Wycombe Abbey · 1998

Wycombe Abbey: 1998 government point scores published retrospectively in 1999, 1998, A/AS and equivalent accountability measures

Checked against the original: this figure.

What it counts

Government school-level performance-table population and qualifications, with exact printed definitions.

As printed.

Qualification: A/AS and equivalent accountability measures
Average point score of students aged 16-18, entered for 2 or more GCE A levels or AS equivalent (1998): 35.1

Notes and original wording (4)

What it counts: Government school-level performance-table population and qualifications, with exact printed definitions.
Note: Original column descriptions are retained as measure names. GCE A/AS and later Level 3-equivalent point scores use changing government rules and scales; they are not A-level-only grade distributions. Pupil thresholds are not entry-grade shares. Blanks and suppression symbols remain unresolved, never zero. Identity: {'LEA sort code within region': 2, 'LEA number': 825, 'ESTAB number': 6018, 'institution postcode': 'HP11 1PE'}. This observation belongs to the 1998 column of the 1999 publication. Later-source versions are kept separately; no revision winner or cross-scale trend is presumed.
Who is counted: source-defined pupils/candidates; not an inferred whole-school denominator
Year: 1998

Where it’s from: Original publication
Worth knowing: Original column descriptions are retained as measure names. GCE A/AS and later Level 3-equivalent point scores use changing government rules and scales; they are not A-level-only grade distributions. Pupil thresholds are not entry-grade shares. Blanks and suppression symbols remain unresolved, never zero. Identity: {'LEA sort code within region': 2, 'LEA number': 825, 'ESTAB number': 6018, 'institution postcode': 'HP11 1PE'}. This observation belongs to the 1998 column of the 1999 publication. Later-source versions are kept separately; no revision winner or cross-scale trend is presumed.
How the source defines it: Government school-level performance-table population and qualifications, with exact printed definitions.

Record details

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Source note: Primary
Note: Original column descriptions are retained as measure names. GCE A/AS and later Level3-equivalent point scores use changing government rules and scales; they are not A-level-only grade distributions. Pupil thresholds are not entry-grade shares. Blanks and suppression symbols remain unresolved, never zero. Identity: {'LEA sort code within region': 2, 'LEA number': 825, 'ESTAB number': 6018, 'institution postcode': 'HP11 1PE'}. This observation belongs to the 1998 column of the 1999 publication. Later-source versions are kept separately; no revision winner or cross-scale trend is presumed.
Collection note: Original column descriptions are retained as measure names. GCE A/AS and later Level3-equivalent point scores use changing government rules and scales; they are not A-level-only grade distributions. Pupil thresholds are not entry-grade shares. Blanks and suppression symbols remain unresolved, never zero. Identity: {'LEA sort code within region': 2, 'LEA number': 825, 'ESTAB number': 6018, 'institution postcode': 'HP11 1PE'}. This observation belongs to the 1998 column of the 1999 publication. Later-source versions are kept separately; no revision winner or cross-scale trend is presumed.

2026-09-06 · average point score of students aged 16-18, entered for 2 or more GCE A levels or AS equivalent (1998) · verified · Department for Education performance tables1999: original data archive · 1998-1999/england_ks5.xlsx; 1999- Institution, row1211; printed column average point score of students aged 16-18, entered for 2 or more GCE A levels or AS equivalent (1998)