King’s College School, Wimbledon · GCSE · summer 1994
King’s College School, Wimbledon, GCSE 1994: 22.9% at top grades (A* or 9–8)
Compared
22.9%
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: 22.9%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.
The original grades
A*–G: 22.9
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. | 68.1% | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A*–A 68.1% |
| GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. | 22.9% | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A* 22.9% |
| 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.
- High grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–A 68.1%, as printed
- Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 22.9%, as printed
The results used in the calculation
Cite this figure
King’s College School, Wimbledon, 1994, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 22.9% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 22.9%, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: research:kcs:1994:six-school-times-gcse. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:kcs:1994:gcse/
Record details
Record ID harm:v1:kcs:1994: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 a newspaper table printed for the school
- High grades: precision
- 1 decimal place, as printed
- Top grades: basis
- GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year, so this is the figure a newspaper table printed for the school
- Top grades: precision
- 1 decimal place, 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:kcs:1994:six-school-times-gcse)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- GCSE 9–1 was first awarded in 2017, so every entry was graded A*–G.
Source references
SIX_AUDIT_1BEC5B572C91AC14· The Times GCSE results, 1994-09-03 · Exact publication checked for the named qualification, year and source population
Method and version
- Method
harm-v1 1.0.0- Inputs digest
sha256:0e73d75443f3e29a25b391ca9c54c54e40c95da9dc816b936237fdfd893bc4b2- Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)
King’s College School, Wimbledon: exam results · How comparable figures work