Magdalen College School: comparable GCSE figures, 2016

No figure

GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8) · Comparable figure · our calculation

MCS Oxford’s 2016 lettered GCSE table doesn’t give A* on its own.

The school’s figure: 75.8% · The school’s A*–G figure, as published. There is no comparable figure to compare it with.

The original grades

A*–G: no full grade table in this record. 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.	94.6% Left out of comparisons: The publications disagree about one of the figures used in this calculation.	95.1% · The school’s A*–G figure, as publishedThere is no comparable figure to compare it with.	GCSE A–G: A–A 94.6%
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)	No figureThe school’s own tables don’t give a comparable figure for this year.	75.8% · The school’s A*–G figure, as publishedThere is no comparable figure to compare it with.	GCSE A–G: A
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.	100% · The school’s A*–G figure, as publishedThere is no comparable figure to compare it with.	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.

A*–G: Magdalen College School, GCSE/IGCSE 2016: 94.6% of entries graded A*–A

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:mcs-oxford:2016:gcse. Quote it if you report a problem.

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 school’s results series gives 95.1% A*–A of 990 entries, against 94.6% in the governors’ report used here. The difference is not settled.
High grades: reason codes: source disagreement
High grades: precision: 1 decimal place, as printed
Top grades: reason: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* not printed
Top grades: reason codes: comparable figure not computable
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: 2 school or ISC records (e.g. new:mcs-oxford:2016:gcse-full-short:isc-return); 13 DfE rows (e.g. new:mcs-oxford:2016:dfe-ks4-gcse-certificates-1-37270)
Which exams were sat: evidence: GCSE 9–1 was first awarded in 2017, so every entry was graded A*–G.
The school’s figure: The school’s A*–G figure, as published (new:mcs-oxford:2016:gcse-combined-grades:published)

Method: harm-v1 1.0.0
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Qualification mix: A*-G (by-definition)