Radley College · GCSE · summer 2024

2023–25 · Grading as before

Radley College, GCSE 2024: 63% at top grades (A* or 9–8)

Shown, not compared

63%

GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8) · Comparable figure · 9–1 GCSEs only this year; the school’s own figure is used

Radley’s publications give different numbered GCSE figures for 2024. We show the figure but don’t compare it.

The school’s figure: 63%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

The original grades

9–1: 63. 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 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% The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE 9–1: 9–7 85%
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. 63% 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: 9–8 63%
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) 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

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 9–1 9–7 85%, as printed
  • Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–8 63%, as printed

The results used in the calculation

Cite this figure

Radley College, 2024, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 63% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–8 63%, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: ext:radley_gcse:2. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:radley:2024:gcse/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:radley:2024: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 9–1 only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
High grades: precision
0 decimal places, as printed
Top grades: basis
GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
Top grades: note
GCSE/IGCSE 9–1: the school’s publications give different 9–8 figures for 2024, and the difference is not settled.
Top grades: reason codes
source disagreement
Top grades: precision
0 decimal places, as printed
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: reason
GCSE/IGCSE 9–1: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9 not printed
Grade 9: reason codes
comparable figure not computable
9–1: entries
unknown (no entry count printed)
Which exams were sat: evidence
9-1: 24 school or ISC records (e.g. ext:radley_gcse:2); 14 DfE rows (e.g. research:radley:2024:dfe-later-ks4-institution-results-157346)
Which exams were sat: evidence
School statement: 2024 GCSE results table (https://www.radley.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/GCSE-results-summer-2024.pdf)
Which exams were sat: note
The school’s 2024 table grades every GCSE and IGCSE subject 9–1 (1,529 entries), with no letter-graded line. Its AQA Level 2 Further Mathematics row (52 entries) is not a GCSE or IGCSE and is left out; the school’s 63% and 85% match the GCSE and IGCSE rows without it.

Source references

  • EXT_RADLEY_34371455 · Radley College · Excellent Exam Results - Radley College · 2024-08-29 · school news post; A level 2024; GCSE/IGCSE 2024; places 2024; itemised destinations 2024
  • EXT_RADLEY_D14FE7F8 · FindMySchool.uk · Radley College Review 2026: Oxfordshire Boarding · 2026. The guide turned our automated check away and we haven’t found an archived copy, so we haven’t confirmed the page still shows this figure. · aggregator review; GCSE/IGCSE 2024; destinations 2024

Method and version

Method
harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest
sha256:422182558c67b7bfb360630d6e3b3b0d0cb15e61b63c66b5d765644ff145282d
Qualification mix
9-1 (school-statement)

Radley College: exam results · How comparable figures work

Figure and sourceOpen full record ↗