Eton College · GCSE · summer 2016

Eton College, GCSE 2016: 95.6% of 2,678 entries at high grades (A*–A or 9–7)

Comparable figure · A*–G GCSEs only this year, so it is the school’s own figure How comparable figures work

This year’s exams: A*–G GCSEs only. We know because the qualification is the only one it could be.

Three figures for each grade band, never merged
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. 95.6% of 2,678 entries The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE A*–G: A*–A 95.6% of 2,678
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. 79.2% of 2,678 entriesLeft out of comparisons: Publications disagree about a figure it is built from. The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE A*–G: A* 79.2% of 2,678
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 2,678 entries The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE A*–G: A*–C 99.9% of 2,678
GCSE grade 9 (9–1 entries only) No figure No combined figure from the school

How we built it

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 95.6% of 2,678 entries, as printed
  • Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 79.2% of 2,678 entries, as printed
  • C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C 99.9% of 2,678 entries, as printed

The records it is built from

Cite this figure

Eton College, 2016, GCSE high grades (A*–A or 9–7): 95.6% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–A 95.6% of 2,678 entries, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: research:eton:2016:audit-gcse2016. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:eton:2016:gcse/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:eton:2016: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: note
GCSE/IGCSE A*–G: the school’s publications give different A* figures for 2016, and the difference is not settled.
Top grades: reason codes
source disagreement
Top grades: precision
1 decimal place, as printed
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
2678 (printed entries)
Which exams were sat: evidence
A*-G: 3 school or ISC records (e.g. new:eton:2016:gcse-2016-accounts); 18 DfE rows (e.g. new:eton:2016:dfe-ks4-gcse-certificates-1-18018)
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
sha256:0fe6a591518d50dd248f277251be2c2a95d6d48f9c9187c50c0dee1126c92356
Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)

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