St Paul’s School · GCSE · summer 2025

2023–25 · Grading as before

St Paul’s School, GCSE 2025: 90.4% at top grades (A* or 9–8)

Compared

90.4%

GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8) · Published annual figure

Published result details

9–1: 90.4%. Subjects and grades

Results used: 9–1 GCSEs.

This year uses the published figure for the qualifications named here.

Published figures and the originals
Grade bandPublished figure (annual series)The school’s figure (as the school published it)Figures in the original sources
GCSE high grades (A*–A or 9–7)Ofqual aligned the bottom of grade 7 with the bottom of the old A. 97.7% (Published numbered GCSE grades; grade 9 covers numbered entries only.) — GCSE 9–1: 9–7 97.7%
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. 90.4% (Published numbered GCSE grades; grade 9 covers numbered entries only.) — GCSE 9–1: 9–8 90.4%
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. — —
GCSE grade 9 (9–1 entries only) 68.6% (Published numbered GCSE grades; grade 9 covers numbered entries only.) — GCSE 9–1: 9 68.6%

How this figure is used

We use the percentage as published for this year. The sources below say which qualifications it covers.

  • High grades: 9–7 97.7%, as published
  • Top grades: 9–8 90.4%, as published
  • Grade 9: 9 68.6%, as published

The published records

Cite this figure

St Paul’s School, 2025, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 90.4% (published figure, annual series; 9–8 90.4%, as published). Method harm-v1. Records: fig:st_pauls_gcse:26. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:st-pauls:2025:gcse/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:st-pauls:2025:gcse. Quote it if you report a problem.

As recorded

The record’s own wording, where this page puts it in plainer words.

Publication selection
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High grades: basis
Published annual result selected for comparison by the owner on 2026-10-15
High grades: precision
Published percentage; no grade count inferred
Top grades: basis
Published annual result selected for comparison by the owner on 2026-10-15
Top grades: precision
Published percentage; no grade count inferred
C/4+: reason
No C/4-or-better percentage is recorded in the selected annual publications.
C/4+: reason codes
comparable figure not computable
Grade 9: basis
Published annual result selected for comparison by the owner on 2026-10-15
Grade 9: precision
Published percentage; no grade count inferred
9–1: entries
unknown (No common entry total supplied)
Which exams were sat: evidence
The owner approves the existing recorded annual results for comparison on 15 October 2026, excluding the teacher-assessed years 2020 and 2021. The selected percentages and native grade labels are unchanged; no grade counts or missing bands are inferred. Original publications, alternative versions and the prior qualification mix and calculation remain in the audit trail. This selects the held numbered GCSE percentages. The prior qualification-mix hold remains in the audit trail; selection does not assert that an unheld table of all qualifications has been recovered.

Source references

Method and version

Method
harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest
sha256:951b75721ca101ae6c681af70bbbb96227259de55bf5a674e947000aa6a493aa
Qualification mix
9-1 (owner-selection)

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