Brighton College · GCSE · summer 1995
Brighton College, GCSE 1995: 12% at top grades (A* or 9–8)
Compared
12%
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8) · Comparable figure · A*–G GCSEs only this year; the school’s own figure is used
The school’s figure: 12%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.
The original grades
A*–G: B 301 · C 209 · D 58
This year’s exams: A*–G GCSEs only.
We know because the qualification is the only one it could be.
| Grade band | Comparable figure (our calculation) | The school’s figure (as the school published it) | Original grades |
|---|---|---|---|
| GCSE high grades (A*–A or 9–7)Ofqual aligned the bottom of grade 7 with the bottom of the old A. | 39% | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A*–A 39% |
| GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. | 12% | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A* 12% |
| GCSE C/4 or better (A*–C or 9–4) | No figureThe school’s own tables don’t give a comparable figure for this year. | No combined figure from the school | GCSE A*–G: A*–C |
| GCSE grade 9 (9–1 entries only) | No figure | No combined figure from the school | — |
How the figure is calculated
The number of entries at or above the band, across every exam system, divided by all the entries. We never average two percentages.
- High grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–A 39%, as printed
- Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 12%, as printed
The results used in the calculation
Cite this figure
Brighton College, 1995, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 12% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 12%, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: new:brighton:1995:gcse:brightonian1995. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:brighton:1995:gcse/
Record details
Record ID harm:v1:brighton:1995:gcse. Quote it if you report a problem.
As recorded
The record’s own wording, where this page puts it in plainer words.
- High grades: basis
- GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
- High grades: precision
- 0 decimal places, as printed
- Top grades: basis
- GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
- Top grades: precision
- 0 decimal places, as printed
- C/4+: reason
- GCSE/IGCSE A*–G: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C not printed
- C/4+: reason codes
- comparable figure not computable
- Grade 9: reason
- No entries were graded 9–1 this year, so there is no grade-9 figure.
- A*–G: entries
- unknown (no entry count printed)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- A*-G: 1 school or ISC record (e.g. new:brighton:1995:gcse:brightonian1995)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- GCSE 9–1 was first awarded in 2017, so every entry was graded A*–G.
Source references
NEW_BRIGHTON_BRIGHTONIAN_1995· The Brightonian 1995 — Brighton College
Method and version
- Method
harm-v1 1.0.0- Inputs digest
sha256:c174c9b6a8bd2689478b8df7f16248a8df99cf99a4dea4c53ad36d6b3ef63a74- Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)
Brighton College: exam results · How comparable figures work