Magdalen College School, GCSE 2009: 74.2% at top grades (A* or 9–8)

Compared

74.2%

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

The school’s figure: 74.2%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

The original grades

A*–G: 74.24

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.	97.9% Left 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 97.85%
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was.	74.2%	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE A–G: A 74.24%
GCSE C/4 or better (A*–C or 9–4)	No figureThe school’s own tables don’t give a comparable figure for this year.	No combined figure from the school	GCSE A–G: A–C
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 97.85%, as printed
Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 74.24%, as printed

The results used in the calculation

A*–G: Magdalen College School, GCSE/IGCSE 2009: 74.24% of entries graded A*

Cite this figure

Magdalen College School, 2009, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 74.2% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 74.24%, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: new:mcs-oxford:2009:retrospective-gcse-igcse:governors-2010. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:mcs-oxford:2009:gcse/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:mcs-oxford:2009: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 school’s own figure
High grades: note: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G: the governors’ 2009 report gives 98.19% A*–A, against 97.85% in the 2010 report used here. The difference is not settled.
High grades: reason codes: source disagreement
High grades: precision: 2 decimal places, as printed
Top grades: basis: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
Top grades: precision: 2 decimal places, as printed
C/4+: reason: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C not printed
C/4+: reason codes: comparable figure not computable
Grade 9: reason: No entries were graded 9–1 this year, so there is no grade-9 figure.
A*–G: entries: unknown (no entry count printed)
Which exams were sat: evidence: A*-G: 3 school or ISC records (e.g. new:mcs-oxford:2009:gcse-full-short:isc-return)
Which exams were sat: evidence: GCSE 9–1 was first awarded in 2017, so every entry was graded A*–G.

Source references

NEW_MCS_ACCOUNTS_2010_280D7809 · Magdalen College School Oxford: governors/directors report for year ended 31 July 2010

Method and version

Method: harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest: sha256:bf7afb2aa210715b33b4e349bf4c10b5ab17415f37a0bf4bd47a009d85c03a48
Qualification mix: A*-G (by-definition)

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