King’s College School, Wimbledon · GCSE · summer 2015
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.
| 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. | 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
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 splitKCS_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 countsKCS_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 onlyKCS_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 printedKCS_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 totalKCS_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 totalsKCS_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 totalsKCS_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 totalsSIX_AUDIT_DD130C0C2799420F· ISC 2015 examination results — TOTAL · Exact publication checked for the named qualification, year and source population
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