Magdalen College School: comparable GCSE figures, 2025

No figure

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

MCS Oxford’s 2025 numbered GCSE table doesn’t give 9–8 on its own.

The original grades

9–1: no full grade table in this record. 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)	No figureThe school’s own tables don’t give a comparable figure for this year.	No combined figure from the school	GCSE 9–1: 9–7
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)	No figureThe school’s own tables don’t give a comparable figure for this year.	No combined figure from the school	GCSE 9–1: 9–8
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 9–1: 9–4
GCSE grade 9 (9–1 entries only)	61% 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 9–1: 9 61%

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.

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:mcs-oxford:2025:gcse. Quote it if you report a problem.

The record’s own wording, where this page puts it in plainer words.

High grades: reason: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–7 not printed
High grades: reason codes: comparable figure not computable
Top grades: reason: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–8 not printed
Top grades: reason codes: comparable figure not computable
C/4+: reason: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–4 not printed
C/4+: reason codes: comparable figure not computable
Grade 9: basis: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
Grade 9: note: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1: the governors’ report gives 60.1% at grade 9, against 61% (673 of 1,109) in the school’s results document used here. The difference is not settled.
Grade 9: reason codes: source disagreement
Grade 9: precision: 0 decimal places, as printed
9–1: entries: unknown (no entry count printed)
Which exams were sat: evidence: 9-1: 20 school or ISC records (e.g. new:mcs-oxford:2025:gcse-grade-bands:governors-2025); 12 DfE rows (e.g. new:mcs-oxford:2025:dfe-ks4-institution-results-148783)
Which exams were sat: evidence: School statement: 2025 results document, every GCSE and IGCSE subject 9–1 (https://www.mcsoxford.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/MCS-Results-Destinations-2025v7.pdf)
Which exams were sat: note: The school’s own 2025 results document grades every GCSE and IGCSE subject 9–1 (1,109 entries, 16 of them in Mandarin); only the Free-Standing Mathematics Qualification is letter-graded, and it is left out.

Method: harm-v1 1.0.0
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Qualification mix: 9-1 (school-statement)