Brighton College: comparable GCSE figures, 2015

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GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8) · Comparable figure · our calculation

Brighton’s 2015 lettered GCSE table doesn’t give A* on its own.

The original grades

A*–G: no full grade table in this record. Subjects and grades

This year’s exams: A*–G GCSEs only.

We know because the qualification is the only one it could be.

The comparison, the school’s headline and the original grades
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.	93.2% of 1,852 entries	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE A–G: A–A 93.2% of 1,852
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)	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 of 1,852
GCSE C/4 or better (A*–C or 9–4)Ofqual aligned the bottom of grade 4 with the bottom of the old C. At these schools it sits close to 100%, so it is not offered first in comparisons.	100% of 1,852 entries	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE A–G: A–C 100% of 1,852
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.

A*–G, 1,852 entries: Brighton College, GCSE/IGCSE 2015: 93.2% of 1,852 entries graded A*–A

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:brighton:2015:gcse. Quote it if you report a problem.

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: 1 decimal place, as printed
Top grades: reason: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* not printed
Top grades: reason codes: comparable figure not computable
C/4+: basis: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
C/4+: precision: 0 decimal places, as printed
Grade 9: reason: No entries were graded 9–1 this year, so there is no grade-9 figure.
A*–G: entries: 1852 (printed entries)
Which exams were sat: evidence: A*-G: 2 school or ISC records (e.g. new:brighton:2015:gcse-full-short:isc-return); 26 DfE rows (e.g. new:brighton:2015:dfe-ks4-gcse-certificates-1-26106)
Which exams were sat: evidence: GCSE 9–1 was first awarded in 2017, so every entry was graded A*–G.

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Qualification mix: A*-G (by-definition)