Eton College · GCSE · summer 2011
Eton College, GCSE 2011: 71.0% of 2,737 entries at top grades (A* or 9–8)
Compared
71.0%
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8) · Comparable figure · A*–G GCSEs only this year; the school’s own figure is used
of 2,737 entries. GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 71.0% of 2,737 entries, as printed
The school’s figure: 71.0%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.
The original grades
A*–G: A* 1,944 · A 635 · B 135 · C 20 · D 3. 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. | 94.2% of 2,737 entries | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A*–A 94.2% of 2,737 |
| GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. | 71.0% of 2,737 entries | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A* 71.0% of 2,737 |
| 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. | 99.9% of 2,737 entries | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A*–C of 2,737 |
| 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 94.2% of 2,737 entries, as printed
- Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 71.0% of 2,737 entries, as printed
- C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C 2,734 of 2,737 entries
The results used in the calculation
- A*–G, 2,737 entries: Eton College, GCSE/IGCSE 2011: 71.0% of 2,737 entries graded A*
Cite this figure
Eton College, 2011, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 71.0% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 71.0% of 2,737 entries, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: new:eton:2011:gcse-admissions-booklet-table. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:eton:2011:gcse/
Record details
Record ID harm:v1:eton: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
- 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: precision
- 1 decimal place, as printed
- C/4+: basis
- GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year; from the school’s printed grade counts
- C/4+: precision
- Exact, from printed counts
- Grade 9: reason
- No entries were graded 9–1 this year, so there is no grade-9 figure.
- A*–G: entries
- 2737 (printed entries)
- A*–G: note
- Eton’s definitive 2011 GCSE/IGCSE table, printed in its Admissions Booklet of December 2012: 2,737 entries. The school’s earlier 2011 GCSE statistics sheet (2,745 entries) stays on record as the earlier version.
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- A*-G: 1 school or ISC record (e.g. research:eton:2011:audit-gcse2011)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- GCSE 9–1 was first awarded in 2017, so every entry was graded A*–G.
Source references
OLDER_ETON_ADMISSIONS_BOOKLET_DEC_2012· Eton College, Admissions Booklet (December 2012): Public Examination Results (the school’s definitive 2011 results)
Method and version
- Method
harm-v1 1.0.0- Inputs digest
sha256:5deb1e0fda6fbb1afaa9db020b8c17aa4bf6196c94bfe826fa6ae00dcd57fb05- Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)