King’s College School, Wimbledon · GCSE · summer 2015

2010–16 · Lettered GCSEs

King’s College School, Wimbledon, GCSE 2015: 85.1% of 1,575 entries at top grades (A* or 9–8)

Compared

85.1%

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

of 1,575 entries. GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 85.1% of 1,575 entries, as printed

The school’s figure: 85.1%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

The original grades

A*–G: 85.1. 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. 97.1% of 1,575 entries The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE A*–G: A*–A 97.1% of 1,575
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. 85.1% of 1,575 entries The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE A*–G: A* 85.1% of 1,575
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. 100.0% of 1,575 entries The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE A*–G: A*–C of 1,575
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 97.1% of 1,575 entries, as printed
  • Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 85.1% of 1,575 entries, as printed
  • C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C 1,575 of 1,575 entries

The results used in the calculation

Cite this figure

King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2015, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 85.1% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 85.1% of 1,575 entries, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: fig:kcs_gcse_headline:14, research:kcs:2015:gap-audit:isc-annual-gcse-letter-derived. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:kcs:2015:gcse/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:kcs: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: 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+: 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
1575 (entries from research:kcs:2015:gap-audit:isc-annual-gcse-letter-derived (its counts reproduce every printed percentage))
Which exams were sat: evidence
A*-G: 3 school or ISC records (e.g. fig:kcs_gcse_headline:14); 16 DfE rows (e.g. research:kcs:2015:dfe-ks4-gcse-certificates-1-5604)
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
sha256:9f6f2ae79e8946b6339bb70c73e4b4fe24e3d7ebb4c47c37af322bb6cfd2f122
Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)

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

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