City of London School · GCSE · summer 1999

1995–2009 · The A* arrives

City of London School, GCSE 1999: 25.7% at top grades (A* or 9–8)

Compared

25.7%

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: 25.7%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

The original grades

A*–G: 25.7. 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 bandComparable figure (our calculation)The school’s figure (as the school published it)Original grades
GCSE high grades (A*–A or 9–7) 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*–A
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. 25.7% The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE A*–G: A* 25.7%
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.

  • Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 25.7%, as printed

The results used in the calculation

Cite this figure

City of London School, 1999, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 25.7% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 25.7%, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: new:city-of-london:1999:gazette-archive:gcse-igcse:prize-day:4f85cf1d752c. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:city-of-london:1999:gcse/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:city-of-london:1999: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: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–A not printed
High grades: reason codes
comparable figure not computable
Top grades: basis
GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
Top grades: precision
1 decimal place, 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:city-of-london:1999:gazette-archive:gcse-igcse:prize-day:4f85cf1d752c)
Which exams were sat: evidence
GCSE 9–1 was first awarded in 2017, so every entry was graded A*–G.

Source references

Method and version

Method
harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest
sha256:d50e6312ebf2a3fcd892b6e0f4f6839fa4edd553d9c2bc8d5f2af251622664a6
Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)

City of London School: exam results · How comparable figures work

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