St Paul’s School, GCSE 2011: 79.1% of 1,788 entries at top grades (A* or 9–8)

Compared

79.1%

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

of 1,788 entries. GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 79.1% of 1,788 entries, as printed

The school’s figure: 79.1%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

The original grades

A*–G: A* 1,415 · A 312 · B 56 · C 4 · 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 1,788 entries	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE A–G: A–A 96.6% of 1,788
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was.	79.1% of 1,788 entries	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE A–G: A 79.1% of 1,788
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 1,788 entries	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE A–G: A–C of 1,788
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 1,788 entries, as printed
Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 79.1% of 1,788 entries, as printed
C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C 1,787 of 1,788 entries

The results used in the calculation

A*–G, 1,788 entries: St Paul’s School: GCSE and IGCSE results, 2011, A*-G · St Paul’s School, GCSE/IGCSE 2011: 79.1% of 1,788 entries graded A*

Cite this figure

St Paul’s School, 2011, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 79.1% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 79.1% of 1,788 entries, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: fig:st_pauls_gcse:12, research:st-pauls:2011:six-school-audit:gcse-igcse:derived-published-total. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:st-pauls:2011:gcse/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:st-pauls:2011: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: 1788 (entries from research:st-pauls:2011:six-school-audit:gcse-igcse:derived-published-total (its counts reproduce every printed percentage))
Which exams were sat: evidence: A*-G: 27 school or ISC records (e.g. fig:st_pauls_gcse:12)
Which exams were sat: evidence: GCSE 9–1 was first awarded in 2017, so every entry was graded A*–G.

Source references

FB146 · Our research file (not public). A companion file we made for seven schools, with our list of archived copies of their web pages. (as recorded: “latest seven-school companion and Wayback/destination lock”)
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 headlines
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_45D17698DCC29D3A · GCSEs 2011 | 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: sha256:4d92533d2862e805330b921dac2b88666d988551909eb8f54bddb8bfe45e7123
Qualification mix: A*-G (by-definition)

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