St Paul’s School, A level 2025: 54.5% of 650 entries graded A*

54.5%
89.5% A*–A · 96.8% A*–B
A-level entries graded A*
of 650 entries · summer 2025 exams
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Unclear which group it counts.
DfE 2024/25 KS5 underlying subject results Open original: DfE 2024/25 KS5 underlying subject results
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St Paul’s School. A-level entries graded A*: 54.5% of 650 entries, summer 2025 exams. Status: Unclear what it counts. Source: DfE 2024/25 KS5 underlying subject results, https://content.explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/api/releases/020798ea-672f-4cbf-844e-735fc8eb0bfd/files/72fc9881-aef9-4a97-b207-2e522ca53a8e. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/research:st-pauls:2025:six-school-audit:dfe-completion-cohort:a-level/
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What it counts

Source: Department for Education performance tables (subject-level data). Qualification, as the DfE names it: GCE A level. Published group: ASIZE=1; GSIZE=4; Grade structure=*,A,B,C,D,E. 2025 is the year pupils finished the course; exams in it may not all have been sat that year. The DfE counts results from up to three years of 16–18 (sixth-form) study, so this isn’t one summer’s exams. Earlier AS awards remain included even if pupils later took A-level; this is not the current Year 12 AS cohort. Counts are subject results, not pupils. The DfE counts a different group, so its figures may not match the school’s own headline. We don’t combine DfE figures with other sources, or calculate percentages or yearly trends from them. Exam group, as published: A level. This is a published qualification aggregate, separate from subject results and entry tables. It is never added to those rows.

The figures

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

Entries: 650
A*: 54.5
A*–A: 89.5
A*–B: 96.8
A*–C: 98.8
A*–D: 99.8
A*–E: 99.8
A* count: 354
A count: 228
B count: 47
C count: 13
D count: 7
E count: 0
Qualification: A-level
Failed examinations: 1
Grade scale: A*–E

Notes and original wording (6)

What it counts: Original government underlying subject-results workbook. Source qualification: GCE A level. Published group: ASIZE=1; GSIZE=4; Grade structure=*,A,B,C,D,E. 2025 means the year students completed advanced study, not necessarily the year of each examination. The original population includes up to three years of 16–18 study. Earlier AS awards remain included even if pupils later took A2; this is not the current Year 12 AS cohort. Entry counts are qualification/subject results, not a school-wide pupil denominator. School headlines and these government cohorts can differ. No cross-source total, percentage or annual grade trend has been calculated. Published exam cohort: A level. This is a published qualification aggregate, separate from subject results and entry tables. It is never added to those rows.
Note: Original government underlying subject-results workbook. Source qualification: GCE A level. Published group: ASIZE=1; GSIZE=4; Grade structure=*,A,B,C,D,E. 2025 means the year students completed advanced study, not necessarily the year of each examination. The original population includes up to three years of 16–18 study. Earlier AS awards remain included even if pupils later took A2; this is not the current Year 12 AS cohort. Entry counts are qualification/subject results, not a school-wide pupil denominator. School headlines and these government cohorts can differ. No cross-source total, percentage or annual grade trend has been calculated. Published exam cohort: A level. This is a published qualification aggregate, separate from subject results and entry tables. It is never added to those rows. Percentages newly calculated within the explicitly published qualification aggregate only. Year denotes completion of advanced study and cannot be relabelled as the sitting year of every examination. The denominator is the printed entries count, including separately labelled COVID-assessed or failed-result categories when present. COVID-assessed categories are not allocated to letter grades. Do not combine this aggregate with its subject rows or school headlines. Source counts were already verified 2026-09-06; arithmetic checked 2026-09-09.
What it counts: Grade distribution within a government completion cohort
Who is counted: DfE study-completion cohort; awards can span up to three years, not annual examination-year results
Publication status: Derived completion-cohort distribution; not an annual sitting-year result
Year: 2025

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

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DfE 2024/25 KS5 underlying subject results

