King’s College School, Wimbledon, GCSE 2012: 63.4% at top grades (A* or 9–8)

Compared

63.4%

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: 63.4%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

The original grades

A*–G: 63.4. 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 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.	90.4%	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE A–G: A–A 90.4%
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was.	63.4%	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE A–G: A 63.4%
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 90.4%, as printed
Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 63.4%, as printed

The results used in the calculation

A*–G: King’s College School, Wimbledon: GCSE results, 2012, A*-G

Cite this figure

King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2012, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 63.4% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 63.4%, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: fig:kcs_gcse_headline:11. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:kcs:2012:gcse/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:kcs:2012: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 held from a secondary source
High grades: precision: 1 decimal place, as printed
Top grades: basis: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year, so this is the figure held from a secondary source
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: 3 school or ISC records (e.g. fig:kcs_gcse_headline:11); 28 DfE rows (e.g. research:kcs:2012:dfe-ks4-double-gcse-certificates-113)
Which exams were sat: evidence: GCSE 9–1 was first awarded in 2017, so every entry was graded A*–G.

Source references

FB13 · Our research file (not public). A compilation we made of the schools’ and universities’ full tables, for our own research. (as recorded: “controlling full-table base”)
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”)
public-source-150ef77b0f83a455 · KCS Wimbledon · GCSE and IGCSE results · 2017–2025 chronological pack. King’s College School’s own GCSE and IGCSE results tables for 2017–2025, gathered in date order for our research. · controlling modern candidate and subject-entry denominators; records the 2018 Additional Mathematics exclusion and the numbered/lettered entry split
KCS_OKC_1990 · Old King's Club Newsletter 78 · Summer 1990 examination results · primary contemporary KCS report: A-level candidates and entry-grade counts; GCSE candidates split between Upper and Lower Fifth and entry-grade counts
KCS_OKC_1991 · Old King's Club Newsletter 80 · Summer 1991 examination results · primary contemporary KCS report: A-level candidates and printed grade counts/percentages; GCSE candidates split between Upper and Lower Fifth with A–C counts only
KCS_OKC_1995 · Old King's Club Newsletter 87 · Summer 1995 examination results · primary contemporary KCS report: exact A-level candidates/entries and exact GCSE A* count/share; GCSE total denominator not printed
KCS_OKC_1996 · Old King's Club Newsletter 89 · Summer 1996 examination results · primary contemporary KCS report: exact A-level candidates/entries and exact GCSE entry total
KCS_OKC_1997 · Old King's Club Newsletter 91 · Summer 1997 examination results · primary contemporary KCS report: exact A-level and GCSE candidate and subject-entry totals
KCS_OKC_2003 · Old King's Club Newsletter 103 · Summer 2003 examination results · primary contemporary KCS report: A-level, IB, combined Upper Sixth and GCSE candidate counts plus A-level/GCSE subject-exam totals
KCS_OKC_2004 · Old King's Club Newsletter 105 · Summer 2004 examination results · primary contemporary KCS report: A-level, IB, combined Upper Sixth and GCSE candidate counts plus A-level/GCSE subject-exam totals

Method and version

Method: harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest: sha256:fe4d6ed002806b72fe7015324c541038df9020e4c8bc3345d2256671e32166ec
Qualification mix: A*-G (by-definition)

King’s College School, Wimbledon: exam results · How comparable figures work