Radley College · GCSE · summer 2009

1995–2009 · The A* arrives

Radley College: comparable GCSE figures, 2009

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

Radley’s 2009 lettered GCSE table doesn’t give A* on its own.

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 bandComparable 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. 85.9% 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 85.93%
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 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. 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 85.93%, as printed

The results used in the calculation

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:radley: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: a later Radleian prints 86.9% A*–A for 2009, against 85.93% in the review of the time used here. The difference is not settled.
High grades: reason codes
source disagreement
High grades: precision
2 decimal places, 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. research:radley:2009:radleian-49-18:retrospective-gcse)
Which exams were sat: evidence
GCSE 9–1 was first awarded in 2017, so every entry was graded A*–G.

Source references

Method and version

Method
harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest
sha256:017c1431191b466dadff2b8dee54df109cdb4b8c1c0c8c5db86dffa070475495
Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)

Radley College: exam results · How comparable figures work

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