Latymer Upper School, GCSE 2013: 73.3% of 1,348 entries at top grades (A* or 9–8)

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73.3%

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

of 1,348 entries. GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 988 of 1,348 entries

Latymer Upper’s publications give different lettered GCSE figures for 2013. We show the figure but don’t compare it.

The school’s figure: 73.3%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

The original grades

A*–G: A* 988 · A 279 · B 71 · C 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 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.	94.0% of 1,348 entries	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE A–G: A–A of 1,348
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was.	73.3% of 1,348 entriesLeft out of comparisons: The publications disagree about one of the figures used in this calculation.	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE A–G: A of 1,348
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 1,348 entries	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE A–G: A–C of 1,348
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 1,267 of 1,348 entries
Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 988 of 1,348 entries
C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C 1,347 of 1,348 entries

The results used in the calculation

A*–G, 1,348 entries: Latymer Upper School: GCSE/IGCSE, 2013

Cite this figure

Latymer Upper School, 2013, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 73.3% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 988 of 1,348 entries). Method harm-v1. Records: research:latymer-upper:2013:gcse-igcse:lettered-printed-total. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:latymer-upper:2013:gcse/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:latymer-upper:2013: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; from the school’s printed grade counts
High grades: precision: Exact, from printed counts
Top grades: basis: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year; from the school’s printed grade counts
Top grades: note: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G: a local press article gives 67% A*, against the 73.3% in the school’s own table used here.
Top grades: note: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G: the school’s publications give different A* figures for 2013, and the difference is not settled.
Top grades: reason codes: source disagreement
Top grades: precision: Exact, from printed counts
C/4+: basis: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year; from the school’s printed grade counts
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: 1348 (printed entries)
Which exams were sat: evidence: A*-G: 26 school or ISC records (e.g. ext:latymer_upper_gcse:1); 22 DfE rows (e.g. research:latymer-upper:2013:dfe-later-ks4-double-gcse-certificates-12)
Which exams were sat: evidence: GCSE 9–1 was first awarded in 2017, so every entry was graded A*–G.

Source references

REV_20F7ABAF9317 · Latymer Upper School examination results 2013

Method and version

Method: harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest: sha256:2e80cfc5ca5dcc992a034060fe23bb6ff998403a8b9f35254b588d665e7927fd
Qualification mix: A*-G (by-definition)

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