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King’s College School, Wimbledon · GCSE · summer 2016

2010–16 · Lettered GCSEs

King’s College School, Wimbledon, GCSE 2016: 77.9% of 1,593 entries at top grades (A* or 9–8)

Compared

77.9%

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

of 1,593 entries. GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 77.9% of 1,593 entries, as printed

The school’s figure: 77.9%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

The original grades

A*–G: 77.9. 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. 96% of 1,593 entries The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE A*–G: A*–A 96% of 1,593
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. 77.9% of 1,593 entries The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE A*–G: A* 77.9% of 1,593
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. 99.9% of 1,593 entries The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE A*–G: A*–C of 1,593
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 96% of 1,593 entries, as printed
  • Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 77.9% of 1,593 entries, as printed
  • C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C 1,592 of 1,593 entries

The results used in the calculation

Cite this figure

King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2016, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 77.9% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 77.9% of 1,593 entries, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: fig:kcs_gcse_headline:15, research:kcs:2016:gap-audit:isc-annual-gcse-letter-derived. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:kcs:2016:gcse/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:kcs:2016: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
0 decimal places, 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
1593 (entries from research:kcs:2016: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:15); 17 DfE rows (e.g. research:kcs:2016:dfe-ks4-gcse-certificates-1-5558)
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:cd1bb57251d5fbc4687b40ec516d828f9ff962c34b222b11fc0d40bebfca4620
Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)

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

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