Questions · KCS Wimbledon

Why a combined A-level and IB headline needs unpacking

KCS publishes one top-grade figure for A level and IB together. How many pupils took each route, and each route’s own grades, show what is behind it.

Covers: KCS Wimbledon’s 2018 and 2025 counts of pupils on each route, each qualification’s grades as shares of its entries, and the school’s own combined figures. The separate 2023 publication is shown because it limits what can be said about recent years.

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The answer

Between 2018 and 2025, KCS’s A-level pathway went from 114 to 182 pupils and its IB candidates from 79 to 53: a 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 Schools Record now also publishes a comparable figure that counts 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 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%. It does not make an A* and a Higher Level 7 educationally identical: the figures inside each route are still where to see what changed.

How comparable figures work

The figures

Each figure keeps its own year and group, and doesn’t change with your shortlist.

Select a reported value to inspect its source. Open the definition for its population and denominator.
Measure and evidenceReported value

2018 · A-level pathway

KCS · 2018 A-level pathway pupils
Definition and population

People following the A-level pathway, distinct from all pupils who sat an A level.

Population
Pathway pupils
Denominator
Not recorded
114

2018 · IB Diploma route

KCS · 2018 IB candidates
Definition and population

IB-route candidate count; not the denominator of A-level grades.

Population
IB candidates
Denominator
Not recorded
79

2018 · School-defined A-level / IB Higher Level crosswalk

KCS · 2018 combined published top band
Definition and population

School-defined A-level A* / IB Higher Level 7 crosswalk, not native A-level A*.

Population
A-level subject entries plus IB Higher Level entries
Denominator
618
51.5%

2025 · A-level pathway

KCS · 2025 A-level pathway pupils
Definition and population

People following the A-level pathway, distinct from all pupils who sat an A level.

Population
Pathway pupils
Denominator
Not recorded
182

2025 · IB Diploma route

KCS · 2025 IB candidates
Definition and population

IB-route candidate count; not the denominator of A-level grades.

Population
IB candidates
Denominator
Not recorded
53

2025 · School-defined A-level / IB Higher Level crosswalk

KCS · 2025 combined published top band
Definition and population

School-defined A-level A* / IB Higher Level 7 crosswalk, not native A-level A*.

Population
A-level subject entries plus IB Higher Level entries
Denominator
825
54.42%

2025 · A level

KCS · 2025 actual A-level takers
Definition and population

Includes the IB-route pupil who also sat an A level; do not add this count to IB candidates to obtain a unique cohort.

Population
Actual A-level takers
Denominator
Not recorded
183

2025 · A-level and IB routes

KCS · 2025 unique sixth-form cohort
Definition and population

The unique-pupil total, distinct from the overlapping route-taker counts.

Population
Unique sixth-form candidates
Denominator
Not recorded
235

2018 · A-level post-2010 A*–E

KCS · 2018 native A-level A*
Definition and population

A-level-only entry share on its native scale.

Population
A-level subject entries
Denominator
379
45.6%

2025 · A-level post-2010 A*–E

KCS · 2025 native A-level A*
Definition and population

A-level-only entry share on its native scale.

Population
A-level subject entries
Denominator
666
50.75%

2018 · IB Higher Level

KCS · 2018 native IB Higher Level 7
Definition and population

IB Higher Level entry share on its native scale.

Population
IB Higher Level subject entries
Denominator
239
60.7%

2025 · IB Higher Level

KCS · 2025 native IB Higher Level 7
Definition and population

IB Higher Level entry share on its native scale.

Population
IB Higher Level subject entries
Denominator
159
69.8%

2023 · A-level post-2010 A*–E

KCS · 2023 A-level A* publication
Definition and population

The retained field is source-disputed in the current comparison; so it can’t support an unqualified three-year run.

Population
A-level subject entries
Denominator
575
50.3%

The pathway and the examination takers are different counts

For 2025 the crosswalk records 182 A-level pathway pupils and 183 actual A-level takers. Its note explains that one IB-route pupil also sat an A level. The unique candidate total is 235; adding the two route-taker counts would count that person twice.

None of these pupil counts is the denominator of a grade-entry percentage. A-level entries count subjects taken at A level; IB Higher Level entries count Higher Level subjects. The school-defined combined band uses those entry populations, not the sum of pathway pupils.

Read the native result inside each route

The native A-level A* percentages are 45.6% in 2018 and 50.75% in 2025. The current eligible endpoints support a higher later A* share.

The IB Higher Level grade-7 percentages are shown separately. They describe another qualification and cannot be substituted for an A-level result. A school-defined combined headline may be useful as a record of how the school presented its results, while still being unsuitable for a strict native A-level comparison.

A changing mix can conceal as well as magnify

A combined headline depends on both the results within each route and the number of entries contributed by each route. A shift in those weights can make its movement differ from the movement inside either route. That is a reason to inspect the components, not permission to treat A* and Higher Level 7 as educationally identical.

