Research edition · Comparison · Eton · Latymer Upper
How do Eton and Latymer Upper compare on A-level grades at A*?
Comparison · A-level grades at A* · 2017, 2019, 2022–2026. Edition of 12 Nov 2026.
The answer
Neither school has a consistent lead on the share of A-level entries awarded A*. Eton comes out higher when all the available years are compared, but Latymer Upper comes out higher over some shorter periods.
The figures
- Eton
- Latymer Upper
Each school against the same scale and years.
Exam eras: 2017–19; 2020–21 (grades set by schools); 2022 (return to exams); 2023–25; 2026. 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.
| Year | Eton (%) | Latymer Upper (%) | Gap (points) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 42.1 | 34.8 | 7.3 |
| 2019 | 38.3 | 31.8 | 6.5 |
| 2022 | 55.4 | 47.02 | 8.38 |
| 2023 | 43.7 | 38.9 | 4.8 |
| 2024 | 38.7 | 41.56 | −2.86 |
| 2025 | 40.2 | 41.17 | −0.97 |
| 2026 | 38.3 | 43 | −4.7 |
Figures to two decimal places at most. A figure known only within the school’s rounding is shown as a range, never as its lower end.
Read this with the answer
- 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.
- Published results describe different groups of pupils, chosen in different ways. They can’t show the effect of attending a school, or what one pupil would achieve.
- Only the years both schools can be compared on are used: 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. A missing or excluded year is not a zero result.
- The period check compares all shared years, the latest three, the latest five and each year left out in turn, not every possible period. One of these choices of years changes which school is ahead.
- These figures carry the record’s existing source checks, which are kept apart from background links. This edition didn’t reopen every original publication.
- Historical results: the latest shared year is 2026. 2026 counts only where a figure passes this measure’s usual rules.
10 of the 14 recorded figures behind this comparison have an exact source check for that field and year; 4 are recorded or calculated figures with their support set out in Record details. This is not a fresh check of every source.
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What the study means, and what to ask next
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Where the figures come from
Each record gives the full definition, the documents it came from and what we checked.
Eton College · 2017 · A-level · published record · 2017 · A-level · A*-U
Checked against the original: 13 figures, including A* count, A* and A*–A.
Latymer Upper School · 2017 · A level and Pre-U 2017 · Wikipedia’s table of the school’s results · 2017 · A-level / Pre-U · A*–E, with the school’s Pre-U subjects in its A*–E columns
This figure hasn’t been fully checked against the original yet.
Eton College · 2019 · A-level results · official tables · 2019
Publications differ on A*–A. Checked against the original: A*–B.
Latymer Upper School · 2019 · A level and Pre-U 2019 · Wikipedia’s table of the school’s results · 2019 · A-level / Pre-U · A*–E, with the school’s Pre-U subjects in its A*–E columns
This figure hasn’t been fully checked against the original yet.
Eton College · 2022 · A-level results · official tables · 2022
Publications differ on A*–A. Checked against the original: A*, A*–B and pass.
Latymer Upper School · 2022 · A-level / Pre-U · published record · 2022 · A-level / Pre-U
Publications differ on at least one figure here. Checked against the original: 13 figures, including entries, equivalent A count and equivalent A.
Eton College · 2023 · A-level · published record · 2023 · A-level
Checked against the original: 10 figures, including A* count, A* and A*–A.
Latymer Upper School · 2023 · A-level / Pre-U · published record · 2023 · A-level / Pre-U
Checked against the original: 13 figures, including entries, equivalent A count and equivalent A.
Eton College · 2024 · A-level results · official tables · 2024
Checked against the original: A*, A*–A, A*–B and pass. Not yet checked: entries.
Latymer Upper School · 2024 · A-level results · 2024 · A level · A*–E
Checked against the original: A* and entries. Not yet checked: A*–A, A*–B, pupils with only A*s and pupils with ≥3 A*s.
Eton College · 2025 · A-level results · official tables · 2025
Checked against the original: A*, A*–A, entries and pass. Not yet checked: A*–B.
Latymer Upper School · 2025 · A-level results · 2025 · A level · A*–E
Publications differ on at least one figure here. Checked against the original: A* and entries.
Eton College · 2026 · A-level · published record · 2026 · A-level · A*–E
Checked against the original: 12 figures, including A* count, A* and A*–A.
Latymer Upper School · 2026 · A-level results · 2026 · A level · A*–E
Checked against the original: entries. Not yet checked: 5 figures, including A*, A*–A and A*–B.