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In 2012, the Perse Upper Sixth achieved our best ever A Level results.
Ninety eight per cent of exam entries were awarded at A*-C level, with 42% at A* and 80% at A*-A.
Twenty six students secured a clean sweep of three or more A* grades at A level, with three students each achieving five A* grades.
Ninety eight of our one hundred and fifty four students (nearly two thirds) achieved three A grades or above.

A level results by year

Year (% cumulative)	A*	A	B	C	D	E	U
2012	42	80	95	98	99	100	100
2011	38	79	95	99	100	100	100
2010	34	75	94	99	100	100	100
2009		73	91	98	98	100	100

A level results by subject in 2012

Subject	No. of candidates	A*	A	B	C	D	E	U
Art and Design	11	9	2	0	0	0	0	0
Biology	54	16	14	16	4	4	0	0
Chinese	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Chemistry	45	19	17	8	1	0	0	0
Classical Civilisation	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Economics	19	2	12	3	2	0	0	0
English Literature	33	25	7	1	0	0	0	0
French	16	1	10	3	2	0	0	0
Further Maths	22	19	2	1	0	0	0	0
Geography	26	6	20	0	0	0	0	0
General Studies	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
German	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Greek	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
History	56	18	25	12	0	1	0	0
Italian	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
Latin	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mathematics	93	45	34	10	3	1	0	0
Philosophy	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Physical Education	5	0	3	1	1	0	0	0
Physics	39	21	14	2	1	0	1	0
Politics	9	2	4	2	1	0	0	0
Religious Studies	8	2	3	3	0	0	0	0
Russian	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spanish	9	2	3	3	0	1	0	0
Technology	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
TOTALS	469	196	180	70	15	7	1	0

 

Pre-U results by subject in 2012

Subject	Candidates per subject	D1	D2	D3	M1	M2	M3	P1	P2	P3
	A Level Equivalency	>A*	A*	A	A/B	B	B/C	C/D	D	E
Music	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Psychology	30	5	10	6	3	6	0	0	0	0
TOTALS	35	7	12	6	4	6	0	0	0	0

 

Extended Project Qualification results in 2012

Subject	No. of candidates	A*	A	B	C
EPQ	18	8	6	2	2