St Paul’s School · GCSE · summer 2003

1994–2009 · The A* arrives

St Paul’s School, GCSE 2003: 59.1% of 1,696 entries at top grades (A* or 9–8)

Compared

59.1%

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

of 1,696 entries. GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 59.1% of 1,696 entries, as printed

The school’s figure: 59.1%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

The original grades

A*–G: A* 1,003 · A 527 · B 137 · C 27 · 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.

The comparison, the school’s headline and the original grades
Grade bandComparable 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. 90.2% of 1,696 entries The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE A*–G: A*–A 90.2% of 1,696
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. 59.1% of 1,696 entries The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE A*–G: A* 59.1% of 1,696
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. 99.9% of 1,696 entries The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE A*–G: A*–C 99.9% of 1,696
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 90.2% of 1,696 entries, as printed
  • Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 59.1% of 1,696 entries, as printed
  • C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C 99.9% of 1,696 entries, as printed

The results used in the calculation

Cite this figure

St Paul’s School, 2003, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 59.1% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 59.1% of 1,696 entries, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: research:st-pauls:2003:six-school-isc:gcse. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:st-pauls:2003:gcse/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:st-pauls:2003: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 figure in the school’s ISC return
High grades: precision
1 decimal place, as printed
Top grades: basis
GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year, so this is the figure in the school’s ISC return
Top grades: precision
1 decimal place, as printed
C/4+: basis
GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year, so this is the figure in the school’s ISC return
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
1696 (printed entries)
Which exams were sat: evidence
A*-G: 2 school or ISC records (e.g. fig:st_pauls_gcse:4)
Which exams were sat: evidence
GCSE 9–1 was first awarded in 2017, so every entry was graded A*–G.

Source references

Method and version

Method
harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest
sha256:b6e79fbf073e7c32f8aad44a21007533940e195f6dd5c32085715c409da0bc06
Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)

St Paul’s School: exam results · How comparable figures work

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