City of London School · GCSE · summer 2004
City of London School, GCSE 2004: 31.8% at top grades (A* or 9–8)
Compared
31.8%
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: 31.8%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.
The original grades
A*–G: 31.8. 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. | 69.2% | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A*–A 69.2% |
| GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. | 31.8% | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A* 31.8% |
| 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. | 98.2% | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A*–C 98.2% |
| 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 69.2%, as printed
- Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 31.8%, as printed
- C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C 98.2%, as printed
The results used in the calculation
Cite this figure
City of London School, 2004, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 31.8% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 31.8%, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: new:city-of-london:2004:gazette-archive:gcse-igcse:preliminary-summary:45ac489a0fdf. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:city-of-london:2004:gcse/
Record details
Record ID harm:v1:city-of-london:2004: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
- 1 decimal place, as printed
- 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+: basis
- GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
- C/4+: precision
- 1 decimal place, as printed
- 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:2004:gazette-archive:gcse-igcse:preliminary-summary:45ac489a0fdf)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- GCSE 9–1 was first awarded in 2017, so every entry was graded A*–G.
Source references
CGZ_2005_45AC489A0FDF· City of London School archive, The Gazette Issue: 285 / Autumn 2005
Method and version
- Method
harm-v1 1.0.0- Inputs digest
sha256:05371610b9a0b1d76ee8d814ab73e8bddddfa63a9f8a1eda413eab87a6b21e97- Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)
City of London School: exam results · How comparable figures work