Research edition · Comparison · Latymer Upper · Wellington

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

Comparison · A-level grades at A* · 2022, 2024–2026. Edition of 13 Nov 2026.

The answer

Latymer Upper comes out higher than Wellington 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.

Measure: Share of published A-level entries awarded A* in the named examination year. Years: 2022, 2024–2026.

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The figures

2022, 2024–2026

A-level grades at A* · 2022–2026
  • Latymer Upper
  • Wellington
A-level grades at A*, 2022–2026, on a scale of 20% to 50%. Latymer Upper: 4 years (2022, 2024–2026), latest 43% in 2026; circle marker, solid; Wellington: 4 years (2022, 2024–2026), latest 26.7% in 2026; square marker, long dashes. Each point links to its source record; the exact values are listed below the chart. Exam eras: 2022 (return to exams); 2023–25; 2026. The rule beneath the axis marks exam conditions, not schools.Latymer Upper 2022: 47.02%Latymer Upper 2024: 41.56%Latymer Upper 2025: 41.17%Latymer Upper 2026: 43%Wellington 2022: 39.2%Wellington 2024: 32.7%Wellington 2025: 26.2%Wellington 2026: 26.7%

Each school against the same scale and years.

Latymer Upper
A-level grades at A*, 2022–2026, on a scale of 20% to 50%. Latymer Upper: 4 years (2022, 2024–2026), latest 43% in 2026; circle marker, solid. Each point links to its source record; the exact values are listed below the chart. Exam eras: 2022 (return to exams); 2023–25; 2026. The rule beneath the axis marks exam conditions, not schools.Latymer Upper 2022: 47.02%Latymer Upper 2024: 41.56%Latymer Upper 2025: 41.17%Latymer Upper 2026: 43%
Wellington
A-level grades at A*, 2022–2026, on a scale of 20% to 50%. Wellington: 4 years (2022, 2024–2026), latest 26.7% in 2026; square marker, long dashes. Each point links to its source record; the exact values are listed below the chart. Exam eras: 2022 (return to exams); 2023–25; 2026. The rule beneath the axis marks exam conditions, not schools.Wellington 2022: 39.2%Wellington 2024: 32.7%Wellington 2025: 26.2%Wellington 2026: 26.7%

Exam eras: 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.

A-level grades at A*: Latymer Upper and Wellington, each year both can be compared. The gap is Latymer Upper minus Wellington, in percentage points.
YearLatymer Upper (%)Wellington (%)Gap (points)
202247.0239.27.82
202441.5632.78.86
202541.1726.214.97
20264326.716.3

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: 2022, 2024, 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.

7 of the 8 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

8 records

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

  1. 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.

  2. Wellington College · 2022 · A-level · published record · 2022 · A-level

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

  3. 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.

  4. Wellington College · 2024 · A-level · published record · 2024 · A-level

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

  5. 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.

  6. Wellington College · 2025 · A-level · published record · 2025 · A-level

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

  7. 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.

  8. Wellington College · 2026 · A-level · published record · 2026 · A-level

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

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