Godolphin and Latymer School · GCSE · summer 2008
Godolphin and Latymer School, GCSE 2008: 55.6% of 939 entries at top grades (A* or 9–8)
Compared
55.6%
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8) · Comparable figure · A*–G GCSEs only this year; the school’s own figure is used
of 939 entries. GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 522 of 939 entries
The school’s figure: 55.6%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.
The original grades
A*–G: no full grade table in this record. Subjects and grades
This year’s exams: A*–G GCSEs only.
We know because the qualification is the only one it could be.
| 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. | 88.2% of 939 entries | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A*–A of 939 |
| GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. | 55.6% of 939 entries | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A* of 939 |
| 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 939 entries | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A*–C of 939 |
| 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 828 of 939 entries
- Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 522 of 939 entries
- C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C 938 of 939 entries
The results used in the calculation
- A*–G, 939 entries: Godolphin and Latymer School: GCSE/IGCSE, 2008
Cite this figure
Godolphin and Latymer School, 2008, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 55.6% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 522 of 939 entries). Method harm-v1. Records: research:godolphin-latymer:2008:isc-annual-gcse-letter. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:godolphin-latymer:2008:gcse/
Record details
Record ID harm:v1:godolphin-latymer:2008: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; from the grade counts in the school’s ISC return
- High grades: precision
- Exact, from printed counts
- Top grades: basis
- GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year; from the grade counts in the school’s ISC return
- Top grades: precision
- Exact, from printed counts
- C/4+: basis
- GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year; from the grade counts in the school’s ISC return
- C/4+: precision
- Exact, from printed counts
- Grade 9: reason
- No entries were graded 9–1 this year, so there is no grade-9 figure.
- A*–G: entries
- 939 (printed entries)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- A*-G: 1 school or ISC record (e.g. research:godolphin-latymer:2008:isc-annual-gcse-letter)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- GCSE 9–1 was first awarded in 2017, so every entry was graded A*–G.
Source references
REV_69B957A6B74E· ISC 2008 examination results — GCSE Results 2008
Method and version
- Method
harm-v1 1.0.0- Inputs digest
sha256:bf2c1613589f32538c8e9ff15d58c272dcade5e776466d0aca3faab82c7378aa- Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)
Godolphin and Latymer School: exam results · How comparable figures work