Eton College · GCSE · summer 2025

Eton College, GCSE 2025: 94.0% of 2,756 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.

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. 94.0% of 2,756 entries The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE 9–1: 9–7 94.0% of 2,756
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. 85.0% of 2,756 entries The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE 9–1: 9–8 85.0% of 2,756
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 2,756 entries The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE 9–1: 9–4 99.9% of 2,756
GCSE grade 9 (9–1 entries only) 61.9% of 2,756 entries (of the 2,756 entries graded 9–1) The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE 9–1: 9 61.9% of 2,756

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 94.0% of 2,756 entries, as printed
  • Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–8 85.0% of 2,756 entries, as printed
  • C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–4 99.9% of 2,756 entries, as printed
  • Grade 9: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9 61.9% of 2,756 entries, as printed

The records it is built from

Cite this figure

Eton College, 2025, GCSE high grades (A*–A or 9–7): 94.0% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–7 94.0% of 2,756 entries, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: fig:eton_gcse_primary:6, new:eton:2025:school-final-gcse-distribution, research:eton:2025:audit-current-Final-GCSE-Statistics-Summer-2025. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:eton:2025:gcse/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:eton:2025: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
2756 (printed entries)
Which exams were sat: evidence
9-1: 4 school or ISC records (e.g. fig:eton_gcse_primary:6); 12 DfE rows (e.g. new:eton:2025:dfe-ks4-institution-results-72721)
Which exams were sat: evidence
School statement: signed 2025 GCSE sheet, every syllabus 9–1, 2,756 grades (https://www.etoncollege.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Final-GCSE-Statistics-Summer-2025.pdf)
Which exams were sat: evidence
School statement: results page, 2025 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 2025 GCSE sheet lists every syllabus by board and code, all graded 9–1 (2,756 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

Method and version

Method
harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest
sha256:630de4f723006890664222af1442f60a9e724fadb05b6b83c8c033cb651a953b
Qualification mix
9-1 (school-statement)

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