Wellington College · GCSE · summer 2008
Wellington College, GCSE 2008: 25.9% at top grades (A* or 9–8)
Compared
25.9%
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: 25.9%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.
The original grades
A*–G: 25.87
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. | 61.7% | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A*–A 61.68% |
| GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. | 25.9% | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A* 25.87% |
| 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. | 97.6% | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A*–C 97.56% |
| 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 61.68%, as printed
- Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 25.87%, as printed
- C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C 97.56%, as printed
The results used in the calculation
Cite this figure
Wellington College, 2008, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 25.9% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 25.87%, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: new:wellington:2008:gcse-full-short:isc-return. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:wellington:2008:gcse/
Record details
Record ID harm:v1:wellington:2008: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 figure in the school’s ISC return
- High grades: precision
- 2 decimal places, as printed
- Top grades: basis
- GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year, so this is the figure in the school’s ISC return
- Top grades: precision
- 2 decimal places, as printed
- C/4+: basis
- GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year, so this is the figure in the school’s ISC return
- C/4+: precision
- 2 decimal places, as printed
- 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)
- A*–G: note
- The ISC return counts full and short courses, short courses at half weight.
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- A*-G: 1 school or ISC record (e.g. new:wellington:2008: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
NEW_ISC_2008_GCSE· ISC 2008 examination results: gcse, boys and girls
Method and version
- Method
harm-v1 1.0.0- Inputs digest
sha256:4d4f028176d18ad9d95eb197843e1e4e7169af93598afa43a7fbba7152f52e11- Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)
Wellington College: exam results · How comparable figures work