Downe House: comparable GCSE figures, 2016

No figure

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

Downe House’s 2016 lettered GCSE table doesn’t give A* on its own.

The original grades

A*–G: no full grade table in this record. 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 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.	87%	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE A–G: A–A 87%
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)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.	99.4%	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE A–G: A–C 99.4%
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.

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:downe-house:2016:gcse. Quote it if you report a problem.

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: 0 decimal places, 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+: 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:downe-house:2016:annual-accounts:gcse-bands:2016); 16 DfE rows (e.g. new:downe-house:2016:dfe-ks4-gcse-certificates-1-17807)
Which exams were sat: evidence: GCSE 9–1 was first awarded in 2017, so every entry was graded A*–G.

Method: harm-v1 1.0.0
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Qualification mix: A*-G (by-definition)