A-level grade combinations

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Dear Department for Education,

For GCE A levels awarded in England in 2016-17 academic year to students aged 16 to 18 (best 3 grades only, excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking):

The percentage of candidates receiving grades A*A*A* overall
The percentage of candidates receiving grades A*A*A or better
The percentage of candidates receiving grades A*AA or better
The percentage of candidates receiving grades AAA or better
The percentage of candidates receiving grades AAB or better
The percentage of candidates receiving grades AAC or better
The percentage of candidates receiving grades ABB or better
The percentage of candidates receiving grades ABC or better
The percentage of candidates receiving grades BBB or better
The percentage of candidates receiving grades BBC or better
The percentage of candidates receiving grades CCC or better
The percentage of candidates receiving grades DDD or better
The percentage of candidates receiving grades EEE or better

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Yours faithfully,

David Dinsmore

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Thank you for your recent enquiry. A reply will be sent to you as soon as possible. For information; the departmental standard for correspondence received is that responses should be sent within 20 working days as you are requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Your correspondence has been allocated reference number 2018-0001019.

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Dear David,

 

RE: 16 to 18 (best 3 grades only, excluding General Studies and Critical
Thinking)

 

Thank you for your email received on 2^nd  January 2018, reference number:
2018-0001019. Your request was as follows:

 

“For GCE A levels awarded in England in 2016-17 academic year to students
aged 16 to 18 (best 3 grades only, excluding General Studies and Critical
Thinking):

 

The percentage of candidates receiving grades A*A*A* overall The
percentage of candidates receiving grades A*A*A or better The percentage
of candidates receiving grades A*AA or better The percentage of candidates
receiving grades AAA or better The percentage of candidates receiving
grades AAB or better The percentage of candidates receiving grades AAC or
better The percentage of candidates receiving grades ABB or better The
percentage of candidates receiving grades ABC or better The percentage of
candidates receiving grades BBB or better The percentage of candidates
receiving grades BBC or better The percentage of candidates receiving
grades CCC or better The percentage of candidates receiving grades DDD or
better The percentage of candidates receiving grades EEE or better.?”.

 

Sorry about the delay in working on your query. We are currently looking
into your response and will get back to you shortly.

 

 

Gideon Ovadia,

Central PQ and Correspondence Team

Data Insight and Statistics Division

Department for Education,

Sanctuary Buildings,

Great Smith Street,

London

SW1P 3BT 

Email: [email address]

Tel: 0207 340 8002

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Dear Mr Dinsmore,

 

Thank you very much for your email received on 2^nd January 2018,
reference number: 2018-0001019, your request was as follows:

 

 

For GCE A levels awarded in England in 2016-17 academic year to students
aged 16 to 18 (best 3 grades only, excluding General Studies and Critical
Thinking):

 

The percentage of candidates receiving grades A*A*A* overall

The percentage of candidates receiving grades A*A*A or better

The percentage of candidates receiving grades A*AA or better

The percentage of candidates receiving grades AAA or better

The percentage of candidates receiving grades AAB or better

The percentage of candidates receiving grades AAC or better

The percentage of candidates receiving grades ABB or better

The percentage of candidates receiving grades ABC or better

The percentage of candidates receiving grades BBB or better

The percentage of candidates receiving grades BBC or better

The percentage of candidates receiving grades CCC or better

The percentage of candidates receiving grades DDD or better

The percentage of candidates receiving grades EEE or better

 

 

I have dealt with your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

Please find the attached Excel spreadsheet which contains the requested
information.

 

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Yours Sincerely,

 

 

Philip Sinfield

Department for Education