 Sep 2026 · matches 13 figures, including A* count, A count and B count

    12 figures, including A* count, A count and B count: Counts reconstructed from the printed subject percentages: they are the only whole-number counts that give every printed subject and whole-table percentage.

    A*–B: Counts reconstructed from the printed subject percentages: they are the only whole-number counts that give every printed subject and whole-table percentage. Printed “93”: the table gives every cell to one decimal place and drops trailing zeros.

Notes on this record

Where it’s from
Original publication
Worth knowing
Eton’s own 2017 A-level table (16 subjects), reproduced by Sohu on 15 October 2018. The table prints percentages, not counts; its whole-table cumulative row is 42.1, 79.5, 93, 98.2, 99.4, 99.6, 100. The grade counts (A* 228, A 203, B 73, C 28, D 7, E 1, U 2; 542 entries) are the only whole numbers that reproduce every printed subject and whole-table percentage. They were reconstructed by exhaustive search and checked in Wolfram Language. The 2017 annual report’s rounded A-level shares (42, 80, 98) are kept as a separate record.

Revision log

How differences between publications of this figure were settled or labelled under the published rules. Earlier versions stay listed.

Consistent at the published precision · logged

Eton’s 2016/17 annual report prints 42% A* and 80% A*–A for A level; its 2017 A2 table gives 42.1% and 79.5%, the same figures before rounding.

What was checked

Eton’s 2017 A2 table prints its whole-table percentages to one decimal place: 42.1% A* and 79.5% A*–A. Its grade counts, the only whole numbers that reproduce every printed percentage, are 228 A* and 203 A grades of 542 entries (42.07% and 79.52%). Rounded half up to whole numbers these are 42% and 80%, the annual report’s figures. The figures agree, so the table’s more precise figures are used and the report’s stay on record.

Different groups counted · logged

Eton’s 2017 A-level A*–B share is 93.0%, from its A2 table. The 98% its 2016/17 annual report prints beside A*–B is the table’s A*–C share (98.2%), rounded.

  • A*–B: A-level subject entries · in the A-level series
What was checked

Eton’s 2017 A2 table prints 93 (93.0%) as its A*–B share: 504 A*, A or B grades of 542 entries (92.99%). The annual report prints 98% for A*–B. That figure is reproduced exactly, at its printed precision, by the table’s A*–C share, 532 of 542 (98.15%), and by no A*–B share. So the two count different groups of grades. The table’s 93.0% enters the A-level A*–B comparison; the report’s 98% stays on record, labelled as the A*–C share.

Can I compare it?

  • A*, A*–A and A*–B: yes, with another school’s figure for the same year, counting a-level subject entries on the same grading scale (A-level post-2010 A*–E).
Record details

Record ID new:eton:2017:a-level-final-table. Quote it if you report a problem.

As recorded

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

Check note (12 figures, including A* count, A count and B count)
Counts reconstructed from the printed subject percentages: they are the only whole-number counts that give every printed subject and whole-table percentage.
Check note (A*–B)
Counts reconstructed from the printed subject percentages: they are the only whole-number counts that give every printed subject and whole-table percentage. Printed “93”: the table gives every cell to one decimal place and drops trailing zeros.
Source note
Primary
Definition
Eton’s own 2017 A2 table (16 subjects), reproduced by Sohu on 15 October 2018. The table prints percentages, not counts; its whole-table cumulative row is 42.1, 79.5, 93, 98.2, 99.4, 99.6, 100. The grade counts (A* 228, A 203, B 73, C 28, D 7, E 1, U 2; 542 entries) are the only whole numbers that reproduce every printed subject and whole-table percentage. They were reconstructed by exhaustive search and checked in Wolfram Language. The 2017 annual report’s rounded A-level shares (42, 80, 98) are kept as a separate record.
Collection note
Eton’s own 2017 A2 table (16 subjects), reproduced by Sohu on 15 October 2018. The table prints percentages, not counts; its whole-table cumulative row is 42.1, 79.5, 93, 98.2, 99.4, 99.6, 100. The grade counts (A* 228, A 203, B 73, C 28, D 7, E 1, U 2; 542 entries) are the only whole numbers that reproduce every printed subject and whole-table percentage. They were reconstructed by exhaustive search and checked in Wolfram Language. The 2017 annual report’s rounded A-level shares (42, 80, 98) are kept as a separate record.

