St Paul’s School, GCSE 2007: 79.3% of 1,895 entries at top grades (A* or 9–8)

Compared

79.3%

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

of 1,895 entries. GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 79.3% of 1,895 entries, as printed

The school’s figure: 79.3%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

The original grades

A*–G: A* 1,503 · A 327 · B 65 · C 0 · D 0. 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 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.	96.6% of 1,895 entries	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE A–G: A–A 96.6% of 1,895
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was.	79.3% of 1,895 entries	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE A–G: A 79.3% of 1,895
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.	100.0% of 1,895 entries	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE A–G: A–C of 1,895
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 96.6% of 1,895 entries, as printed
Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 79.3% of 1,895 entries, as printed
C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C 1,895 of 1,895 entries

The results used in the calculation

A*–G, 1,895 entries: St Paul’s School: GCSE and IGCSE results, 2007, A*-G · St Paul’s School, GCSE/IGCSE 2007: 79.3% of 1,895 entries graded A*

Cite this figure

St Paul’s School, 2007, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 79.3% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 79.3% of 1,895 entries, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: fig:st_pauls_gcse:8, research:st-pauls:2007:six-school-audit:gcse-igcse:derived-isc-annual-gcse-igcse. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:st-pauls:2007:gcse/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:st-pauls:2007: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: 1 decimal place, as printed
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: 1895 (entries from research:st-pauls:2007:six-school-audit:gcse-igcse:derived-isc-annual-gcse-igcse (its counts reproduce every printed percentage))
Which exams were sat: evidence: A*-G: 3 school or ISC records (e.g. fig:st_pauls_gcse:8)
Which exams were sat: evidence: GCSE 9–1 was first awarded in 2017, so every entry was graded A*–G.

Source references

public-source-f96086ea14f0d1c7 · St Paul’s School · GCSE summary 2005–09 · Wayback · direct school five-year final grid; A*, A*–A and A*–B grade-entry shares
SIX_AUDIT_D145289576B372C3 · Eton College GCSE 2007 — school final results · Exact publication checked for the named qualification, year and source population

Method and version

Method: harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest: sha256:7b7d921f550112d2e22e88ffea2690d60293718403ed44f253611b884dfcf84a
Qualification mix: A*-G (by-definition)

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