Questions · KCS Wimbledon
A combined A-level and IB headline, taken apart
King’s runs two sixth-form routes and publishes one headline that folds their grades together; unfolded, it tells a livelier story about the routes pupils chose and how each fared.
Covers: The number of pupils on each KCS Wimbledon route in 2018 and 2025, each qualification’s grades as shares of its own entries, and the school’s own combined figures. The separate 2023 publication is here too, because it limits what can be said about recent years.
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The answer
Between 2018 and 2025 the A-level pathway at KCS went from 114 to 182 pupils, and the IB candidates from 79 to 53, a plain shift toward A levels. Counting A-level entries alone, the share graded A* was 5.2 percentage points higher in 2025 than in 2018. The school’s single headline blends the two routes and so moves with the mix of entries as well as the grades, and wherever one figure stands for two routes, the useful reading starts by taking it apart.
On this page
The Schools Record now also publishes a comparable figure, counting A-level and IB Higher Level entries together (IB 7 as A*, 6 as A and 5 as B, the convention KCS uses in its own combined tables; UCAS, by contrast, scores an IB 5 like a C), weighted by entries and labelled as our calculation. For 2025 it is 54.4% A* or equivalent (449 of 825 entries), the same as KCS’s published 54.42%. The agreement does not make an A* and a Higher Level 7 educationally identical; what changed is still best seen inside each route.
The figures
These figures belong to the years and groups discussed in this article. Changing your shortlist leaves this example as it is.
2018 · A-level pathway
KCS · 2018 A-level pathway pupils
114
People following the A-level pathway, distinct from all pupils who sat an A level.
- What it counts
- Pathway pupils
- Total behind the figure
- Not recorded
2018 · IB Diploma route
KCS · 2018 IB candidates
79
IB-route candidate count; not the denominator of A-level grades.
- What it counts
- IB candidates
- Total behind the figure
- Not recorded
2018 · Combined A-level / IB Higher Level grades
KCS · 2018 combined published top band
51.5%
The school combines A-level A* and IB Higher Level 7 entries in this headline.
- What it counts
- A-level subject entries plus IB Higher Level entries
- Total behind the figure
- 618
2025 · A-level pathway
KCS · 2025 A-level pathway pupils
182
People following the A-level pathway, distinct from all pupils who sat an A level.
- What it counts
- Pathway pupils
- Total behind the figure
- Not recorded
2025 · IB Diploma route
KCS · 2025 IB candidates
53
IB-route candidate count; not the denominator of A-level grades.
- What it counts
- IB candidates
- Total behind the figure
- Not recorded
2025 · Combined A-level / IB Higher Level grades
KCS · 2025 combined published top band
54.42%
The school combines A-level A* and IB Higher Level 7 entries in this headline.
- What it counts
- A-level subject entries plus IB Higher Level entries
- Total behind the figure
- 825
2025 · A level
KCS · 2025 actual A-level takers
183
Includes the IB-route pupil who also sat an A level; do not add this count to IB candidates to obtain a unique cohort.
- What it counts
- Actual A-level takers
- Total behind the figure
- Not recorded
2025 · A-level and IB routes
KCS · 2025 unique sixth-form cohort
235
The unique-pupil total, distinct from the overlapping route-taker counts.
- What it counts
- Unique sixth-form candidates
- Total behind the figure
- Not recorded
2018 · A-level post-2010 A*–E
KCS · 2018 A-level-only A*
45.6%
The share of A-level entries awarded A*.
- What it counts
- A-level subject entries
- Total behind the figure
- 379
2025 · A-level post-2010 A*–E
KCS · 2025 A-level-only A*
50.75%
The share of A-level entries awarded A*.
- What it counts
- A-level subject entries
- Total behind the figure
- 666
2018 · IB Higher Level
KCS · 2018 IB Higher Level 7
60.7%
The share of IB Higher Level entries awarded grade 7.
- What it counts
- IB Higher Level subject entries
- Total behind the figure
- 239
2025 · IB Higher Level
KCS · 2025 IB Higher Level 7
69.8%
The share of IB Higher Level entries awarded grade 7.
- What it counts
- IB Higher Level subject entries
- Total behind the figure
- 159
2023 · A-level post-2010 A*–E
KCS · 2023 A-level A* publication
50.3%
Publications disagree over this figure, so it cannot support a claim about three uninterrupted years.
