St Paul’s School, GCSE 2023: 87% of 2,102 entries at top grades (A* or 9–8)

Compared

87%

GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8) · Comparable figure · 9–1 GCSEs only this year; the school’s own figure is used

of 2,102 entries. GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–8 87% of 2,102 entries, as printed

The school’s figure: 87%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

The original grades

9–1: 9 1,305 · 8 523 · 7 194 · 6 61 · 5 15 · 4 4. Subjects and grades

This year’s exams: 9–1 GCSEs only.

We know because the school says so.

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% of 2,102 entries	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE 9–1: 9–7 96% of 2,102
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was.	87% of 2,102 entries	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE 9–1: 9–8 87% of 2,102
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 2,102 entries	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE 9–1: 9–4 of 2,102
GCSE grade 9 (9–1 entries only)	62.1% of 2,102 entries (of the 2,102 entries graded 9–1)	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE 9–1: 9 62.1% of 2,102

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 9–1 9–7 96% of 2,102 entries, as printed
Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–8 87% of 2,102 entries, as printed
C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–4 2,102 of 2,102 entries
Grade 9: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9 62.1% of 2,102 entries, as printed

The results used in the calculation

9–1, 2,102 entries: St Paul’s School: GCSE and IGCSE results, 2023, 9-1 · St Paul’s School, GCSE/IGCSE 2023: 62.1% of 2,102 entries at grade 9

Cite this figure

St Paul’s School, 2023, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 87% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–8 87% of 2,102 entries, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: fig:st_pauls_gcse:24, research:st-pauls:2023:six-school-audit:gcse-igcse:derived-annual-information-gcse-igcse. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:st-pauls:2023:gcse/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:st-pauls:2023: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 9–1 only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
High grades: precision: 0 decimal places, as printed
Top grades: basis: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
Top grades: precision: 0 decimal places, as printed
C/4+: basis: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 only this year; from the school’s printed grade counts
C/4+: precision: Exact, from printed counts
Grade 9: basis: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
Grade 9: precision: 1 decimal place, as printed
9–1: entries: 2102 (entries from research:st-pauls:2023:six-school-audit:gcse-igcse:derived-annual-information-gcse-igcse (its counts reproduce every printed percentage))
Which exams were sat: evidence: 9-1: 27 school or ISC records (e.g. fig:st_pauls_gcse:24); 18 DfE rows (e.g. research:st-pauls:2023:dfe-ks4-institution-results-31507)
Which exams were sat: evidence: School statement: GCSE results page, 2023 table of 24 subjects on 9–1 (https://web.archive.org/web/20231216140913/https://www.stpaulsschool.org.uk/academic/academic-13-16/exam-results-information/gcse-results/)
Which exams were sat: evidence: School statement: 2023 GCSE and IGCSE results news (https://www.stpaulsschool.org.uk/gcse-results-2023/)
Which exams were sat: note: The school’s 2023 GCSE results page carries one table: 24 subjects graded 9 to 1 with no letter-graded line, whose 2,102 grades reproduce its own 62% at grade 9 and 87% at 9–8. The school’s Further Information booklet lists the same 24 subjects and counts.

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_5E655741B4F60DA7 · St Paul’s School Further Information 2024–25 · Exact publication checked for the named qualification, year and source population

Method and version

Method: harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest: sha256:52073233661c475d355e48edb11e5d0750b386b03af8123d85a2eadf8505fb29
Qualification mix: 9-1 (school-statement)

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