Source references

Codes and identifiers

Evidence
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Record Id
new:eton:2017:a-level-final-table

Comparison codes

  • a_star · eligible when the year and group match · exact · 0 decimal places · origin P
  • a_star_a · eligible when the year and group match · exact · 0 decimal places · origin P
  • a_star_b · eligible when the year and group match · exact · 0 decimal places · origin P

Check log

  1. 2026-09-28 · a_star_count · verified · Eton College A2 and Pre-U results, Summer 2017: the school’s subject tables, reproduced by Sohu (15 October 2018) · A2 and Pre-U percentage tables; subject rows and whole-table rows
  2. 2026-09-28 · a_count · verified · Eton College A2 and Pre-U results, Summer 2017: the school’s subject tables, reproduced by Sohu (15 October 2018) · A2 and Pre-U percentage tables; subject rows and whole-table rows
  3. 2026-09-28 · b_count · verified · Eton College A2 and Pre-U results, Summer 2017: the school’s subject tables, reproduced by Sohu (15 October 2018) · A2 and Pre-U percentage tables; subject rows and whole-table rows
  4. 2026-09-28 · c_count · verified · Eton College A2 and Pre-U results, Summer 2017: the school’s subject tables, reproduced by Sohu (15 October 2018) · A2 and Pre-U percentage tables; subject rows and whole-table rows
  5. 2026-09-28 · d_count · verified · Eton College A2 and Pre-U results, Summer 2017: the school’s subject tables, reproduced by Sohu (15 October 2018) · A2 and Pre-U percentage tables; subject rows and whole-table rows
  6. 2026-09-28 · e_count · verified · Eton College A2 and Pre-U results, Summer 2017: the school’s subject tables, reproduced by Sohu (15 October 2018) · A2 and Pre-U percentage tables; subject rows and whole-table rows
  7. 2026-09-28 · u_count · verified · Eton College A2 and Pre-U results, Summer 2017: the school’s subject tables, reproduced by Sohu (15 October 2018) · A2 and Pre-U percentage tables; subject rows and whole-table rows
  8. 2026-09-28 · a_star · verified · Eton College A2 and Pre-U results, Summer 2017: the school’s subject tables, reproduced by Sohu (15 October 2018) · A2 and Pre-U percentage tables; subject rows and whole-table rows
  9. 2026-09-28 · a_star_a · verified · Eton College A2 and Pre-U results, Summer 2017: the school’s subject tables, reproduced by Sohu (15 October 2018) · A2 and Pre-U percentage tables; subject rows and whole-table rows
  10. 2026-09-28 · a_star_b · verified · Eton College A2 and Pre-U results, Summer 2017: the school’s subject tables, reproduced by Sohu (15 October 2018) · A2 and Pre-U percentage tables; subject rows and whole-table rows
  11. 2026-09-28 · a_star_c · verified · Eton College A2 and Pre-U results, Summer 2017: the school’s subject tables, reproduced by Sohu (15 October 2018) · A2 and Pre-U percentage tables; subject rows and whole-table rows
  12. 2026-09-28 · a_star_d · verified · Eton College A2 and Pre-U results, Summer 2017: the school’s subject tables, reproduced by Sohu (15 October 2018) · A2 and Pre-U percentage tables; subject rows and whole-table rows
  13. 2026-09-28 · a_star_e · verified · Eton College A2 and Pre-U results, Summer 2017: the school’s subject tables, reproduced by Sohu (15 October 2018) · A2 and Pre-U percentage tables; subject rows and whole-table rows

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