- What it counts
- A-level subject entries
- Total behind the figure
- 575
Who sat what?
The 2025 combined table records 182 A-level pathway pupils and 183 actual A-level takers, two numbers one would have expected to match. The table’s own note explains the difference: one IB-route pupil also sat an A level, and so appears among the takers while belonging, by pathway, to the other route. The unique candidate total is 235, and adding the two route-taker counts together would count that pupil twice.
Pupils and entries are different currencies, and a sixth-form table deals in both at once. The pupil counts say who took each route; the grade percentages say how many subject entries received a particular grade, and since the combined headline counts A-level and IB Higher Level entries, a total made of pupils would be the wrong one to set beneath it.
Inside each route
On A levels alone, the A* share was 45.6% in 2018 and 50.75% in 2025. The later share is the higher. The IB Higher Level grade-7 percentages are kept apart, since a 7 and an A* are different grades on different scales, however often they are made to share a column.
For a whole-sixth-form comparison we do combine A-level and IB Higher Level entries, using the mapping in KCS’s own published table: 7 as A*, 6 as A, 5 as B, 4 as C and 3 as D, with grades 2 and 1 kept in the denominator. That is the school’s exchange rate, not a universal one (UCAS, as the note above says, scores an IB 5 like a C), and the narrower A-level-only question belongs to the A-level figures.
A changing mix can conceal as well as magnify
A combined percentage moves for two reasons, because results within a route change or because one route supplies a larger share of the entries, and between them they can send the headline somewhere neither set of results went, much as a household’s average age can fall without anyone in it getting younger. Reading the parts helps show whether a change in results came with a change in the courses pupils took. An earlier calculation that tried to split the change between results and weighting across pooled periods has not been carried forward, since putting numbers on the two would need its own specified, reviewed calculation, and the school’s combined figures simply stay beside the separate results.
Why the recent run needs a second look
An earlier account described a recent run of A* shares above a threshold. KCS’s 2023 A* figure is now excluded, because publications disagree about it; it is still there to read, just not to count, and with that year unresolved we can’t describe the run as complete and uninterrupted.
For a pupil weighing up King’s, the next thing to look at is the route and subjects they would actually take. The numbers describe changing choices and grades; they can’t isolate better teaching, and on the one result a family most wants to know, that pupil’s own, they are silent.
Try the comparison
KCS Wimbledon and St Paul’s: A-level grades at A*, 2018–2025
Share of published A-level entries awarded A* in the named examination year.
KCS Wimbledon’s recorded result was typically 5.4 percentage points lower than St Paul’s across 5 shared years (2018, 2019, 2022, 2024, 2025). “Typically” means the median of the annual differences.
- KCS Wimbledon
- St Paul’s
Each school against the same scale and years.
Exam eras: 2018–19; 2020–21 (grades set by schools); 2022 (return to exams); 2023–25. The rule beneath the axis marks exam conditions, not schools.
A break in a line means a year has no comparable figure; nothing is estimated. The figures behind the chart are listed below.
Exact values, and years left out
| School and year | Figure | What it counts | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Paul’s School 2018 | 51%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | A-level subject entries | Source and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2018 |
| St Paul’s School 2019 | 50.4%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | A-level subject entries | Source and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2019 |
| St Paul’s School 2022 | 70.9%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | A-level subject entries | Source and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2022 |
| St Paul’s School 2023 | 50.6%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | A-level subject entries | Source and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2023 |
| St Paul’s School 2024 | 60.2%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | A-level subject entries | Source and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2024 |
| St Paul’s School 2025 | 59.3%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | A-level subject entries | Source and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2025 |
| King’s College School, Wimbledon 2018 | Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 618 | Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2018 |
| King’s College School, Wimbledon 2019 | Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 674 | Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2019 |
| King’s College School, Wimbledon 2022 | Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 697 | Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2022 |
| King’s College School, Wimbledon 2023 | Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 735 | Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2023 |
| King’s College School, Wimbledon 2024 | Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 755 | Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2024 |
| King’s College School, Wimbledon 2025 | Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 825 | Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2025 |
| King’s College School, Wimbledon 2018 | 45.6%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | A-level subject entriesOut of 379 | Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2018 |
