St Paul’s School, GCSE 2009: 80.2% of 1,784 entries at top grades (A* or 9–8)

Compared

80.2%

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

of 1,784 entries. GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 80.2% of 1,784 entries, as printed

The school’s figure: 80.2%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

The original grades

A*–G: A* 1,431 · A 309 · B 41 · C 3. 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.	97.5% of 1,784 entries	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE A–G: A–A 97.5% of 1,784
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was.	80.2% of 1,784 entries	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE A–G: A 80.2% of 1,784
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 1,784 entries	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE A–G: A–C of 1,784
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 97.5% of 1,784 entries, as printed
Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 80.2% of 1,784 entries, as printed
C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C 1,784 of 1,784 entries

The results used in the calculation

A*–G, 1,784 entries: St Paul’s School: GCSE and IGCSE results, 2009, A*-G · St Paul’s School, GCSE/IGCSE 2009: 80.2% of 1,784 entries graded A*

Cite this figure

St Paul’s School, 2009, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 80.2% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 80.2% of 1,784 entries, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: fig:st_pauls_gcse:10, research:st-pauls:2009:six-school-audit:gcse-igcse:derived-school-subject-table. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:st-pauls:2009:gcse/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:st-pauls:2009: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 school’s printed grade counts
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: 1784 (entries from research:st-pauls:2009:six-school-audit:gcse-igcse:derived-school-subject-table (its counts reproduce every printed percentage))
Which exams were sat: evidence: A*-G: 26 school or ISC records (e.g. fig:st_pauls_gcse:10)
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_5EE647A983100D7A · GCSEs 2009 | St Paul’s School · Exact publication checked for the named qualification, year and source population

Method and version

Method: harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest: sha256:60f9ceeee2dc609b30127aa4592a7685dc0af06b64c90acd11ea378af3b95426
Qualification mix: A*-G (by-definition)

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