Westminster School · GCSE · summer 1999

1994–2009 · The A* arrives

Westminster School, GCSE 1999: 48% of 1,025 entries at top grades (A* or 9–8)

Compared

48%

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

of 1,025 entries

The school’s figure: 48%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

The original grades

A*–G: 48

This year’s exams: A*–G GCSEs only.

We know because the qualification is the only one it could be.

The comparison, the school’s headline and the original grades
Grade bandComparable 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. 84% of 1,025 entries The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE A*–G: A*–A 84% of 1,025
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. 48% of 1,025 entries The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE A*–G: A* 48% of 1,025
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% of 1,025 entries The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE A*–G: A*–C 100% of 1,025
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 84% of 1,025 entries, as printed
  • Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 48% of 1,025 entries, as printed
  • C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C 100% of 1,025 entries, as printed

The results used in the calculation

Cite this figure

Westminster School, 1999, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 48% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 48% of 1,025 entries, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: fig:westminster_gcse_old_scale:11. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:westminster:1999:gcse/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:westminster:1999: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
1025 (printed entries)
Which exams were sat: evidence
A*-G: 1 school or ISC record (e.g. fig:westminster_gcse_old_scale:11)
Which exams were sat: evidence
GCSE 9–1 was first awarded in 2017, so every entry was graded A*–G.

Source references

Method and version

Method
harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest
sha256:48cff6d554c3848f03472923dbdef46e1e6a62a53eb827420c35f8914f75f48e
Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)

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