City of London School · GCSE · summer 1996
City of London School, GCSE 1996: 16.1% of 1,339 entries at top grades (A* or 9–8)
Compared
16.1%
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8) · Comparable figure · A*–G GCSEs only this year; the school’s own figure is used
of 1,339 entries. GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 215 of 1,339 entries
The school’s figure: 16.1%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.
The original grades
A*–G: A* 215 · A 438 · B 439 · C 206 · D 25. 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)Ofqual aligned the bottom of grade 7 with the bottom of the old A. | 48.8% of 1,339 entries | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A*–A of 1,339 |
| GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. | 16.1% of 1,339 entries | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A* of 1,339 |
| 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. | 96.9% of 1,339 entries | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A*–C of 1,339 |
| 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 653 of 1,339 entries
- Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 215 of 1,339 entries
- C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C 1,298 of 1,339 entries
The results used in the calculation
- A*–G, 1,339 entries: City of London School, GCSE/IGCSE 1996: Total
Cite this figure
City of London School, 1996, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 16.1% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 215 of 1,339 entries). Method harm-v1. Records: new:city-of-london:1996:gazette-archive:gcse-igcse:subject-table-total:bee2ac28f655. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:city-of-london:1996:gcse/
Record details
Record ID harm:v1:city-of-london:1996: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; from the school’s printed grade counts
- High grades: precision
- Exact, from printed counts
- Top grades: basis
- GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year; from the school’s printed grade counts
- Top grades: precision
- Exact, from printed counts
- C/4+: basis
- GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year; from the school’s printed grade counts
- C/4+: precision
- Exact, from printed counts
- Grade 9: reason
- No entries were graded 9–1 this year, so there is no grade-9 figure.
- A*–G: entries
- 1339 (printed entries)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- A*-G: 23 school or ISC records (e.g. new:city-of-london:1996:gazette-archive:gcse-igcse:grade-percentages:bee2ac28f655)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- GCSE 9–1 was first awarded in 2017, so every entry was graded A*–G.
Source references
CGZ_1997_BEE2AC28F655· City of London School archive, The Gazette Issue: 259 / January 1997
Method and version
- Method
harm-v1 1.0.0- Inputs digest
sha256:84bc28c7019814187c2b0fa34d46dc05c34fa097a5c0b1a41d24ee9d1c70ff36- Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)
City of London School: exam results · How comparable figures work