Brighton College · GCSE · summer 2016
Brighton College, GCSE 2016: 53.9% of 2,082 entries at top grades (A* or 9–8)
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53.9%
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8) · Comparable figure · A*–G GCSEs only this year; the school’s own figure is used
of 2,082 entries. GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 1,123 of 2,082 entries
Brighton’s publications give different lettered GCSE figures for 2016. We show the figure but don’t compare it.
The school’s figure: 53.9%. The same figure: it is the school’s 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.
| 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) | No figureRounding leaves a range wider than one percentage point, so we do not show a single result. | No combined figure from the school | GCSE A*–G: A*–A of 2,082 |
| GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. | 53.9% of 2,082 entriesLeft out of comparisons: The publications disagree about one of the figures used in this calculation. | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A* of 2,082 |
| GCSE C/4 or better (A*–C or 9–4) | No figureRounding leaves a range wider than one percentage point, so we do not show a single result. | No combined figure from the school | GCSE A*–G: A*–C of 2,082 |
| 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.
- Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 1,123 of 2,082 entries
The results used in the calculation
- A*–G, 2,082 entries: Brighton College: GCSE, 2016, A*-G
Cite this figure
Brighton College, 2016, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 53.9% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 1,123 of 2,082 entries). Method harm-v1. Records: new:brighton:2016:gcse:brightonian2016. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:brighton:2016:gcse/
Record details
Record ID harm:v1:brighton:2016: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: reason
- GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–A was not printed, and the printed neighbouring bands leave a range wider than 1 point (53.9–100.0%)
- High grades: reason codes
- range wider than 1 point
- Top grades: basis
- GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year; from the school’s printed grade counts
- Top grades: note
- GCSE/IGCSE A*–G: the school’s ISC return for the same 2,082 entries counts 1,176 A* (56.5%), against 1,123 (53.9%) in the annual review used here. The difference is not settled.
- Top grades: reason codes
- source disagreement
- Top grades: precision
- Exact, from printed counts
- C/4+: reason
- GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C was not printed, and the printed neighbouring bands leave a range wider than 1 point (53.9–100.0%)
- C/4+: reason codes
- range wider than 1 point
- Grade 9: reason
- No entries were graded 9–1 this year, so there is no grade-9 figure.
- A*–G: entries
- 2082 (printed entries)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- A*-G: 2 school or ISC records (e.g. new:brighton:2016:gcse-full-short:isc-return); 27 DfE rows (e.g. new:brighton:2016:dfe-ks4-gcse-certificates-1-24651)
- 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_2016· The Brightonian 2016 — Brighton College
Method and version
- Method
harm-v1 1.0.0- Inputs digest
sha256:83f09bdaa34988297b703e9cb802d7db79dbbb0f0cee5d41d5c53b281bf786c5- Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)
Brighton College: exam results · How comparable figures work