Eton College · GCSE · summer 1995

1994–2009 · The A* arrives

Eton College: comparable GCSE figures, 1995

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

Eton’s 1995 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. 69.1% The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE A*–G: A*–A 69.1%
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. 99.8% The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE A*–G: A*–C 99.83%
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 69.1%, as printed
  • C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C 99.83%, as printed

The results used in the calculation

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:eton:1995: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 a newspaper table printed for the school
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+: basis
GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year, so this is the figure a newspaper table printed for the school
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. research:eton:1995:audit-league1995)
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
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Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)

Eton College: exam results · How comparable figures work

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