Dulwich College · GCSE · summer 2011
Dulwich College, GCSE 2011: 51% at top grades (A* or 9–8)
Compared
51%
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: 51%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.
The original grades
A*–G: 51
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. | 87% | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A*–A 87% |
| GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. | 51% | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A* 51% |
| 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 87%, as printed
- Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 51%, as printed
The results used in the calculation
Cite this figure
Dulwich College, 2011, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 51% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 51%, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: new:dulwich:2011:gcse:governors-2015-publication. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:dulwich:2011:gcse/
Record details
Record ID harm:v1:dulwich:2011: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
- 0 decimal places, as printed
- Top grades: basis
- GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
- Top grades: precision
- 0 decimal places, 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: 3 school or ISC records (e.g. new:dulwich:2011:accounts:gcse-igcse:annual-results:2013)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- GCSE 9–1 was first awarded in 2017, so every entry was graded A*–G.
Source references
SUP_DB206012E264· Dulwich College Report of the Governors 2015
Method and version
- Method
harm-v1 1.0.0- Inputs digest
sha256:5edb87cf34a10efcab1dcc1f56a6e48ef23fc32d398180ce1c3dd897857cfd76- Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)