Research edition · Comparison · Latymer Upper · NLCS

How do Latymer Upper and NLCS compare on A-level grades at A*?

Comparison · A-level grades at A* · 2025–2026. Edition of 12 Nov 2026.

The answer

There are too few years with comparable figures to judge a pattern in the share of A-level entries awarded A*. You can still see each year’s figures below.

Measure: Share of published A-level entries awarded A* in the named examination year. Years: 2025–2026.

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The figures

2025–2026

Not charted: fewer than 3 comparable years for any of these schools, too few to draw a line. The figures: Latymer Upper (2025: 41.17%; 2026: 43%); NLCS (2025: 54.3%; 2026: 49.5%).

A-level grades at A*: Latymer Upper and NLCS, each year both can be compared. The gap is Latymer Upper minus NLCS, in percentage points.
YearLatymer Upper (%)NLCS (%)Gap (points)
202541.1754.3−13.13
20264349.5−6.5

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.

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  • 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: 2025 and 2026. A missing or excluded year is not a zero result.
  • Fewer than five shared years, which is too few for the period check: it needs five.
  • 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.

3 of the 4 recorded figures behind this comparison have an exact source check for that field and year; 1 is a recorded or calculated figure with its support set out in Record details. This is not a fresh check of every source.

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Where the figures come from

4 records

Each record gives the full definition, the documents it came from and what we checked.

  1. 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.

  2. North London Collegiate School · 2025 · A-level · published record · 2025 · A-level

    Checked against the original: A* and A*–A.

  3. 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.

  4. North London Collegiate School · 2026 · A-level · published record · 2026 · A-level

    Checked against the original: A*, A*–A and A*–B.

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