Downe House · GCSE · summer 2006
Downe House, GCSE 2006: 45% at top grades (A* or 9–8)
Compared
45%
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: 45%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.
The original grades
A*–G: 45
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. | 81.9% | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A*–A 81.92% |
| GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. | 45% | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A* 45% |
| 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. | 99.7% | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A*–C 99.65% |
| 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 81.92%, as printed
- Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 45%, as printed
- C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C 99.65%, as printed
The results used in the calculation
Cite this figure
Downe House, 2006, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 45% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 45%, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: new:downe-house:2006:gcse-combined-full-short:isc-final-20061002. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:downe-house:2006:gcse/
Record details
Record ID harm:v1:downe-house:2006: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 figure in the school’s ISC return
- High grades: precision
- 2 decimal places, as printed
- Top grades: basis
- GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year, so this is the figure in the school’s ISC return
- Top grades: precision
- 0 decimal places, as printed
- C/4+: basis
- GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year, so this is the figure in the school’s ISC return
- C/4+: precision
- 2 decimal places, 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:downe-house:2006:gcse-combined-full-short:isc-final-20061002)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- GCSE 9–1 was first awarded in 2017, so every entry was graded A*–G.
Source references
NEW_ISC_2006_YEAR11· ISC 2006 examination results — year11, boys and girls
Method and version
- Method
harm-v1 1.0.0- Inputs digest
sha256:6079df8650462d87614b47bf1752e3107e12479a151ca6d0be8310ce6ae1e336- Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)