Winchester College · GCSE · summer 2012
Winchester College, GCSE 2012: 68.9% of 1,191 entries at top grades (A* or 9–8)
Compared
68.9%
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8) · Comparable figure · A*–G GCSEs only this year; the school’s own figure is used
of 1,191 entries
The school’s figure: 68.9%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.
The original grades
A*–G: 68.934. Subjects and grades
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. | 93.5% of 1,191 entries | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A*–A 93.535% of 1,191 |
| GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. | 68.9% of 1,191 entries | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A* 68.934% of 1,191 |
| 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. | 99.7% of 1,191 entries | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE A*–G: A*–C 99.748% of 1,191 |
| 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 93.535% of 1,191 entries, as printed
- Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 68.934% of 1,191 entries, as printed
- C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C 99.748% of 1,191 entries, as printed
The results used in the calculation
- A*–G, 1,191 entries: Winchester College, GCSE/IGCSE 2012: 68.934% of 1,191 entries graded A*
Cite this figure
Winchester College, 2012, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 68.9% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 68.934% of 1,191 entries, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: new:winchester:2012:gcse-dfe-subject-reconstruction. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:winchester:2012:gcse/
Record details
Record ID harm:v1:winchester:2012: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 a figure calculated from the government’s published data
- High grades: precision
- 3 decimal places, as printed
- Top grades: basis
- GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year, so this is a figure calculated from the government’s published data
- Top grades: precision
- 3 decimal places, as printed
- C/4+: basis
- GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year, so this is a figure calculated from the government’s published data
- C/4+: precision
- 3 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
- 1191 (printed entries)
- A*–G: note
- DfE’s subject rows and points totals fix A*–A, A*–B and A*–C exactly; A* is 821 or 822, and the likelier 821 (68.9%) is used (owner decision).
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- A*-G: 1 school or ISC record (e.g. fig:winchester_gcse:18); 18 DfE rows (e.g. new:winchester:2012:dfe-ks4-gcse-certificates-1-41401)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- GCSE 9–1 was first awarded in 2017, so every entry was graded A*–G.
Source references
OLDER_DFE_2012_KS4_WINCHESTER· DfE 2011/12 performance tables: key stage 4 school results and underlying subject results
Method and version
- Method
harm-v1 1.0.0- Inputs digest
sha256:7a1e857e98452a15a7a17b8730b43bfa479aa1f60ca74801164902aac90e2edf- Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)
Winchester College: exam results · How comparable figures work