NLCS: Other qualifications and government tables, 2009

1. What it counts: Number of trigger students in actual year group 13 Where it’s from: Original publication Worth knowing: Source definition: Number of trigger students in actual year group 13. Original government accountability population and point basis; this is not a published A-level-only grade distribution. Point tariffs and inclusion rules change across years; no continuous grade trend or conversion is made.

1. What it counts: Average Level 3 point score per student Where it’s from: Original publication Worth knowing: Source definition: Average Level 3 point score per student. Original government accountability population and point basis; this is not a published A-level-only grade distribution. Point tariffs and inclusion rules change across years; no continuous grade trend or conversion is made.

1. What it counts: Average Level 3 point score per entry Where it’s from: Original publication Worth knowing: Source definition: Average Level 3 point score per entry. Original government accountability population and point basis; this is not a published A-level-only grade distribution. Point tariffs and inclusion rules change across years; no continuous grade trend or conversion is made.

Every row: What it counts: Average point score per student - 2009 Where it’s from: Original publication

1. Worth knowing: Source definition: Average point score per student - 2009. Original government accountability population and point basis; this is not a published A-level-only grade distribution. Point tariffs and inclusion rules change across years; no continuous grade trend or conversion is made. The 2009 value is explicitly printed retrospectively in the 2010 table.
2. Worth knowing: Source definition: Average point score per student - 2009. Original government accountability population and point basis; this is not a published A-level-only grade distribution. Point tariffs and inclusion rules change across years; no continuous grade trend or conversion is made. The 2009 value is explicitly printed retrospectively in the 2011 table.

1. What it counts: Average point score per entry - 2009 Where it’s from: Original publication Worth knowing: Source definition: Average point score per entry - 2009. Original government accountability population and point basis; this is not a published A-level-only grade distribution. Point tariffs and inclusion rules change across years; no continuous grade trend or conversion is made. The 2009 value is explicitly printed retrospectively in the 2010 table.

1. What it counts: Average point score per examination entry - 2009 Where it’s from: Original publication Worth knowing: Source definition: Average point score per examination entry - 2009. Original government accountability population and point basis; this is not a published A-level-only grade distribution. Point tariffs and inclusion rules change across years; no continuous grade trend or conversion is made. The 2009 value is explicitly printed retrospectively in the 2011 table.

1. What it counts: GCE ASlevel excl General Studies Total Subject entries: 76 Candidates: 72 Where it’s from: Original publication Worth knowing: ISC published school return. Candidate populations are separate from subject entries; overlapping group totals are not added. A missing school return or an optional zero-filled qualification block does not establish non-provision. The exact source header defines qualification scope; Applied/International qualifications are not silently excluded. General Studies and AS groups remain separate. No A* grade is invented for AS or pre-2010 GCE A-level. How the source defines it: GCE ASlevel excl General Studies Total