St Paul’s School, GCSE 2012: 82.5% of 1,901 entries at top grades (A* or 9–8)

Compared

82.5%

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

of 1,901 entries. GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 82.5% of 1,901 entries, as printed

The school’s figure: 82.5%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

The original grades

A*–G: A* 1,569 · A 287 · B 42 · 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.	97.6% of 1,901 entries	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE A–G: A–A 97.6% of 1,901
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was.	82.5% of 1,901 entries	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE A–G: A 82.5% of 1,901
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 1,901 entries	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE A–G: A–C of 1,901
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 97.6% of 1,901 entries, as printed
Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 82.5% of 1,901 entries, as printed
C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C 1,901 of 1,901 entries

The results used in the calculation

A*–G, 1,901 entries: St Paul’s School: GCSE and IGCSE results, 2012, A*-G · St Paul’s School, GCSE/IGCSE 2012: 82.5% of 1,901 entries graded A*

Cite this figure

St Paul’s School, 2012, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 82.5% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 82.5% of 1,901 entries, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: fig:st_pauls_gcse:13, research:st-pauls:2012:six-school-audit:gcse-igcse:derived-published-total. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:st-pauls:2012:gcse/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:st-pauls:2012: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: 1901 (entries from research:st-pauls:2012:six-school-audit:gcse-igcse:derived-published-total (its counts reproduce every printed percentage))
Which exams were sat: evidence: A*-G: 26 school or ISC records (e.g. fig:st_pauls_gcse:13); 31 DfE rows (e.g. research:st-pauls:2012:dfe-ks4-gcse-certificates-1-9227)
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_D15624EFBF0B85BC · GCSEs 2012 | 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: sha256:1254cafacb9859020d89e5bd1c2792e7da9eeb30e99d975e363a17145294213c
Qualification mix: A*-G (by-definition)

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