| King’s College School, Wimbledon 2019 | 46.5%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | A-level subject entriesOut of 447 | Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2019 |
| King’s College School, Wimbledon 2022 | 68.1%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | A-level subject entriesOut of 496 | Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2022 |
| King’s College School, Wimbledon 2023 | 50.3%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | A-level subject entriesOut of 575 | Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2023 |
| King’s College School, Wimbledon 2024 | 50.7%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | A-level subject entriesOut of 590 | Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2024 |
| King’s College School, Wimbledon 2025 | 50.75%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | A-level subject entriesOut of 666 | Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2025 |
| King’s College School, Wimbledon 2020 | 58.8%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this counts | Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2020 |
| King’s College School, Wimbledon 2020 | Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this counts | Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2020 |
| King’s College School, Wimbledon 2021 | Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this counts | Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2021 |
| King’s College School, Wimbledon 2022 | 68%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this counts | Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2022 |
| King’s College School, Wimbledon 2022 | Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this counts | Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2022 |
| King’s College School, Wimbledon 2022 | Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 460 | Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2022 |
| King’s College School, Wimbledon 2023 | Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 548 | Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2023 |
| King’s College School, Wimbledon 2024 | Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 559 | Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2024 |
| King’s College School, Wimbledon 2025 | Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 649 | Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2025 |
| St Paul’s School 2020 | Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this counts | Source and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2020 |
| St Paul’s School 2021 | Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this counts | Source and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2021 |
| St Paul’s School 2022 | Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 484 | Source and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2022 |
| St Paul’s School 2023 | Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 722 | Source and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2023 |
| St Paul’s School 2024 | Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 671 | Source and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2024 |
| St Paul’s School 2025 | Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 650 | Source and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2025 |
| St Paul’s School 2022 | 70%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this counts | Source and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2022 |
| St Paul’s School 2023 | 51%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this counts | Source and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2023 |
| St Paul’s School 2024 | 61%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this counts | Source and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2024 |
| King’s College School, Wimbledon 2023 | 50.1%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 575 | Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2023 |
| King’s College School, Wimbledon 2018 | 45.6%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 379 | Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2018 |
| King’s College School, Wimbledon 2019 | 46.5%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 447 | Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2019 |
| King’s College School, Wimbledon 2022 | 67.9%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 496 | Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2022 |
| King’s College School, Wimbledon 2023 | 50.1%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 575 | Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2023 |
| King’s College School, Wimbledon 2024 | 50.8%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 591 | Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2024 |
| King’s College School, Wimbledon 2025 | 50.8%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 666 | Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2025 |
| St Paul’s School 2021 | 76.1%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 556 | Source and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2021 |
| St Paul’s School 2022 | 71.1%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 484 | Source and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2022 |
| St Paul’s School 2023 | 50.6%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 792 | Source and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2023 |
| St Paul’s School 2023 | 49.7%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 722 | Source and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2023 |
| St Paul’s School 2024 | 59.2%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 671 | Source and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2024 |
| St Paul’s School 2025 | 54.5%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awards | The publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 650 | Source and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2025 |
Record details