Checked 6 Sep 2026

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Where it’s from: Derived completion-cohort distribution; not an annual sitting-year result
Worth knowing: Source: Department for Education performance tables (subject-level data). Qualification, as the DfE names it: GCE A level. Published group: ASIZE=1; GSIZE=4; Grade structure=*,A,B,C,D,E. 2025 is the year pupils finished the course; exams in it may not all have been sat that year. The DfE counts results from up to three years of 16–18 (sixth-form) study, so this isn’t one summer’s exams. Earlier AS awards remain included even if pupils later took A-level; this is not the current Year 12 AS cohort. Counts are subject results, not pupils. The DfE counts a different group, so its figures may not match the school’s own headline. We don’t combine DfE figures with other sources, or calculate percentages or yearly trends from them. Exam group, as published: A level. This is a published qualification aggregate, separate from subject results and entry tables. It is never added to those rows. Percentages newly calculated within the explicitly published qualification aggregate only. Year denotes completion of advanced study and cannot be relabelled as the sitting year of every examination. The denominator is the printed entries count, including separately labelled COVID-assessed or failed-result categories when present. COVID-assessed categories are not allocated to letter grades. Do not combine this aggregate with its subject rows or school headlines. Source counts were already verified 2026-09-06; arithmetic checked 2026-09-09.
How the source defines it: Source: Department for Education performance tables (subject-level data). Qualification, as the DfE names it: GCE A level. Published group: ASIZE=1; GSIZE=4; Grade structure=*,A,B,C,D,E. 2025 is the year pupils finished the course; exams in it may not all have been sat that year. The DfE counts results from up to three years of 16–18 (sixth-form) study, so this isn’t one summer’s exams. Earlier AS awards remain included even if pupils later took A-level; this is not the current Year 12 AS cohort. Counts are subject results, not pupils. The DfE counts a different group, so its figures may not match the school’s own headline. We don’t combine DfE figures with other sources, or calculate percentages or yearly trends from them. Exam group, as published: A level. This is a published qualification aggregate, separate from subject results and entry tables. It is never added to those rows.

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A*, 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.

Record details

Record ID research:st-pauls:2025:six-school-audit:dfe-completion-cohort:a-level. Quote it if you report a problem.

As recorded

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

Definition: Original government underlying subject-results workbook. Source qualification: GCE A level. Published group: ASIZE=1; GSIZE=4; Grade structure=*,A,B,C,D,E. 2025 means the year students completed advanced study, not necessarily the year of each examination. The original population includes up to three years of 16–18 study. Earlier AS awards remain included even if pupils later took A2; this is not the current Year 12 AS cohort. Entry counts are qualification/subject results, not a school-wide pupil denominator. School headlines and these government cohorts can differ. No cross-source total, percentage or annual grade trend has been calculated. Published exam cohort: A level. This is a published qualification aggregate, separate from subject results and entry tables. It is never added to those rows.
Note: Original government underlying subject-results workbook. Source qualification: GCE A level. Published group: ASIZE=1; GSIZE=4; Grade structure=*,A,B,C,D,E. 2025 means the year students completed advanced study, not necessarily the year of each examination. The original population includes up to three years of 16–18 study. Earlier AS awards remain included even if pupils later took A2; this is not the current Year 12 AS cohort. Entry counts are qualification/subject results, not a school-wide pupil denominator. School headlines and these government cohorts can differ. No cross-source total, percentage or annual grade trend has been calculated. Published exam cohort: A level. This is a published qualification aggregate, separate from subject results and entry tables. It is never added to those rows. Percentages newly calculated within the explicitly published qualification aggregate only. Year denotes completion of advanced study and cannot be relabelled as the sitting year of every examination. The denominator is the printed entries count, including separately labelled COVID-assessed or failed-result categories when present. COVID-assessed categories are not allocated to letter grades. Do not combine this aggregate with its subject rows or school headlines. Source counts were already verified 2026-09-06; arithmetic checked 2026-09-09.
Collection note: Original government underlying subject-results workbook. Source qualification: GCE A level. Published group: ASIZE=1; GSIZE=4; Grade structure=*,A,B,C,D,E. 2025 means the year students completed advanced study, not necessarily the year of each examination. The original population includes up to three years of 16–18 study. Earlier AS awards remain included even if pupils later took A2; this is not the current Year 12 AS cohort. Entry counts are qualification/subject results, not a school-wide pupil denominator. School headlines and these government cohorts can differ. No cross-source total, percentage or annual grade trend has been calculated. Published exam cohort: A level. This is a published qualification aggregate, separate from subject results and entry tables. It is never added to those rows. Percentages newly calculated within the explicitly published qualification aggregate only. Year denotes completion of advanced study and cannot be relabelled as the sitting year of every examination. The denominator is the printed entries count, including separately labelled COVID-assessed or failed-result categories when present. COVID-assessed categories are not allocated to letter grades. Do not combine this aggregate with its subject rows or school headlines. Source counts were already verified 2026-09-06; arithmetic checked 2026-09-09.

Source references

SIX_AUDIT_9FBB538325ACF358 · DfE 2024/25 KS5 underlying subject results · Exact publication checked for the named qualification, year and source population

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Evidence: P
Record Id: research:st-pauls:2025:six-school-audit:dfe-completion-cohort:a-level

Comparison codes

a_star · research observation outside matched schoolwide scope; incompatible definitions; unknown population basis · exact · 0 decimal places · origin P
a_star_a · research observation outside matched schoolwide scope; incompatible definitions; unknown population basis · exact · 0 decimal places · origin P
a_star_b · research observation outside matched schoolwide scope; incompatible definitions; unknown population basis · exact · 0 decimal places · origin P

Check log

2026-09-06 · * · verified · DfE 2024/25 KS5 underlying subject results · 2024-2025/england_ks5underlying.xlsx, Institution_aggregated_results, Excel row 5471, original field *; URN 102942; GCE A level;

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