St Paul’s Girls’ School · GCSE · summer 2008
St Paul’s Girls’ School, GCSE 2008: 81.5% of 881 entries at top grades (A* or 9–8)
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81.5%
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8) · Comparable figure · A*–G GCSEs only this year; the school’s own figure is used
of 881 entries. GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 81.5% of 881 entries, as printed
The year of the table it comes from is worked out, not printed. We show the figure but don’t compare it.
The school’s figure: 81.5%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.
The original grades
A*–G: 81.5. Subjects and grades
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. | 96.9% of 881 entriesLeft out of comparisons: The year of one of the figures has been worked out from context rather than stated in the source. | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A*–A of 881 |
| GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. | 81.5% of 881 entriesLeft out of comparisons: The year of one of the figures has been worked out from context rather than stated in the source. | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A* 81.5% of 881 |
| GCSE C/4 or better (A*–C or 9–4)Ofqual aligned the bottom of grade 4 with the bottom of the old C. At these schools it sits close to 100%, so it is not offered first in comparisons. | 100.0% of 881 entriesLeft out of comparisons: The year of one of the figures has been worked out from context rather than stated in the source. | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A*–C of 881 |
| 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 854 of 881 entries
- Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 81.5% of 881 entries, as printed
- C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C 881 of 881 entries
The results used in the calculation
Cite this figure
St Paul’s Girls’ School, 2008, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 81.5% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 81.5% of 881 entries, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: research:spgs:2008:gcse-igcse:390eed059a, research:spgs:2008:six-school-audit:isc-annual-gcse-letter-cumulative. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:spgs:2008:gcse/
Record details
Record ID harm:v1:spgs:2008: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; from the grade counts in the school’s ISC return
- High grades: reason codes
- inferred year
- High grades: precision
- Exact, from printed counts
- Top grades: basis
- GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
- Top grades: reason codes
- inferred year
- Top grades: precision
- 1 decimal place, as printed
- C/4+: basis
- GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year; from the grade counts in the school’s ISC return
- C/4+: reason codes
- inferred year
- C/4+: precision
- Exact, from printed counts
- Grade 9: reason
- No entries were graded 9–1 this year, so there is no grade-9 figure.
- A*–G: entries
- 881 (entries from research:spgs:2008:six-school-audit:isc-annual-gcse-letter-cumulative (its counts reproduce every printed percentage))
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- A*-G: 3 school or ISC records (e.g. research:spgs:2008:gcse-igcse:390eed059a)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- GCSE 9–1 was first awarded in 2017, so every entry was graded A*–G.
Source references
REV_0141B4760C45· SPGS Results, page captured 1 December 2008SIX_AUDIT_69B957A6B74EA141· ISC 2008 examination results — GCSE Results 2008 · Exact publication checked for the named qualification, year and source population
Method and version
- Method
harm-v1 1.0.0- Inputs digest
sha256:bfbb4733b70959916d8bf31cb175ea412818d16bfc5f552dce3698a10fc01efe- Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)
St Paul’s Girls’ School: exam results · How comparable figures work