Westminster School · GCSE · summer 1996
Westminster School, GCSE 1996: 36% of 1,327 entries at top grades (A* or 9–8)
Compared
36%
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8) · Comparable figure · A*–G GCSEs only this year; the school’s own figure is used
of 1,327 entries
The school’s figure: 36%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.
The original grades
A*–G: 36
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. | 80% of 1,327 entries | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A*–A 80% of 1,327 |
| GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. | 36% of 1,327 entries | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A* 36% of 1,327 |
| 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. | 99% of 1,327 entries | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A*–C 99% of 1,327 |
| 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 80% of 1,327 entries, as printed
- Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 36% of 1,327 entries, as printed
- C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C 99% of 1,327 entries, as printed
The results used in the calculation
- A*–G, 1,327 entries: Westminster School, GCSE/IGCSE 1996: 36% of 1,327 entries graded A*
Cite this figure
Westminster School, 1996, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 36% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 36% of 1,327 entries, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: fig:westminster_gcse_old_scale:8. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:westminster:1996:gcse/
Record details
Record ID harm:v1:westminster:1996: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: basis
- GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
- Top grades: precision
- 0 decimal places, as printed
- C/4+: basis
- GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
- C/4+: precision
- 0 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
- 1327 (printed entries)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- A*-G: 2 school or ISC records (e.g. fig:westminster_gcse_old_scale:8)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- GCSE 9–1 was first awarded in 2017, so every entry was graded A*–G.
Source references
public-source-931c7c69c12168a7· Westminster School · Results 1988–2009 · Wayback capture 10 June 2010 · school-issued results page captured from the Internet Archive; controlling deep GCSE and A-level spine
Method and version
- Method
harm-v1 1.0.0- Inputs digest
sha256:bb52148b3d99bf6b2cae352eebaa210c5514e3dda69d045d796f7f5e5491f6bd- Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)
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