St Paul’s School, GCSE 2016: 77.8% at top grades (A* or 9–8)

Compared

77.8%

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

The school’s figure: 77.8%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

The original grades

A*–G: 77.8. 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.	96.7%	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE A–G: A–A 96.7%
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was.	77.8%	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE A–G: A 77.8%
GCSE C/4 or better (A*–C or 9–4)	No figureThe school’s own tables don’t give a comparable figure for this year.	No combined figure from the school	GCSE A–G: A–C
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 96.7%, as printed
Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 77.8%, as printed

The results used in the calculation

A*–G: St Paul’s School: GCSE and IGCSE results, 2016, A*-G

Cite this figure

St Paul’s School, 2016, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 77.8% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 77.8%, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: fig:st_pauls_gcse:17. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:st-pauls:2016:gcse/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:st-pauls:2016: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+: reason: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C not printed
C/4+: reason codes: comparable figure not computable
Grade 9: reason: No entries were graded 9–1 this year, so there is no grade-9 figure.
A*–G: entries: unknown (no entry count printed)
Which exams were sat: evidence: A*-G: 1 school or ISC record (e.g. fig:st_pauls_gcse:17); 22 DfE rows (e.g. research:st-pauls:2016:dfe-ks4-gcse-certificates-1-6402)
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

Method and version

Method: harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest: sha256:461a2bbe73caa25b46a92502fa19a1f7d7a73a92467b62f663f5650db8381a8b
Qualification mix: A*-G (by-definition)

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