King’s College School, Wimbledon, GCSE 2023: 89.8% of 1,706 entries at top grades (A* or 9–8)

Compared

89.8%

GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8) · Comparable figure · 9–1 GCSEs only this year; the school’s own figure is used

of 1,706 entries

The school’s figure: 89.8%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

The original grades

9–1: 89.8. Subjects and grades

This year’s exams: 9–1 GCSEs only.

We know because the school says so.

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.	98.1% of 1,706 entries	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE 9–1: 9–7 98.1% of 1,706
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was.	89.8% of 1,706 entries	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE 9–1: 9–8 89.8% of 1,706
GCSE C/4 or better (A*–C or 9–4)	No figureRounding leaves a range wider than one percentage point, so we do not show a single result.	No combined figure from the school	GCSE 9–1: 9–4 of 1,706
GCSE grade 9 (9–1 entries only)	67.2% of 1,706 entries (of the 1,706 entries graded 9–1)	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE 9–1: 9 67.2% of 1,706

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 9–1 9–7 98.1% of 1,706 entries, as printed
Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–8 89.8% of 1,706 entries, as printed
Grade 9: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9 67.2% of 1,706 entries, as printed

The results used in the calculation

9–1, 1,706 entries: King’s College School, Wimbledon: GCSE results, 2023, 9-1

Cite this figure

King’s College School, Wimbledon, 2023, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 89.8% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–8 89.8% of 1,706 entries, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: fig:kcs_gcse_headline:20. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:kcs:2023:gcse/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:kcs:2023: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 9–1 only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
High grades: precision: 1 decimal place, as printed
Top grades: basis: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
Top grades: precision: 1 decimal place, as printed
C/4+: reason: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–4 was not printed, and the printed neighbouring bands leave a range wider than 1 point (98.1–100.0%)
C/4+: reason codes: range wider than 1 point
Grade 9: basis: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
Grade 9: precision: 1 decimal place, as printed
9–1: entries: 1706 (printed entries)
9–1: note: KCS’s printed total and percentages count its 98 AQA Level 2 Further Mathematics entries, a certificate that is not a GCSE or IGCSE. Where a school’s own total counts a qualification of that kind, the comparable figure follows the school’s total and says so. The GCSE and IGCSE rows alone give 67.0% at grade 9, 89.8% at 9–8 and 98.1% at 9–7, of 1,608 entries.
Which exams were sat: evidence: 9-1: 2 school or ISC records (e.g. fig:kcs_gcse_detailed_9_1:3); 13 DfE rows (e.g. research:kcs:2023:dfe-ks4-institution-results-27701)
Which exams were sat: evidence: School statement: 2023 GCSE and IGCSE table, every entry graded 9 to 3 (https://www.kcs.org.uk/media/8936/igcse-2023.pdf)
Which exams were sat: note: KCS’s 2023 GCSE and IGCSE table lists 25 subjects on 9–1 specifications and the AQA Level 2 Certificate in Further Mathematics (98 entries), all graded 9 to 3 only, with a printed total of 1,706 entries for 155 candidates. There is no letter-graded line.

Source references

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

Method and version

Method: harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest: sha256:8accb6a040cf247b2c70183b0742995225a309d6905f547570d54504d9c46867
Qualification mix: 9-1 (school-statement)

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