Wellington College · GCSE · summer 2007
2006–09 · The A* arrives
Wellington College: comparable GCSE figures, 2007
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GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8) · Comparable figure · our calculation
Wellington’s 2007 lettered GCSE table doesn’t give A* on its own.
The original grades
A*–G: no full grade table in this record
This year’s exams: A*–G GCSEs only.
We know because the qualification is the only one it could be.
| 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. | 70% | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A*–A 70% |
| GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8) | 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* |
| 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 70%, as printed
The results used in the calculation
Record details
Record ID harm:v1:wellington:2007: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
- 0 decimal places, as printed
- Top grades: reason
- GCSE/IGCSE A*–G: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* not printed
- Top grades: reason codes
- comparable figure not computable
- 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: 2 school or ISC records (e.g. new:wellington:2007:gcse-full-short:isc-return)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- GCSE 9–1 was first awarded in 2017, so every entry was graded A*–G.
Source references
F4C_243645AA6BF8· Wellington College Year Book, printed 2007–2008: Master’s speech
Method and version
- Method
harm-v1 1.0.0- Inputs digest
sha256:4f91693f7b14df1100be134c622177eb53637191ab4f0046aac63ea197668551- Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)
Wellington College: exam results · How comparable figures work