St Paul’s Girls’ School · GCSE · summer 2013
St Paul’s Girls’ School, GCSE 2013: 91.2% at top grades (A* or 9–8)
Compared
91.2%
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: 91.2%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.
The original grades
A*–G: 91.2. 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. | 99.4% | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A*–A 99.4% |
| GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. | 91.2% | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A* 91.2% |
| 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% | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A*–C 100% |
| 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 99.4%, as printed
- Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 91.2%, as printed
- C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C 100%, as printed
The results used in the calculation
Cite this figure
St Paul’s Girls’ School, 2013, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 91.2% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 91.2%, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: research:spgs:2013:six-school-audit:archived-cumulative. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:spgs:2013:gcse/
Record details
Record ID harm:v1:spgs:2013: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: precision
- 1 decimal place, as printed
- Top grades: basis
- GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
- Top grades: precision
- 1 decimal place, as printed
- C/4+: basis
- GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
- C/4+: precision
- 0 decimal places, as printed
- 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: 20 school or ISC records (e.g. research:spgs:2013:gcse-igcse:0c77f9db67); 20 DfE rows (e.g. research:spgs:2013:dfe-ks4-gcse-certificates-1-1051)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- GCSE 9–1 was first awarded in 2017, so every entry was graded A*–G.
Source references
SIX_AUDIT_AC00E6D747B00632· St Paul’s Girls’ School: GCSE/IGCSE results 2013 · Exact publication checked for the named qualification, year and source population
Method and version
- Method
harm-v1 1.0.0- Inputs digest
sha256:29fb1f7206bbd4da56d653e18b99cd69623aee0b1ec39da6beace4a4e80ff8f3- Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)
St Paul’s Girls’ School: exam results · How comparable figures work