Winchester College: GCSE results, 1996, A*-G

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Checked against the original: A*–A and A*–B or 9–6.

What it counts

annual grade-entry shares; legacy A*–G rows use A*, A*/A and A*–B, while reformed rows retain their published 9–1 crosswalk; missing cells remain null and the 2011–12 suppressed results use documented upper bounds rounded to one decimal

The figures

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

A*–A: 86
A*–B or 9–6: 97.7
Grade scale: A*-G

Notes and original wording (3)

Note: Official HMC comparison; source-rounded whole-school entry shares. A* was not reported separately.
Top band: Unknown / not recorded
Year: 1996

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Some figures here are measured differently from the comparison charts.

Where it was published

HMC inspection of Winchester College, 13–17 October 1997

section 3.2 · Checked 6 Sep 2026 · Archived copy, captured 1 May 2004

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matches A*–A and A*–B or 9–6

Also named as a source:

ISC · Year 11 examination results 2006

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DfE · 2011 full GCSE subject file

Archived copy, captured 8 Sep 2012

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DfE · 2011 IGCSE subject file

Archived copy, captured 8 Sep 2012

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DfE · 2012 KS4 underlying school-level data

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3 more sources the record names

Winchester College · signed accounts 2018

Archived copy, captured 30 Nov 2021

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Winchester College · GCSE Results Summer 2020 · final

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Winchester College · IGCSE and GCSE results 2021 · official

Archived copy, captured 23 Oct 2021

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Notes on this record

Where it’s from: Original publication
Worth knowing: Official HMC comparison; source-rounded whole-school entry shares. A* was not reported separately.

Can I compare it?

A*–A: left out of comparisons: measured differently.
A*–A and A*–B or 9–6: 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:winchester_gcse:2. Quote it if you report a problem.

As recorded

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

Collection note: A* was introduced at GCSE in 1994, which is the start of the historical ledger. Pupil-level five-grade thresholds and incomplete government subsets are never substituted for entry-grade bands.
Source note: Primary

Source references

FB139 · Our research file (not public). Our transcriptions of Winchester’s own results tables. (as recorded: “Winchester primary image-table and analytical lock layer”)
FB139A · Our research file (not public). Our corrections to those transcriptions of Winchester’s results tables. (as recorded: “v13.9 correction addendum”)
FB141 · Our research file (not public). Our corrections to the GCSE figures we transcribed from Winchester’s own tables. (as recorded: “Winchester GCSE primary corrections”)
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”)
WIN_GCSE_HMC_1997 · Winchester College · HMC inspection report · October 1997 · first-party inspection evidence for the 1996 and 1997 whole-school A*/A and A*–B entry shares
WIN_GCSE_2006_ISC · ISC · Year 11 examination results 2006 · official final post-remarks counts: 1,069 entries, including 502 A*, 429 A and 109 B grades
public-source-4535436e09eed115 · DfE · 2011 full GCSE subject file (archived copy, captured 8 Sep 2012) · official subject-level GCSE cumulative bands with lawful small-cell suppression
public-source-65193aecb12514f2 · DfE · 2011 IGCSE subject file (archived copy, captured 8 Sep 2012) · official exact IGCSE cumulative bands; combined with the suppressed GCSE component only as a bounded reconstruction
WIN_GCSE_2012_DFE · DfE · 2012 KS4 underlying school-level data · official 1,191-entry file; 1,185 grades disclosed and six lawfully suppressed, producing exact percentage intervals
WIN_ACCOUNTS_2018 · Winchester College · signed accounts 2018 · official Pre-U headline and university-offer evidence
WIN_GCSE_2020_PDF · Winchester College · GCSE Results Summer 2020 · final · official complete subject table; 1,189 GCSE/IGCSE entries, with 58 Additional Mathematics entries reported separately
WIN_GCSE_2021_PDF · Winchester College · IGCSE and GCSE results 2021 · official · official complete subject table; 1,258 GCSE/IGCSE entries, with 59 Additional Mathematics entries reported separately

Codes and identifiers

Evidence: P

Comparison codes

grade_9 · incompatible definitions; missing value · missing · As published; not an exact number · origin P
top_equivalent · incompatible definitions; missing value · missing · As published; not an exact number · origin P
astar_a_equivalent · incompatible definitions · exact · 0 decimal places · origin P
top_equivalent · missing value · missing · As published; not an exact number · origin P
astar_a_equivalent · eligible when the year and group match · exact · 0 decimal places · origin P
astar_b_or_9_6 · eligible when the year and group match · exact · 1 decimal place · origin P

Check log

2026-09-06 · astar_a_equivalent · verified · HMC inspection of Winchester College, 13–17 October 1997 · section 3.2
2026-09-06 · astar_b_or_9_6 · verified · HMC inspection of Winchester College, 13–17 October 1997 · section 3.2

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