Eton College · GCSE · summer 2025
Eton College, GCSE 2025: 85.0% of 2,756 entries at top grades (A* or 9–8)
Compared
85.0%
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8) · Comparable figure · 9–1 GCSEs only this year; the school’s own figure is used
of 2,756 entries. GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–8 85.0% of 2,756 entries, as printed
The school’s figure: 85.0%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.
The original grades
9–1: 9 1,707 · 8 635 · 7 250 · 6 115 · 5 35 · 4 10. Subjects and grades
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. | 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 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 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 results used in the calculation
Cite this figure
Eton College, 2025, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 85.0% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–8 85.0% 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
FB146· Our research file (not public). A companion file we made for seven schools, with our list of archived copies of their web pages. (as recorded: “latest seven-school companion and Wayback/destination lock”)OLDER_ETON_GCSE_2025_FINAL· Eton College GCSE Statistics, Summer2025, final tableSIX_AUDIT_09364A35B882153E· Eton College GCSE (9–1) 2025 — 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:d564d15e2933d8e030fd3ea8dd9aa194d4f092b8260cb072bb281be5b93745ab- Qualification mix
9-1 (school-statement)