Winchester College, GCSE 2023: 73.1% of 1,337 entries at top grades (A* or 9–8)

Compared

73.1%

GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8) · Comparable figure · 9–1 GCSEs only this year; the school’s own figure is used

of 1,337 entries

The school’s figure: 73.1%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

The original grades

9–1: 73.1. Subjects and grades

This year’s exams: 9–1 GCSEs only.

We know because only the school’s own records show it.

The comparison, the school’s headline and the original grades
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.	88.4% of 1,337 entries	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE 9–1: 9–7 88.4% of 1,337
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was.	73.1% of 1,337 entries	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE 9–1: 9–8 73.1% of 1,337
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 1,337 entries	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE 9–1: 9–4 100% of 1,337
GCSE grade 9 (9–1 entries only)	50.5% of 1,337 entries (of the 1,337 entries graded 9–1)	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE 9–1: 9 50.5% of 1,337

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 9–1 9–7 88.4% of 1,337 entries, as printed
Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–8 73.1% of 1,337 entries, as printed
C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–4 100% of 1,337 entries, as printed
Grade 9: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9 50.5% of 1,337 entries, as printed

The results used in the calculation

9–1, 1,337 entries: Winchester College, GCSE/IGCSE 2023: 50.5% of 1,337 entries at grade 9

Cite this figure

Winchester College, 2023, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 73.1% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–8 73.1% of 1,337 entries, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: fig:winchester_gcse:29. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:winchester:2023:gcse/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:winchester:2023: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 9–1 only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
High grades: precision: 1 decimal place, as printed
Top grades: basis: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
Top grades: precision: 1 decimal place, as printed
C/4+: basis: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
C/4+: precision: 0 decimal places, as printed
Grade 9: basis: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
Grade 9: precision: 1 decimal place, as printed
9–1: entries: 1337 (printed entries)
Which exams were sat: evidence: 9-1: Winchester College · 2023 IGCSE & GCSE Results, retained original checked 26 Sep 2026; the printed subject table totals 1,337 numbered-grade entries.
Which exams were sat: evidence: Additional Mathematics is a separate 64-entry A–E table and is excluded from the 1,337 GCSE/IGCSE denominator.
Which exams were sat: note: The retained official 2023 IGCSE & GCSE table prints the 1,337 GCSE/IGCSE entries entirely on the numbered 9–1 scale. Additional Mathematics is reported separately on an A–E scale and is not part of that denominator.

Source references

FB139 · Our research file (not public). Our transcriptions of Winchester’s own results tables. (as recorded: “Winchester primary image-table and analytical lock layer”)
FB139A · Our research file (not public). Our corrections to those transcriptions of Winchester’s results tables. (as recorded: “v13.9 correction addendum”)
FB141 · Our research file (not public). Our corrections to the GCSE figures we transcribed from Winchester’s own tables. (as recorded: “Winchester GCSE primary corrections”)
FB146 · Our research file (not public). A companion file we made for seven schools, with our list of archived copies of their web pages. (as recorded: “latest seven-school companion and Wayback/destination lock”)
WIN_GCSE_HMC_1997 · Winchester College · HMC inspection report · October 1997 · first-party inspection evidence for the 1996 and 1997 whole-school A*/A and A*–B entry shares
WIN_GCSE_2006_ISC · ISC · Year 11 examination results 2006 · official final post-remarks counts: 1,069 entries, including 502 A*, 429 A and 109 B grades
public-source-4535436e09eed115 · DfE · 2011 full GCSE subject file · official subject-level GCSE cumulative bands with lawful small-cell suppression
public-source-65193aecb12514f2 · DfE · 2011 IGCSE subject file · official exact IGCSE cumulative bands; combined with the suppressed GCSE component only as a bounded reconstruction
WIN_GCSE_2012_DFE · DfE · 2012 KS4 underlying school-level data · official 1,191-entry file; 1,185 grades disclosed and six lawfully suppressed, producing exact percentage intervals
WIN_ACCOUNTS_2018 · Winchester College · signed accounts 2018 · official Pre-U headline and university-offer evidence
WIN_GCSE_2020_PDF · Winchester College · GCSE Results Summer 2020 · final · official complete subject table; 1,189 GCSE/IGCSE entries, with 58 Additional Mathematics entries reported separately
WIN_GCSE_2021_PDF · Winchester College · IGCSE and GCSE results 2021 · official · official complete subject table; 1,258 GCSE/IGCSE entries, with 59 Additional Mathematics entries reported separately

Method and version

Method: harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest: sha256:cd990363db8ca4ca96eaba32c37d475781cbf0391bbd031bab2a24116c7cdec5
Qualification mix: 9-1 (school-records)

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