St Paul’s School · GCSE · summer 2002
St Paul’s School, GCSE 2002: 56.8% of 1,727 entries at top grades (A* or 9–8)
Compared
56.8%
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8) · Comparable figure · A*–G GCSEs only this year; the school’s own figure is used
of 1,727 entries. GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 981 of 1,727 entries
The school’s figure: 56.8%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.
The original grades
A*–G: A* 981 · A 616 · B 117 · C 10 · D 3. 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. | 92.5% of 1,727 entries | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A*–A 92.5% of 1,727 |
| GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. | 56.8% of 1,727 entries | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A* of 1,727 |
| 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 1,727 entries | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A*–C of 1,727 |
| 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 92.5% of 1,727 entries, as printed
- Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 981 of 1,727 entries
- C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C 1,724 of 1,727 entries
The results used in the calculation
Cite this figure
St Paul’s School, 2002, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 56.8% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 981 of 1,727 entries). Method harm-v1. Records: fig:st_pauls_gcse:3, research:st-pauls:2002:six-school-isc:gcse. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:st-pauls:2002:gcse/
Record details
Record ID harm:v1:st-pauls:2002: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; from the grade counts in the school’s ISC return
- Top grades: precision
- Exact, from printed counts
- C/4+: basis
- GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year; from the grade counts in the school’s ISC return
- 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
- 1727 (entries from research:st-pauls:2002:six-school-isc:gcse (its counts reproduce every printed percentage))
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- A*-G: 2 school or ISC records (e.g. fig:st_pauls_gcse:3)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- GCSE 9–1 was first awarded in 2017, so every entry was graded A*–G.
Source references
SPS_2002_EXAM_CC· St Paul’s School · 2002 examination results · Common Crawl recovery · first-party page recovered at ARC offset 69,280,402; supplies 92.5% GCSE A*/A and 92.5% A-level A/B school headlinespublic-source-2437cd26fea96bd1· The Guardian · St Paul’s tops the 2002 GCSE table. We haven’t found a public copy online. Libraries with newspaper archives, such as the British Library, can help trace it. · contemporary ISC-table report carrying candidate count and old-tariff pointsSIX_AUDIT_568EBAA5C7138437· ISC GCSE results 2002 — Eton College · Exact publication checked for the named qualification, year and source population
Method and version
- Method
harm-v1 1.0.0- Inputs digest
sha256:e74d27f3fbf939e343de09d37f1549f7d64fa693162205d9d4a7c67858c34db8- Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)
St Paul’s School: exam results · How comparable figures work