Eton College, A level 2020: 80.8% of entries graded A*–A

80.8%
96.5% A*–B
A-level entries graded A*–A
A-level entries (the total isn’t printed) · summer 2020 exams
Unclear what it counts
Unclear which group it counts.
Eton College annual report and financial statements 2020, PDF page 15 Open original: Eton College annual report and financial statements 2020
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Eton College. A-level entries graded A*–A: 80.8% (A-level entries (the total isn’t printed)), summer 2020 exams. Status: Unclear what it counts. Source: Eton College annual report and financial statements 2020, PDF page 15, https://www.etoncollege.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Eton-College-2020-Accounts.pdf. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/new:eton:2020:a-level-accounts-version/
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What it counts

Centre assessment grades. This official report differs from retained 83.3% A*–A /97.4% A*–B headline series; source scope or revision cause not confirmed. Printed A–C=99.2% is not silently relabelled A*–C.

The figures

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

A*–A: 80.8
A*–B: 96.5
Qualification: A-level

Notes and original wording (4)

What it counts: Centre assessment grades. This official report differs from retained 83.3% A*–A /97.4% A*–B headline series; source scope or revision cause unestablished. Printed A–C=99.2% is not silently relabelled A*–C.
Note: Centre assessment grades. This official report differs from retained 83.3% A*–A /97.4% A*–B headline series; source scope or revision cause unestablished. Printed A–C=99.2% is not silently relabelled A*–C. Update 28 Sep 2026: Different groups counted. Eton’s 2020 figures of 49.2 / 83.3 / 97.4% count A-level and Pre-U entries together (868 entries), not A level alone.
Publication status: Publication versions reconciled on 28 Sep 2026: Different groups counted
Year: 2020

Awarded in 2020–21, when exams were cancelled and schools assessed grades, so kept out of comparisons with exam years.

It’s unclear which group this figure counts, so it isn’t compared.

This figure covers a different group from the school-wide series.

Where it was published

Eton College annual report and financial statements 2020

PDF page 15, Academic performance · Checked 6 Sep 2026

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different groups counted (A*–A 80.8) · different groups counted (A*–B 96.5)
Eton’s 2020 figures of 49.2 / 83.3 / 97.4% count A-level and Pre-U entries together (868 entries), not A level alone.

Notes on this record

Where it’s from: Publication versions reconciled on 28 Sep 2026: Different groups counted
Worth knowing: Centre assessment grades. This official report differs from retained 83.3% A*–A /97.4% A*–B headline series; source scope or revision cause not confirmed. Printed A–C=99.2% is not silently relabelled A*–C. Update 28 Sep 2026: Different groups counted. Eton’s 2020 figures of 49.2 / 83.3 / 97.4% count A-level and Pre-U entries together (868 entries), not A level alone.
How the source defines it: Centre assessment grades. This official report differs from retained 83.3% A*–A /97.4% A*–B headline series; source scope or revision cause not confirmed. Printed A–C=99.2% is not silently relabelled A*–C.

Revision log

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Different groups counted · logged 28 Sep 2026

Eton’s 2020 figures of 49.2 / 83.3 / 97.4% count A-level and Pre-U entries together (868 entries), not A level alone.

A*–A, A*–B: A-level subject entries

What was checked

The record held 49.2 / 83.3 / 97.4% (A* / A*–A / A*–B) as A-level results. Each figure is reproduced exactly, at its printed precision, by Eton’s A-level table (666 entries) and Pre-U table (202 entries) added together, with Pre-U Distinction 1 and 2 counted as A*, Distinction 3 as A and Merit 1 and 2 as B: A* 49.19%; A*–A 83.29%; A*–B 97.35%. The A-level table alone gives A* 45.50%, A*–A 80.78%, A*–B 96.55%. The two sets count different groups of entries, so both are shown, each labelled, and only the A-level table enters the A-level comparison. Eton’s 2019/20 annual report prints 80.8% A*–A and 96.5% A*–B for A level, the A-level table’s figures. Grades in 2020 were centre-assessed, so the year stays out of comparisons. The two tables’ 666 and 202 entries are the sums of their printed grade totals.

Eton College GCE A2 Statistics, Summer 2020 · signed12 Oct 2020 · checked 28 Sep 2026
Eton College Pre-U Statistics, Summer 2020 · signed12 Oct 2020 · checked 28 Sep 2026
Eton College Annual Report and Financial Statements 2019/20 (PDF page 15) · checked 28 Sep 2026

Can I compare it?

A*–A and A*–B: left out of comparisons: covers a different group from the school-wide series; measured differently; unclear which group it counts; 2020–21, when exams were cancelled and schools assessed grades.

Record details

Record ID new:eton:2020:a-level-accounts-version. Quote it if you report a problem.

As recorded

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

Check note (A*–A and A*–B): Eton’s 2020 figures of 49.2 / 83.3 / 97.4% count A-level and Pre-U entries together (868 entries), not A level alone.
Definition: Centre assessment grades. This official report differs from retained 83.3% A*–A /97.4% A*–B headline series; source scope or revision cause unestablished. Printed A–C=99.2% is not silently relabelled A*–C.
Note: Centre assessment grades. This official report differs from retained 83.3% A*–A /97.4% A*–B headline series; source scope or revision cause unestablished. Printed A–C=99.2% is not silently relabelled A*–C. Update 28 Sep 2026: Different groups counted. Eton’s 2020 figures of 49.2 / 83.3 / 97.4% count A-level and Pre-U entries together (868 entries), not A level alone.
Collection note: Centre assessment grades. This official report differs from retained 83.3% A*–A /97.4% A*–B headline series; source scope or revision cause unestablished. Printed A–C=99.2% is not silently relabelled A*–C.

Source references

OLDER_ETON_ACCOUNTS_2020 · Eton College annual report and financial statements 2020

Codes and identifiers

Evidence: Definition unresolved
Record Id: new:eton:2020:a-level-accounts-version

Comparison codes

a_star · research observation outside matched schoolwide scope; incompatible definitions; unknown population basis; assessment-regime exclusion; missing value · missing · As published; not an exact number · origin Definition unresolved
a_star_a · research observation outside matched schoolwide scope; incompatible definitions; unknown population basis; assessment-regime exclusion · exact · 0 decimal places · origin Definition unresolved
a_star_b · research observation outside matched schoolwide scope; incompatible definitions; unknown population basis; assessment-regime exclusion · exact · 0 decimal places · origin Definition unresolved

Check log

2026-09-06 · a_star_a · different groups counted · Eton College annual report and financial statements 2020 · PDF page 15; Academic performance
2026-09-06 · a_star_b · different groups counted · Eton College annual report and financial statements 2020 · PDF page 15; Academic performance

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