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A level Results
2006
The overall pass-rate this summer was 99%, for all A-Levels taken by students in the Upper Sixth Form.
76% were at the top grades of A and B. There was a total of 95 candidates. 26 students gained three or more A grades. The results cover mainstream academic subjects and General Studies are excluded.
Results achieved by the Upper Sixth Form
As on 17th August
Number of pupils in Upper Sixth - 95
|
A-Levels |
Entries |
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
U |
|
Art |
15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | |||
|
Biology |
36 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |
|
Business Studies |
10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
|
Chemistry |
31 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
|
Design |
10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | |||
|
Economics |
7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||
Eng Lang & Lit |
6 | 2 | 4 | ||||
|
English Literature |
7 | 5 | 2 | ||||
|
French |
16 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
|
Geography |
26 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 2 | ||
|
Geology |
12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
|
German |
4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
|
History |
20 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | ||
|
Maths |
23 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
|
Further Maths |
7 | 6 | 1 | ||||
|
Music |
6 | 3 | 3 | ||||
|
P.E. |
10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
|
Physics |
19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
|
RE |
17 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
|
Spanish |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
|
Theatre Studies |
8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||
|
TOTAL |
294 | 141 | 81 | 39 | 22 | 9 | 2 |
Year by Year Comparison
| Year | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
| Pass Rate | 93.9 | 95.5 | 99.5 | 98.1 | 98.2 | 98.7 | 99.3 | 98.6 | 99.5 | 100 | 99.3 |
| Passes per U6 student | 2.88 | 2.90 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.86 | 2.95 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| % of passes at grades A or B | 49.2 | 61.8 | 68.7 | 65.5 | 69.5 | 63.8 | 71.3 | 68.8 | 75.2 | 77.9 | 76.0 |
| % of entries at grades A or B | 46.2 | 59.0 | 68.3 | 64.3 | 68.3 | 63.0 | 70.8 | 67.9 | 74.8 | 77.9 | 75.5 |
| Average 'points' per candidate | 19.3 | 21.5 | 25.0 | 23.1 | 23.0 | 22.6 | - | - | - | 350 | 348 |
| % of entries passes A-C | 66.4 | 77.3 | 89.4 | 83.1 | 88.3 | 80.6 | 87.4 | 87.5 | 90.1 | 90.3 | 88.8 |
| " " " D-E | 27.5 | 17.6 | 10.3 | 15.0 | 11.6 | 18.1 | 11.9 | 11.1 | 9.3 | 9.8 | 10.5 |