Each figure’s status as recorded, the precision it was printed to, and its record code.
- St Paul’s School, 2018: Published figure · 0 decimal places ·
fig:st_pauls_alevel:24 - St Paul’s School, 2019: Published figure · 1 decimal place ·
fig:st_pauls_alevel:25 - St Paul’s School, 2022: Published figure · 1 decimal place ·
fig:st_pauls_alevel:26 - St Paul’s School, 2023: Published figure · 1 decimal place ·
fig:st_pauls_alevel:27 - St Paul’s School, 2024: Published figure · 1 decimal place ·
fig:st_pauls_alevel:28 - St Paul’s School, 2025: Primary / Secondary · 1 decimal place ·
fig:st_pauls_alevel:29 - King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2018: Primary · As published; not an exact number ·
fig:kcs_combined_alevel_ib:12 - King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2019: Primary · As published; not an exact number ·
fig:kcs_combined_alevel_ib:13 - King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2022: Primary · As published; not an exact number ·
fig:kcs_combined_alevel_ib:14 - King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2023: Primary · As published; not an exact number ·
fig:kcs_combined_alevel_ib:15 - King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2024: Primary · As published; not an exact number ·
fig:kcs_combined_alevel_ib:16 - King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2025: Primary · As published; not an exact number ·
fig:kcs_combined_alevel_ib:17 - King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2018: Primary · 1 decimal place ·
fig:kcs_alevel_only:11 - King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2019: Primary · 1 decimal place ·
fig:kcs_alevel_only:12 - King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2022: Primary · 1 decimal place ·
fig:kcs_alevel_only:13 - King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2023: Primary · 1 decimal place ·
fig:kcs_alevel_only:14 - King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2024: Primary · 1 decimal place ·
fig:kcs_alevel_only:15 - King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2025: Primary · 2 decimal places ·
fig:kcs_alevel_only:16 - King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2020: Centre-assessed / calculated grades · 2020 · 0 decimal places ·
research:kcs:2020:filed-report:a-level - King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2020: School-filed report; stated qualification and assessment basis retained · As published; not an exact number ·
research:kcs:2020:filed-report:a-level---ib-combined - King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2021: Teacher-assessed grades · 2021 · As published; not an exact number ·
research:kcs:2021:filed-report:a-level - King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2022: School-filed report; stated qualification and assessment basis retained · 0 decimal places ·
research:kcs:2022:filed-report:a-level - King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2022: School-filed report; stated qualification and assessment basis retained · As published; not an exact number ·
research:kcs:2022:filed-report:a-level---ib-combined - King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2022: Primary · As published; not an exact number ·
research:kcs:2022:dfe-ks5-institution-aggregated-results-5551 - King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2023: Primary · As published; not an exact number ·
research:kcs:2023:dfe-ks5-institution-aggregated-results-5714 - King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2024: Primary · As published; not an exact number ·
research:kcs:2024:dfe-ks5-institution-aggregated-results-5114 - King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2025: Primary · As published; not an exact number ·
research:kcs:2025:dfe-ks5-institution-aggregated-results-4838 - St Paul’s School, 2020: Centre-assessed grades · combined qualifications · 2020 · As published; not an exact number ·
research:st-pauls:2020:filed-report:a-level---pre-u-combined - St Paul’s School, 2021: Teacher-assessed grades · combined qualifications · 2021 · As published; not an exact number ·
research:st-pauls:2021:filed-report:a-level---pre-u-combined - St Paul’s School, 2022: Earlier or separate publication · As published; not an exact number ·
research:st-pauls:2022:dfe-ks5-institution-aggregated-results-6187 - St Paul’s School, 2023: Earlier or separate publication · As published; not an exact number ·
research:st-pauls:2023:dfe-ks5-institution-aggregated-results-6376 - St Paul’s School, 2024: Earlier or separate publication · As published; not an exact number ·
research:st-pauls:2024:dfe-ks5-institution-aggregated-results-5755 - St Paul’s School, 2025: Primary · As published; not an exact number ·
research:st-pauls:2025:dfe-ks5-institution-aggregated-results-5471 - St Paul’s School, 2022: Earlier or separate publication · 0 decimal places ·
research:st-pauls:2022:a-level:2025-summary-version - St Paul’s School, 2023: Earlier or separate publication · 0 decimal places ·
research:st-pauls:2023:a-level:2025-summary-version - St Paul’s School, 2024: Earlier or separate publication · 0 decimal places ·
research:st-pauls:2024:a-level:2025-summary-version - King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2023: Source disagreement · versions retained · 0 decimal places ·
research:kcs:2023:a-level:original-2023-version - King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2018: archived source; source population and version retained · 0 decimal places ·
research:kcs:2018:gap-audit:isc-later-a-level - King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2019: archived source; source population and version retained · 0 decimal places ·
research:kcs:2019:gap-audit:isc-later-a-level - King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2022: archived source; source population and version retained · 0 decimal places ·
research:kcs:2022:gap-audit:isc-later-a-level - King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2023: archived source; source population and version retained · 0 decimal places ·
