St Mary’s School Ascot · GCSE · summer 2016
St Mary’s School Ascot, GCSE 2016: 63% at top grades (A* or 9–8)
Compared
63%
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: 63%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.
The original grades
A*–G: 63. 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. | 87% | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A*–A 87% |
| GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. | 63% | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A* 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 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 87%, as printed
- Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 63%, as printed
The results used in the calculation
Cite this figure
St Mary’s School Ascot, 2016, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 63% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 63%, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: new:st-marys-ascot:2016:gcse-bands:governors-report. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:st-marys-ascot:2016:gcse/
Record details
Record ID harm:v1:st-marys-ascot:2016: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
- 0 decimal places, 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+: 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: 2 school or ISC records (e.g. new:st-marys-ascot:2016:gcse-bands:governors-report); 22 DfE rows (e.g. new:st-marys-ascot:2016:dfe-ks4-gcse-certificates-1-17767)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- GCSE 9–1 was first awarded in 2017, so every entry was graded A*–G.
Source references
NEW_STMARY_ACCOUNTS_2016_E6CF9E43· St Mary’s School Ascot: Governors’ report for year ended 31 August 2016
Method and version
- Method
harm-v1 1.0.0- Inputs digest
sha256:ff15789b3636c7a34d7f9b359d346a58ab4e795be755dc6a0f7e0a9969a3d602- Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)
St Mary’s School Ascot: exam results · How comparable figures work