St Paul’s School: GCSE and IGCSE results, 2002, A*-G

This figure hasn’t been fully checked against the original yet.

What it counts

annual grade-entry rows plus explicitly typed pre-2005 legacy thresholds, ranks and points; old-scale top/top2/top3=A*/A*–A/A*–B; new-scale=9/9–8/9–7

The figures

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

Candidates: 164
Pupils with ≥11 A*s: 14
Pupils with ≥5 A*–C: 100
Legacy points per candidate: 78.8
Rank: 1
Grade scale: A*-G
Top two bands: 92.5

Notes and original wording (4)

Note: The school headline says 92.5% of ‘GCSE boys’ achieved A* or A; denominator wording is retained. Other fields come from the contemporary ISC table.
Top band: Unknown / not recorded
Top three bands: Unknown / not recorded
Year: 2002

Some figures here are measured differently from the comparison charts.

Where it was published

We have yet to check this figure against the original publication. These are the sources named in the research; some may concern other results in the collection:

St Paul’s School · 2002 examination results · Common Crawl recovery

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The Guardian · St Paul’s tops the 2002 GCSE table

We haven’t found a public copy online. Libraries with newspaper archives, such as the British Library, can help trace it.
St Paul’s School · GCSE summary 2005–09 · Internet Archive

Archived copy, captured 5 Sep 2010

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Notes on this record

Where it’s from: An original publication and a second-hand source
Worth knowing: The school headline says 92.5% of ‘GCSE boys’ achieved A* or A; denominator wording is retained. Other fields come from the contemporary ISC table.

Can I compare it?

top two bands: left out of comparisons: measured differently.
top two bands: yes, with another school’s figure for the same year, counting legacy grade entries on the same grading scale (GCSE / IGCSE A*–G).

Record details

Record ID fig:st_pauls_gcse:3. Quote it if you report a problem.

As recorded

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

Collection note: Legacy points and pupil thresholds are retained as separate fields and are never plotted as grade-entry percentages.
Source note: Primary / Secondary

Source references

FB146 · Our research file (not public). A companion file we made for seven schools, with our list of archived copies of their web pages. (as recorded: “latest seven-school companion and Wayback/destination lock”)
SPS_2002_EXAM_CC · St Paul’s School · 2002 examination results · Common Crawl recovery · first-party page recovered at ARC offset 69,280,402; supplies 92.5% GCSE A*/A and 92.5% A-level A/B school headlines
public-source-f96086ea14f0d1c7 · St Paul’s School · GCSE summary 2005–09 · Wayback (archived copy, captured 5 Sep 2010) · direct school five-year final grid; A*, A*–A and A*–B grade-entry shares
public-source-2437cd26fea96bd1 · The Guardian · St Paul’s tops the 2002 GCSE table. We haven’t found a public copy online. Libraries with newspaper archives, such as the British Library, can help trace it. · contemporary ISC-table report carrying candidate count and old-tariff points

Codes and identifiers

Evidence: P/S

Comparison codes

top · incompatible definitions; missing value · missing · As published; not an exact number · origin P/S
top_2 · incompatible definitions · exact · 1 decimal place · origin P/S
top_3 · incompatible definitions; missing value · missing · As published; not an exact number · origin P/S
top · missing value · missing · As published; not an exact number · origin P/S
top_2 · eligible when the year and group match · exact · 1 decimal place · origin P/S
top_3 · missing value · missing · As published; not an exact number · origin P/S

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