Winchester College · GCSE · summer 1997

1994–2009 · The A* arrives

Winchester College: comparable GCSE figures, 1997

No figure

No figure

GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8) · Comparable figure · our calculation

Winchester’s 1997 lettered GCSE table doesn’t give A* on its own.

The original grades

A*–G: no full grade table in this record. Subjects and grades

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. 85% of 849 entries The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE A*–G: A*–A 85% of 849
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* of 849
GCSE C/4 or better (A*–C or 9–4) No figureRounding leaves a range wider than one percentage point, so we do not show a single result. No combined figure from the school GCSE A*–G: A*–C of 849
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 85% of 849 entries, as printed

The results used in the calculation

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:winchester:1997: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 A*–C was not printed, and the printed neighbouring bands leave a range wider than 1 point (97.4–100.0%)
C/4+: reason codes
range wider than 1 point
Grade 9: reason
No entries were graded 9–1 this year, so there is no grade-9 figure.
A*–G: entries
849 (printed entries)
Which exams were sat: evidence
A*-G: 2 school or ISC records (e.g. fig:winchester_gcse:3)
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
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Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)

Winchester College: exam results · How comparable figures work

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