St Paul’s Girls’ School · GCSE · summer 2015
St Paul’s Girls’ School, GCSE 2015: 90% of 1,092 entries at top grades (A* or 9–8)
Compared
90%
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8) · Comparable figure · A*–G GCSEs only this year; the school’s own figure is used
of 1,092 entries. GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 90% of 1,092 entries, as printed
The school’s figure: 90%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.
The original grades
A*–G: A* 983 · A 97 · B 10 · C 0 · D 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. | 98.9% of 1,092 entries | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A*–A 98.9% of 1,092 |
| GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. | 90% of 1,092 entries | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A* 90% of 1,092 |
| 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. | 99.8% of 1,092 entries | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A*–C 99.8% of 1,092 |
| 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 98.9% of 1,092 entries, as printed
- Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 90% of 1,092 entries, as printed
- C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C 99.8% of 1,092 entries, as printed
The results used in the calculation
Cite this figure
St Paul’s Girls’ School, 2015, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 90% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 90% of 1,092 entries, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: research:spgs:2015:gcse-igcse:archived-gcse-sheet, research:spgs:2015:six-school-audit:gcse-igcse:archived-gcse-sheet-cumulative. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:spgs:2015:gcse/
Record details
Record ID harm:v1:spgs:2015: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
- 0 decimal places, as printed
- C/4+: basis
- GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
- C/4+: precision
- 1 decimal place, as printed
- Grade 9: reason
- No entries were graded 9–1 this year, so there is no grade-9 figure.
- A*–G: entries
- 1092 (printed entries)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- A*-G: 3 school or ISC records (e.g. research:spgs:2015:filed-report:gcse-igcse); 14 DfE rows (e.g. research:spgs:2015:dfe-ks4-gcse-certificates-1-868)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- GCSE 9–1 was first awarded in 2017, so every entry was graded A*–G.
Source references
REV_C8B96BB7B40A· SPGS2015 I/GCSE examination resultsSIX_AUDIT_C8B96BB7B40A0294· St Paul’s Girls’ School: GCSE/IGCSE results 2015 · Exact publication checked for the named qualification, year and source population
Method and version
- Method
harm-v1 1.0.0- Inputs digest
sha256:4a80e9113f42e19f625a5d02ffa0a089aab7d57c1356f7048b79f1857f6055f3- Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)
St Paul’s Girls’ School: exam results · How comparable figures work