Latymer Upper School, GCSE 2015: 69.7% of 1,600 entries at top grades (A* or 9–8)

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69.7%

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

of 1,600 entries. GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 1,115 of 1,600 entries

Latymer Upper’s publications give different lettered GCSE figures for 2015. We show the figure but don’t compare it.

The school’s figure: 69.7%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

The original grades

A*–G: A* 1,115 · A 359 · B 107 · C 16 · D 3. 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.	92.1% of 1,600 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–A of 1,600
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was.	69.7% of 1,600 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 1,600
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.	99.8% of 1,600 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–C of 1,600
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 1,474 of 1,600 entries
Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 1,115 of 1,600 entries
C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C 1,597 of 1,600 entries

The results used in the calculation

A*–G, 1,600 entries: Latymer Upper School: GCSE/IGCSE, 2015

Cite this figure

Latymer Upper School, 2015, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 69.7% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 1,115 of 1,600 entries). Method harm-v1. Records: research:latymer-upper:2015:gcse-igcse:lettered-printed-total. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:latymer-upper:2015:gcse/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:latymer-upper: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; from the school’s printed grade counts
High grades: note: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G: the ISC return counts 1,114 A* and 361 A of the same 1,600 entries (92.19% A*–A), against 1,115 and 359 in the school’s table used here. The difference is not settled.
High grades: note: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G: the school’s publications give different A*–A figures for 2015, and the difference is not settled.
High grades: note: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G: a figure used here is held as one of two versions that disagree, and the difference is not settled.
High grades: reason codes: source disagreement
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: the ISC return counts 1,114 A* and 361 A of the same 1,600 entries (92.19% A*–A), against 1,115 and 359 in the school’s table used here. The difference is not settled.
Top grades: note: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G: the school’s publications give different A* figures for 2015, and the difference is not settled.
Top grades: note: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G: a figure used here is held as one of two versions that disagree, 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+: note: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G: a figure used here is held as one of two versions that disagree, and the difference is not settled.
C/4+: reason codes: source disagreement
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: 1600 (printed entries)
Which exams were sat: evidence: A*-G: 26 school or ISC records (e.g. ext:latymer_upper_gcse:2); 15 DfE rows (e.g. research:latymer-upper:2015:dfe-later-ks4-gcse-certificates-1-895)
Which exams were sat: evidence: GCSE 9–1 was first awarded in 2017, so every entry was graded A*–G.

Source references

REV_10D69F5527A8 · Latymer Upper School examination results 2015

Method and version

Method: harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest: sha256:d6ca48440786e4295e3bdf7f2174eaec1459e55323441a68e0e575ef84667d92
Qualification mix: A*-G (by-definition)

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