Eton College · GCSE · summer 2024
Eton College, GCSE 2024: 92.7% of 2,766 entries at high grades (A*–A or 9–7)
Comparable figure · 9–1 GCSEs only this year, so it is the school’s own figure How comparable figures work
This year’s exams: 9–1 GCSEs only. We know because the school says so.
| 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. | 92.7% of 2,766 entries | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE 9–1: 9–7 92.7% of 2,766 |
| GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. | 79.1% of 2,766 entries | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE 9–1: 9–8 79.1% of 2,766 |
| 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 2,766 entries | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE 9–1: 9–4 99.9% of 2,766 |
| GCSE grade 9 (9–1 entries only) | 52.6% of 2,766 entries (of the 2,766 entries graded 9–1) | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE 9–1: 9 52.6% of 2,766 |
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 9–1 9–7 92.7% of 2,766 entries, as printed
- Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–8 79.1% of 2,766 entries, as printed
- C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–4 99.9% of 2,766 entries, as printed
- Grade 9: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9 52.6% of 2,766 entries, as printed
The records it is built from
Cite this figure
Eton College, 2024, GCSE high grades (A*–A or 9–7): 92.7% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–7 92.7% of 2,766 entries, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: fig:eton_gcse_primary:5, research:eton:2024:audit-current-iGCSE-Final-Summer-Statistics-2024. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:eton:2024:gcse/
Record details
Record ID harm:v1:eton:2024: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 9–1 only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
- High grades: precision
- 1 decimal place, as printed
- Top grades: basis
- GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
- Top grades: precision
- 1 decimal place, as printed
- C/4+: basis
- GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
- C/4+: precision
- 1 decimal place, as printed
- Grade 9: basis
- GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
- Grade 9: precision
- 1 decimal place, as printed
- 9–1: entries
- 2766 (printed entries)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- 9-1: 3 school or ISC records (e.g. fig:eton_gcse_primary:5); 13 DfE rows (e.g. new:eton:2024:dfe-ks4-institution-results-76659)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- School statement: signed 2024 GCSE sheet, every syllabus 9–1, 2,766 grades (https://www.etoncollege.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/iGCSE-Final-Summer-Statistics-2024.pdf)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- School statement: results page, 2024 links a “Grades 9-1” sheet only; 2019 also has a “Grades A-E” sheet (https://www.etoncollege.com/inside-the-classroom/exam-results/)
- Which exams were sat: note
- Eton’s signed 2024 GCSE sheet lists every syllabus by board and code, all graded 9–1 (2,766 grades), and its results page links no letter-graded sheet for the year. Eton publishes letter-graded entries on a separate sheet when it has any, as it did in 2019.
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_EFBB96CC8D6E5ECC· Eton College GCSE (9–1) 2024 — 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:a795c5357e9e818b0d128ecf0399fbf0ace86de04d44f7d3357855a870353190- Qualification mix
9-1 (school-statement)