City of London School · GCSE · summer 2007

1995–2009 · The A* arrives

City of London School: comparable GCSE figures, 2007

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

City of London’s 2007 lettered GCSE table doesn’t give A* on its own.

The original grades

A*–G: no full grade table in this record

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)Ofqual aligned the bottom of grade 7 with the bottom of the old A. 82.2% Left 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*–A 82.2%
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*
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.

  • High grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–A 82.2%, as printed

The results used in the calculation

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:city-of-london:2007: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: note
GCSE/IGCSE A*–G: the school’s ISC return gives 79.54% A*–A, against 82.2% in the governors’ reports used here. The difference is not settled.
High grades: reason codes
source disagreement
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+: 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: 2 school or ISC records (e.g. new:city-of-london:2007:gcse-full-short:isc-return)
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:ab0a94af085f6a103ac139db24a94fa51c99e9f24c09e534077a921fccf3c720
Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)

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

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