PUBLIC EXAMINATION RESULTS AND STATISTICS

for the last five years
       

A LEVEL EXAMINATIONS 2003-2007

     
A-Level Pass Rate        

Year

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

A-Level pass rate %

93.8

98.4

96.3

98.4

96.8

 

Average Points Score per Candidate (not including stand-alone AS subjects)

(A grade counting for 10 points, B grade for 8, C grade for 6, D grade for 4, E grade for 2)

Year

Point Score (with General Studies)

Point Score (without General Studies)

2003

23.8

20.6

2004

28.7 (364 on new scale)

23.5 (299 on new scale)

2005 25.0 (323) 21.6 (277)
2006 27.2 (346) 22.9 (291)
2007 27.8 (351) 24.1 (304)

(PLEASE NOTE - The points awarded for A level grades have been changed recently to
A grade counting for 120 points, B grade for 100, C grade for 80, D grade for 60, E grade for 40. The previous system has been retained for the present to allow meaningful comparisons to be made)
 

A-Level Grade Breakdown

Grade

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

A %

28.1

35.3

25.9

34.9

41.7

A,B %

53.2

62.6

52.4

59.7

63.5

A,B,C %

70.5

79.1

71.4

79.6

76.9

A,B,C,D,E %

93.8

98.4

96.3

98.4

96.8

 

GCSE EXAMINATIONS 2003-2007

GCSE Pass Rate

Year

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

GCSE pass rate %

85.3

91.5

93.7

93.3

92.3

 

Additional GCSE Statistics

Year

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Average no. of passes

9.56

9.33

9.22

9.17

9.67

% gaining 5+ grades A* to C

86.7

90.7

97.3

93.6

92.3

 

% of A* grades

11.4

15.2

18.4

19.6

19.3

% of A* and A grades

33.3

37.9

43.4

51.8

44.7

% of A*, A and B grades

58.8

61.3

61.3

75.3

70.4

updated October 2007