Godolphin and Latymer School · GCSE · summer 2006

2006–09 · The A* arrives

Godolphin and Latymer School, GCSE 2006: 46.3% of 909 entries at top grades (A* or 9–8)

Compared

46.3%

GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8) · Comparable figure · A*–G GCSEs only this year; the school’s own figure is used

of 909 entries. GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 46.31% of 909 entries, as printed

The school’s figure: 46.3%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

The original grades

A*–G: A* 421 · A 338 · B 119 · C 31 · D 0. Subjects and grades

This year’s exams: A*–G GCSEs only.

We know because the qualification is the only one it could be.

The comparison, the school’s headline and the original grades
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. 83.5% of 909 entries The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE A*–G: A*–A 83.5% of 909
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. 46.3% of 909 entries The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE A*–G: A* 46.31% of 909
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. 100% of 909 entries The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE A*–G: A*–C 100% of 909
GCSE grade 9 (9–1 entries only) No figure No combined figure from the school —

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 A*–G A*–A 83.5% of 909 entries, as printed
  • Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 46.31% of 909 entries, as printed
  • C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C 100% of 909 entries, as printed

The results used in the calculation

Cite this figure

Godolphin and Latymer School, 2006, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 46.3% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 46.31% of 909 entries, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: research:godolphin-latymer:2006:gcse-igcse:isc-2006-combined-full-and-short-courses. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:godolphin-latymer:2006:gcse/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:godolphin-latymer:2006: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 figure in the school’s ISC return
High grades: precision
1 decimal place, as printed
Top grades: basis
GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year, so this is the figure in the school’s ISC return
Top grades: precision
2 decimal places, as printed
C/4+: basis
GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year, so this is the figure in the school’s ISC return
C/4+: precision
0 decimal places, as printed
Grade 9: reason
No entries were graded 9–1 this year, so there is no grade-9 figure.
A*–G: entries
909 (printed entries)
Which exams were sat: evidence
A*-G: 1 school or ISC record (e.g. research:godolphin-latymer:2006:gcse-igcse:isc-2006-combined-full-and-short-courses)
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
sha256:672381376858ba2c7dcee150afcd9eb6a07923c15b407e75aef41f34fa272984
Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)

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