Eton College · GCSE · summer 2018
Eton College, GCSE 2018: 95.5–96.1% of 2,750 entries at high grades (A*–A or 9–7)
Comparable figure · our calculationA*–G and 9–1 How comparable figures work
This year’s exams: A*–G GCSEs and 9–1 GCSEs. We know because the government’s tables confirm it.
| 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. | 95.5–96.1% of 2,750 entries | No combined figure from the school | GCSE A*–G: A*–A 95% of 1,909 GCSE 9–1: 9–7 97.5% of 841 |
| GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. | 82.7–82.8% of 2,750 entries | No combined figure from the school | GCSE A*–G: A* 78.5% of 1,909 GCSE 9–1: 9–8 92.4% of 841 |
| 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. | 99.9–100.0% of 2,750 entries | No combined figure from the school | GCSE A*–G: A*–C 99.9% of 1,909 GCSE 9–1: 9–4 of 841 |
| GCSE grade 9 (9–1 entries only) | 70.9% of 841 entries (of the 841 entries graded 9–1) | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE 9–1: 9 70.9% of 841 |
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 1,805–1,823 + GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–7 820 = 2,625–2,643 of 2,750 entries (95.5–96.1%: the school’s rounding leaves this much room)
- Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 1,498–1,499 + GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–8 777 = 2,275–2,276 of 2,750 entries (82.7–82.8%: the school’s rounding leaves this much room)
- C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C 1,907–1,908 + GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–4 839–841 = 2,746–2,749 of 2,750 entries (99.9–100.0%: the school’s rounding leaves this much room)
- Grade 9: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9 70.9% of 841 entries, as printed
The records it is built from
Cite this figure
Eton College, 2018, GCSE high grades (A*–A or 9–7): 95.5–96.1% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–A 1,805–1,823 + GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–7 820 = 2,625–2,643 of 2,750 entries). Method harm-v1. Records: fig:eton_gcse_primary:1, research:eton:2018:audit-current-2018-Final-Statistics-GCSE-A-E, fig:eton_gcse_primary:0, research:eton:2018:audit-current-2018-Final-Statistics-GCSE-9-1. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:eton:2018:gcse/
Record details
Record ID harm:v1:eton:2018: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
- Weighted by entries across GCSE/IGCSE A*–G and GCSE/IGCSE 9–1
- High grades: precision
- A range: the printed percentages allow more than one whole number of entries
- Top grades: basis
- Weighted by entries across GCSE/IGCSE A*–G and GCSE/IGCSE 9–1
- Top grades: precision
- A range: the printed percentages allow more than one whole number of entries
- C/4+: basis
- Weighted by entries across GCSE/IGCSE A*–G and GCSE/IGCSE 9–1
- C/4+: precision
- A range: the printed percentages allow more than one whole number of entries
- Grade 9: basis
- Grade 9 counts only the entries graded 9–1, and this year also had A*–G entries, so this is the school’s own figure for those entries
- Grade 9: precision
- 1 decimal place, as printed
- A*–G: entries
- 1909 (printed entries)
- 9–1: entries
- 841 (printed entries)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- A*-G: 2 school or ISC records (e.g. fig:eton_gcse_primary:1); 4 DfE rows (e.g. new:eton:2018:dfe-ks4-institution-results-409772)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- 9-1: 2 school or ISC records (e.g. fig:eton_gcse_primary:0); 7 DfE rows (e.g. new:eton:2018:dfe-ks4-institution-results-409740)
Source references
FB146· untitled document (no public link) · our research file (not public; includes archived web pages) (as recorded: “latest seven-school companion and Wayback/destination lock”)SIX_AUDIT_3E7D4F3B615A4EA8· Eton College GCSE/IGCSE 2018 — school final results · Exact publication checked for the named qualification, year and source populationSIX_AUDIT_D66965288E5A754B· Eton College GCSE (9–1) 2018 — school final results · Exact publication checked for the named qualification, year and source population
Method and version
- Method
harm-v1 1.0.0- Inputs digest
sha256:cf3196992f04869354d06cc0ec05b778debb153d99bf9b454a153d09a9123afc- Qualification mix
A*-G, 9-1 (government-table)