Harrow School · GCSE · summer 2015

2010–16 · Lettered GCSEs

Harrow School, GCSE 2015: 58% at top grades (A* or 9–8)

Compared

58%

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

The school’s figure: 58%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

The original grades

A*–G: 58. 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) No figureThe school’s own tables don’t give a comparable figure for this year. No combined figure from the school GCSE A*–G: A*–A
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. 58% The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE A*–G: A* 58%
GCSE C/4 or better (A*–C or 9–4) No figureThe school’s own tables don’t give a comparable figure for this year. No combined figure from the school GCSE A*–G: A*–C
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.

  • Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 58%, as printed

The results used in the calculation

Cite this figure

Harrow School, 2015, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 58% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 58%, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: research:harrow:2015:archived-news:gcse. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:harrow:2015:gcse/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:harrow:2015: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: reason
GCSE/IGCSE A*–G: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–A not printed
High grades: reason codes
comparable figure not computable
Top grades: basis
GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
Top grades: precision
0 decimal places, as printed
C/4+: reason
GCSE/IGCSE A*–G: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C not printed
C/4+: reason codes
comparable figure not computable
Grade 9: reason
No entries were graded 9–1 this year, so there is no grade-9 figure.
A*–G: entries
unknown (no entry count printed)
Which exams were sat: evidence
A*-G: 1 school or ISC record (e.g. research:harrow:2015:archived-news:gcse)
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:c57800873757c30a7d437dec3532deb19455ee8c284e0f421bb434a8beab7901
Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)

Harrow School: exam results · How comparable figures work

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