research:kcs:2023:gap-audit:isc-later-a-level - King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2024: archived source; source population and version retained · 0 decimal places ·
research:kcs:2024:gap-audit:isc-later-a-level - King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2025: archived source; source population and version retained · 0 decimal places ·
research:kcs:2025:gap-audit:isc-later-a-level - St Paul’s School, 2021: Source-specific grade percentages verified · 0 decimal places ·
research:st-pauls:2021:six-school-audit:a-level:derived-annual-information-a-level - St Paul’s School, 2022: Earlier or separate publication · 0 decimal places ·
research:st-pauls:2022:six-school-audit:dfe-completion-cohort:a-level - St Paul’s School, 2023: Earlier or separate publication · 0 decimal places ·
research:st-pauls:2023:six-school-audit:a-level:derived-annual-information-a-level - St Paul’s School, 2023: Earlier or separate publication · 0 decimal places ·
research:st-pauls:2023:six-school-audit:dfe-completion-cohort:a-level - St Paul’s School, 2024: Earlier or separate publication · 0 decimal places ·
research:st-pauls:2024:six-school-audit:dfe-completion-cohort:a-level - St Paul’s School, 2025: Derived completion-cohort distribution; not an annual sitting-year result · 0 decimal places ·
research:st-pauls:2025:six-school-audit:dfe-completion-cohort:a-level
- KCS Wimbledon · 2018: incompatible definitions; unknown population basis; missing value; research observation outside matched schoolwide scope
- KCS Wimbledon · 2019: incompatible definitions; unknown population basis; missing value; research observation outside matched schoolwide scope
- KCS Wimbledon · 2020: research observation outside matched schoolwide scope; incompatible definitions; unknown population basis; assessment-regime exclusion; missing value
- KCS Wimbledon · 2021: research observation outside matched schoolwide scope; incompatible definitions; unknown population basis; assessment-regime exclusion; missing value
- KCS Wimbledon · 2022: incompatible definitions; unknown population basis; missing value; research observation outside matched schoolwide scope
- KCS Wimbledon · 2023: incompatible definitions; unknown population basis; missing value; source disagreement; research observation outside matched schoolwide scope
- KCS Wimbledon · 2024: incompatible definitions; unknown population basis; missing value; research observation outside matched schoolwide scope
- KCS Wimbledon · 2025: incompatible definitions; unknown population basis; missing value; research observation outside matched schoolwide scope
- St Paul’s · 2020: research observation outside matched schoolwide scope; incompatible definitions; unknown population basis; assessment-regime exclusion; missing value
- St Paul’s · 2021: research observation outside matched schoolwide scope; incompatible definitions; unknown population basis; assessment-regime exclusion; missing value
- St Paul’s · 2022: research observation outside matched schoolwide scope; incompatible definitions; unknown population basis; missing value; publication not selected
- St Paul’s · 2023: research observation outside matched schoolwide scope; incompatible definitions; unknown population basis; missing value; publication not selected
- St Paul’s · 2024: research observation outside matched schoolwide scope; incompatible definitions; unknown population basis; missing value; publication not selected
- St Paul’s · 2025: research observation outside matched schoolwide scope; incompatible definitions; unknown population basis; missing value
Where these figures come from
Each record gives the full definition, the documents it came from and what we checked.
King’s College School, Wimbledon: A-level and IB published crosswalk, 2018
People following the A-level pathway, distinct from all pupils who sat an A level. IB-route candidate count; not the denominator of A-level grades. The school combines A-level A* and IB Higher Level 7 entries in this headline.
This figure hasn’t been fully checked against the original yet.
King’s College School, Wimbledon: A-level and IB published crosswalk, 2025
People following the A-level pathway, distinct from all pupils who sat an A level. IB-route candidate count; not the denominator of A-level grades. The school combines A-level A* and IB Higher Level 7 entries in this headline. Includes the IB-route pupil who also sat an A level; do not add this count to IB candidates to obtain a unique cohort. The unique-pupil total, distinct from the overlapping route-taker counts.
This figure hasn’t been fully checked against the original yet.
King’s College School, Wimbledon, A level 2018: 45.6% of 379 entries graded A*
The share of A-level entries awarded A*.
Checked against the original: A*. Not yet checked: A*–A, A*–B, candidates and entries.
King’s College School, Wimbledon, A level 2025: 50.75% of 666 entries graded A*
The share of A-level entries awarded A*.
Checked against the original: A*, candidates and entries. Not yet checked: A*–A, A*–B and A-level pathway pupils.
King’s College School, Wimbledon: IB Higher Level results, 2018
The share of IB Higher Level entries awarded grade 7.
This figure hasn’t been fully checked against the original yet.
King’s College School, Wimbledon: IB Higher Level results, 2025
The share of IB Higher Level entries awarded grade 7.
Checked against the original: candidates, IB HL 7–5, IB HL 7–6 and mean points. Not yet checked: entries and IB HL 7.
King’s College School, Wimbledon, A level 2023: 82.8% of 575 entries graded A*–A
Publications disagree over this figure, so it cannot support a claim about three uninterrupted years.
Publications differ on A*.
- The combined figure follows the school’s own published grade mapping; it is not a universal exchange rate between A levels and the IB.
- A change between two end points does not show a continuous improvement, nor how much of it the school caused.
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