St Mary’s School Ascot, GCSE 2022: 87% at top grades (A* or 9–8)

Compared

87%

GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8) · Comparable figure · 9–1 GCSEs only this year; the school’s own figure is used

The school’s figure: 87%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

The original grades

9–1: 87. Subjects and grades

This year’s exams: 9–1 GCSEs only.

We know because the school says so.

The comparison, the school’s headline and the original grades
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.	95%	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE 9–1: 9–7 95%
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was.	87%	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE 9–1: 9–8 87%
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 9–1: 9–4
GCSE grade 9 (9–1 entries only)	65%	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE 9–1: 9 65%

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 9–1 9–7 95%, as printed
Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–8 87%, as printed
Grade 9: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9 65%, as printed

The results used in the calculation

9–1: St Mary’s School Ascot, GCSE/IGCSE 2022: 65% of entries at grade 9

More about 2022: grading that year

Grades in 2022 were set at a midpoint between summer 2019 and 2021, on Ofqual’s account. Ofqual’s account

Cite this figure

St Mary’s School Ascot, 2022, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 87% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–8 87%, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: new:st-marys-ascot:2022:gcse-bands:governors-report. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:st-marys-ascot:2022:gcse/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:st-marys-ascot:2022: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 9–1 only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
High grades: precision: 0 decimal places, as printed
Top grades: basis: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
Top grades: precision: 0 decimal places, as printed
C/4+: reason: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–4 not printed
C/4+: reason codes: comparable figure not computable
Grade 9: basis: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
Grade 9: precision: 0 decimal places, as printed
9–1: entries: unknown (no entry count printed)
Which exams were sat: evidence: 9-1: 2 school or ISC records (e.g. new:st-marys-ascot:2022:gcse-bands:governors-report); 15 DfE rows (e.g. new:st-marys-ascot:2022:dfe-ks4-institution-results-77074)
Which exams were sat: evidence: School statement: 2022 I/GCSE results summary by subject, 640 entries on 9–1 (https://web.archive.org/web/20230817121953/https://www.st-marys-ascot.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2022-Final-Exam-Results-Website.pdf)
Which exams were sat: evidence: ISC 2022 return: 655 entries on 9–1, none on A*–G (https://www.isc.co.uk/media/8750/gcse-20221019-boysandgirls.xlsx)
Which exams were sat: note: The school’s 2022 I/GCSE summary by subject lists 30 subjects on 9 to 3 columns (640 entries), with IGCSE English, maths, sciences, history and the languages all on 9–1 and no letter-graded line; the same document says grades 9–1 have been awarded in all subjects since 2019. Its ISC return also shows no letter-graded entry.

Source references

NEW_STMARY_ACCOUNTS_2022_181C8761 · St Mary’s School Ascot: Governors’ report for year ended 31 August 2022

Method and version

Method: harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest: sha256:83dff5fddd9b0ad841a4bad9273b7c0f10cfa2704313f162ecd2d955550f084e
Qualification mix: 9-1 (school-statement)

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