The table retains the published combined figures alongside the native components. It does not reproduce the pooled-window decomposition given in an earlier version of this analysis or invent a new adjusted result. A claim about how much of the change came from weighting needs a separately specified and reviewed calculation.

The current record qualifies the recent-run claim

An earlier version of this analysis described a recent sequence of A* shares above a threshold. The current comparison excludes KCS’s 2023 A* measure, and the retained publication is marked as source-disputed. That row remains visible as evidence, but it cannot support an unqualified continuous-run conclusion.

Route choice, subject mix, intake and assessment conditions can all matter to these aggregates. The route counts and grade shares don’t show better teaching, or the result a particular future pupil will get. The next useful question is what the school offers within the route and subjects that pupil would actually study.

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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 3 shared years (2018, 2019, 2025). “Typically” means the median of the annual differences.

A-level grades at A* · 2018–2025
  • KCS Wimbledon
  • St Paul’s
A-level grades at A*, 2018–2025, on a scale of 40% to 80%. KCS Wimbledon: 5 years (2018, 2019, 2022, 2024, 2025), latest 50.75% in 2025; St Paul’s: 3 years (2018, 2019, 2025), latest 59.3% in 2025. Each point links to its source record; the exact values are listed below the chart.KCS Wimbledon 2018: 45.6%KCS Wimbledon 2019: 46.5%KCS Wimbledon 2022: 68.1%KCS Wimbledon 2024: 50.7%KCS Wimbledon 2025: 50.75%St Paul’s 2018: 51%St Paul’s 2019: 50.4%St Paul’s 2025: 59.3%

Each school against the same scale and years.

KCS Wimbledon
A-level grades at A*, 2018–2025, on a scale of 40% to 80%. KCS Wimbledon: 5 years (2018, 2019, 2022, 2024, 2025), latest 50.75% in 2025. Each point links to its source record; the exact values are listed below the chart.KCS Wimbledon 2018: 45.6%KCS Wimbledon 2019: 46.5%KCS Wimbledon 2022: 68.1%KCS Wimbledon 2024: 50.7%KCS Wimbledon 2025: 50.75%
St Paul’s
A-level grades at A*, 2018–2025, on a scale of 40% to 80%. St Paul’s: 3 years (2018, 2019, 2025), latest 59.3% in 2025. Each point links to its source record; the exact values are listed below the chart.St Paul’s 2018: 51%St Paul’s 2019: 50.4%St Paul’s 2025: 59.3%

