City of London School · GCSE · summer 2015
City of London School, GCSE 2015: 72.9% at top grades (A* or 9–8)
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72.9%
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8) · Comparable figure · A*–G GCSEs only this year; the school’s own figure is used
City of London’s publications give different lettered GCSE figures for 2015. We show the figure but don’t compare it.
The school’s figure: 72.9%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.
The original grades
A*–G: 72.9. 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. | 90.9% 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 90.9% |
| GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. | 72.9% 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* 72.9% |
| 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 90.9%, as printed
- Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 72.9%, as printed
The results used in the calculation
Cite this figure
City of London School, 2015, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 72.9% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 72.9%, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: new:city-of-london:2015:gazette:75b2409991a6:gcse-bands. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:city-of-london:2015:gcse/
Record details
Record ID harm:v1:city-of-london:2015: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 73.52% A* and 91.13% A*–A, and the October 2016 report 73.6% and 91.1%, against 72.9% and 90.9% in the Gazette figure used here. The difference is not settled.
- High grades: reason codes
- source disagreement
- 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: note
- GCSE/IGCSE A*–G: the school’s ISC return gives 73.52% A* and 91.13% A*–A, and the October 2016 report 73.6% and 91.1%, against 72.9% and 90.9% in the Gazette figure used here. The difference is not settled.
- Top grades: reason codes
- source disagreement
- 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: 5 school or ISC records (e.g. new:city-of-london:2015:gazette:75b2409991a6:gcse-bands); 21 DfE rows (e.g. new:city-of-london:2015:dfe-ks4:gcse-certificates-1:cambridge-international-certificate-level-1-level-2:english-literature)
- 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
sha256:5bb803f47d5e967c121ee25fca3f58288d4f33741ed454f651139e382c6831e2- Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)
City of London School: exam results · How comparable figures work