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One question to start with: How do KCS Wimbledon and St Paul’s compare on A-level grades at A*? Choose different schools or years to explore further.

Comparison · A-level grades at A* · 2016–2019, 2022, 2024–2025

How do KCS Wimbledon and St Paul’s compare on A-level grades at A*?

St Paul’s comes out higher than KCS Wimbledon on the share of A-level entries awarded A* when the available years are compared. The same school comes out higher in every period we checked.

Share of published A-level entries awarded A* in the named examination year.

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A-level grades at A*: KCS Wimbledon and St Paul’s, each year both can be compared. The gap is KCS Wimbledon minus St Paul’s, in percentage points.
YearKCS Wimbledon (%)St Paul’s (%)Gap (points)
201632.345.1−12.8
20174646.9−0.9
201845.651−5.4
201946.550.4−3.9
202268.170.9−2.8
202450.760.2−9.5
202550.7559.3 a−8.55 a
  • a. St Paul’s 2025: a dated review on 28 September 2026 found the printed 59.3% A* and 92.5% A*–A headlines on the school’s results page, but the subject table on the same page adds up to 701 of 759 grades at A*–A, which is 92.36%. What explains the difference, a different group of entries or another version of the page, is unresolved. The 759 is only the sum of the table’s rows: the school doesn’t give it as the base of its 92.5% headline, and we don’t treat it as one.
  • These figures cover A levels alone. IB, Pre-U and combined-qualification results are kept separately. Teacher-assessed results from 2020–21 are left out unless you choose to include them. Where publications disagree and the difference remains unresolved, both figures stay in the source record and neither enters this comparison.
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  • The period check compares all shared years, the latest three, the latest five and each year left out in turn, not every possible period. The same school is ahead in every one of these choices of years.
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  • St Paul’s 2025: a dated review on 28 September 2026 found the printed 59.3% A* and 92.5% A*–A headlines on the school’s results page, but the subject table on the same page adds up to 701 of 759 grades at A*–A, which is 92.36%. What explains the difference, a different group of entries or another version of the page, is unresolved. The 759 is only the sum of the table’s rows: the school doesn’t give it as the base of its 92.5% headline, and we don’t treat it as one.
  • Historical results: the latest shared year is 2025. They can’t show 2026 results.

8 of the 14 recorded figures behind this comparison have an exact source check for that field and year; 6 are recorded or calculated figures with their support set out in Record details. This is not a fresh check of every source. Historical results: the latest shared year is 2025. They can’t show 2026 results.

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