St Paul’s Girls’ School · GCSE · summer 1998
St Paul’s Girls’ School, GCSE 1998: 64.1% at top grades (A* or 9–8)
Compared
64.1%
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: 64.1%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.
The original grades
A*–G: 64.1
This year’s exams: A*–G GCSEs only.
We know because the qualification is the only one it could be.
| 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. | 97.4% | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A*–A 97.4% |
| GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. | 64.1% | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A* 64.1% |
| 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 97.4%, as printed
- Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 64.1%, as printed
The results used in the calculation
Cite this figure
St Paul’s Girls’ School, 1998, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 64.1% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 64.1%, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: research:spgs:1998:six-school-times-gcse. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:spgs:1998:gcse/
Record details
Record ID harm:v1:spgs:1998: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 figure a newspaper table printed for the school
- High grades: precision
- 1 decimal place, as printed
- Top grades: basis
- GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year, so this is the figure a newspaper table printed for the school
- Top grades: precision
- 1 decimal place, 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: 1 school or ISC record (e.g. research:spgs:1998:six-school-times-gcse)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- GCSE 9–1 was first awarded in 2017, so every entry was graded A*–G.
Source references
SIX_AUDIT_7AC6AB9127371447· The Times GCSE results, 1998-09-05 · Exact publication checked for the named qualification, year and source populationSIX_AUDIT_65C0F564D4A156C7· St Paul’s Girls’ School: GCSE results 1998 · Exact publication checked for the named qualification, year and source populationSIX_AUDIT_45408E1170BCEF4F· St Paul’s Girls’ School: GCSE results 1998 · Exact publication checked for the named qualification, year and source population
Method and version
- Method
harm-v1 1.0.0- Inputs digest
sha256:e92163fc20855851a7b73368c3179f20f9e5ef0e47a4e2e5498efbd4cfe6739d- Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)
St Paul’s Girls’ School: exam results · How comparable figures work