Harrow School, GCSE/IGCSE 2020: well over 40% of entries at grade 9

Checked against the original: grade 9 and grades 9–8.

What it counts

share of published GCSE/IGCSE entries at each cumulative band on the scale the school reported; legacy A*–G, mixed and 9–1 years labelled

As printed. Percentages are of subject entries, not pupils.

Notes and original wording (4)

Note: descriptive or lower-bound figures are recorded as the school printed them and are not charted · Centre-assessed grades year. 14 boys with 10+ grade 9s; 30 with 9+ grade 9s. NB the 2019 post gives 39.2% grade 9 in 2019, so 'third consecutive year ... well over 40%' should be read as the school's own characterisation.
Publication status: CAG year · centre/teacher-assessed grades; quarantined from examined-year trends
Published wording: Results built upon the record GCSE outcomes of 2019, and for the third consecutive year the percentage of grade 9s was well over 40% of entries, with nearly three-quarters of entries at grades 9–8. Fourteen boys achieved ten or more grade 9s, with 30 boys acquiring nine or more grade 9s
Year: 2020

Ranges and bounds such as “over 90%” are shown as printed, so they aren’t charted as exact figures.

Awarded in 2020–21, when exams were cancelled and schools assessed grades, so kept out of comparisons with exam years.

Where it’s from: CAG year · centre / teacher-assessed grades; kept out of comparisons with exam years
Where it’s from: CAG year · centre/teacher-assessed grades; kept out of comparisons with exam years
Worth knowing: descriptive or lower-bound figures are recorded as the school printed them and are not charted · Centre-assessed grades year. 14 boys with 10+ grade 9s; 30 with 9+ grade 9s. NB the 2019 post gives 39.2% grade 9 in 2019, so 'third consecutive year ... well over 40%' should be read as the school's own characterisation.

grade 9 and grades 9–8: left out of comparisons: 2020–21, when exams were cancelled and schools assessed grades; a range or estimate, not an exact figure.

Record details

Record ID ext:harrow_gcse:3. Quote it if you report a problem.

The record’s own wording, where this page puts it in plainer words.

Check note (grade 9 and grades 9–8): Descriptive grade shares, not exact percentages. National assessed-year qualification retained.
Source note: CAG year · centre / teacher-assessed grades; quarantined from examined-year trends
Publication status: CAG year · centre/teacher-assessed grades; quarantined from examined-year trends

grade_9 · assessment-regime exclusion; bounds/estimates not eligible · bounded or descriptive · As published; not an exact number · origin P
grade_9_8 · assessment-regime exclusion; bounds/estimates not eligible · bounded or descriptive · As published; not an exact number · origin P
grade_9_7 · assessment-regime exclusion; missing value · missing · As published; not an exact number · origin P
a_star · incompatible definitions; assessment-regime exclusion; missing value · missing · As published; not an exact number · origin P
a_star_a · incompatible definitions; assessment-regime exclusion; missing value · missing · As published; not an exact number · origin P
a_star_b · incompatible definitions; assessment-regime exclusion; missing value · missing · As published; not an exact number · origin P

2026-09-06 · grade_9 · verified · Harrow Newsletter Autumn 2020 · PDF page2, Examination Results and University Destinations/Success section
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