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
The figures behind this, as each school printed them
School and yearFigureWhat it countsSource
St Paul’s School
2018
51%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsA-level subject entriesSource and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2018
St Paul’s School
2019
50.4%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsA-level subject entriesSource and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2019
St Paul’s School
2022
70.9%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsA-level subject entriesSource and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2022
St Paul’s School
2023
50.6%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsA-level subject entriesSource and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2023
St Paul’s School
2024
60.2%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsA-level subject entriesSource and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2024
St Paul’s School
2025
59.3%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsA-level subject entriesSource and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2025
King’s College School, Wimbledon
2018
Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 618Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2018
King’s College School, Wimbledon
2019
Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 674Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2019
King’s College School, Wimbledon
2022
Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 697Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2022
King’s College School, Wimbledon
2023
Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 735Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2023
King’s College School, Wimbledon
2024
Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 755Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2024
King’s College School, Wimbledon
2025
Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 825Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2025
King’s College School, Wimbledon
2018
45.6%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsA-level subject entriesOut of 379Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2018
King’s College School, Wimbledon
2019
46.5%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsA-level subject entriesOut of 447Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2019
King’s College School, Wimbledon
2022
68.1%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsA-level subject entriesOut of 496Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2022
King’s College School, Wimbledon
2023
50.3%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsA-level subject entriesOut of 575Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2023
King’s College School, Wimbledon
2024
50.7%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsA-level subject entriesOut of 590Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2024
King’s College School, Wimbledon
2025
50.75%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsA-level subject entriesOut of 666Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2025
King’s College School, Wimbledon
2020
58.8%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsSource and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2020
King’s College School, Wimbledon
2020
Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsSource and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2020
King’s College School, Wimbledon
2021
Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsSource and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2021
King’s College School, Wimbledon
2022
68%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsSource and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2022
King’s College School, Wimbledon
2022
Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsSource and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2022
King’s College School, Wimbledon
2022
Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 460Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2022
King’s College School, Wimbledon
2023
Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 548Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2023
King’s College School, Wimbledon
2024
Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 559Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2024
King’s College School, Wimbledon
2025
Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 649Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2025
St Paul’s School
2020
Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsSource and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2020
St Paul’s School
2021
Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsSource and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2021
St Paul’s School
2022
Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 484Source and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2022
St Paul’s School
2023
Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 722Source and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2023
St Paul’s School
2024
Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 671Source and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2024
St Paul’s School
2025
Unknown / not recordedA-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 650Source and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2025
St Paul’s School
2022
70%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsSource and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2022
St Paul’s School
2023
51%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsSource and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2023
St Paul’s School
2024
61%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsSource and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2024
King’s College School, Wimbledon
2023
50.1%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 575Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2023
King’s College School, Wimbledon
2018
45.6%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 379Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2018
King’s College School, Wimbledon
2019
46.5%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 447Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2019
King’s College School, Wimbledon
2022
67.9%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 496Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2022
King’s College School, Wimbledon
2023
50.1%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 575Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2023
King’s College School, Wimbledon
2024
50.8%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 591Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2024
King’s College School, Wimbledon
2025
50.8%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 666Source and full figures: King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2025
St Paul’s School
2021
76.1%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 556Source and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2021
St Paul’s School
2022
71.1%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 484Source and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2022
St Paul’s School
2023
50.6%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 792Source and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2023
St Paul’s School
2023
49.7%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 722Source and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2023
St Paul’s School
2024
59.2%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 671Source and full figures: St Paul’s School, 2024
St Paul’s School
2025
54.5%A-level post-2010 A*–E · Grade awardsThe publication doesn’t say who this countsOut of 650Source 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: Primary / Secondary · 0 decimal places · fig:st_pauls_alevel:24
  • St Paul’s School, 2019: Primary / Secondary · 1 decimal place · fig:st_pauls_alevel:25
  • St Paul’s School, 2022: Primary / Secondary · 1 decimal place · fig:st_pauls_alevel:26
  • St Paul’s School, 2023: Primary / Secondary · 1 decimal place · fig:st_pauls_alevel:27
  • St Paul’s School, 2024: Primary / Secondary · 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: Primary · As published; not an exact number · research:st-pauls:2022:dfe-ks5-institution-aggregated-results-6187
  • St Paul’s School, 2023: Primary · As published; not an exact number · research:st-pauls:2023:dfe-ks5-institution-aggregated-results-6376
  • St Paul’s School, 2024: Primary · 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: Source disagreement · versions retained · 0 decimal places · research:st-pauls:2022:a-level:2025-summary-version
  • St Paul’s School, 2023: Source disagreement · versions retained · 0 decimal places · research:st-pauls:2023:a-level:2025-summary-version
  • St Paul’s School, 2024: Source disagreement · versions retained · 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: Derived completion-cohort distribution; not an annual sitting-year result · 0 decimal places · research:st-pauls:2022:six-school-audit:dfe-completion-cohort:a-level
  • St Paul’s School, 2023: Source-specific grade percentages verified · 0 decimal places · research:st-pauls:2023:six-school-audit:a-level:derived-annual-information-a-level
  • St Paul’s School, 2023: Derived completion-cohort distribution; not an annual sitting-year result · 0 decimal places · research:st-pauls:2023:six-school-audit:dfe-completion-cohort:a-level
  • St Paul’s School, 2024: Derived completion-cohort distribution; not an annual sitting-year result · 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: source disagreement; research observation outside matched schoolwide scope; incompatible definitions; unknown population basis; missing value
  • St Paul’s · 2023: research observation outside matched schoolwide scope; incompatible definitions; unknown population basis; missing value; source disagreement
  • St Paul’s · 2024: source disagreement; research observation outside matched schoolwide scope; incompatible definitions; unknown population basis; missing value
  • St Paul’s · 2025: research observation outside matched schoolwide scope; incompatible definitions; unknown population basis; missing value
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  1. King’s College School, Wimbledon · 2018 · 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. School-defined A-level A* / IB Higher Level 7 crosswalk, not native A-level A*.

    This figure hasn’t been fully checked against the original yet.

  2. King’s College School, Wimbledon · 2025 · 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. School-defined A-level A* / IB Higher Level 7 crosswalk, not native A-level A*. 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.

  3. King’s College School, Wimbledon · 2018 · A-level results · 2018

    A-level-only entry share on its native scale.

    Checked against the original: A*. Not yet checked: A*–A, A*–B, candidates and entries.

  4. King’s College School, Wimbledon · 2025 · A-level results · 2025

    A-level-only entry share on its native scale.

    Checked against the original: A*, candidates and entries. Not yet checked: A*–A, A*–B and A-level pathway pupils.

  5. King’s College School, Wimbledon · 2018 · IB Higher Level results · 2018

    IB Higher Level entry share on its native scale.

    This figure hasn’t been fully checked against the original yet.

  6. King’s College School, Wimbledon · 2025 · IB Higher Level results · 2025

    IB Higher Level entry share on its native scale.

    Checked against the original: candidates, IB HL 7–5, IB HL 7–6 and mean points. Not yet checked: entries and IB HL 7.

  7. King’s College School, Wimbledon · 2023 · A-level results · 2023

    The retained field is source-disputed in the current comparison; so it can’t support an unqualified three-year run.

    Publications differ on A*.

  • The combined crosswalk is the school-defined published measure, not a universal A-level/IB conversion.
  • A change between two end points doesn’t show a continuous improvement, or how much of it the school caused.
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