Wycombe Abbey · GCSE · summer 2001

1994–2009 · The A* arrives

Wycombe Abbey, GCSE 2001: 68.8% of 811 entries at top grades (A* or 9–8)

Compared

68.8%

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

of 811 entries. GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 68.8% of 811 entries, as printed

The school’s figure: 68.8%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

The original grades

A*–G: A* 558 · A 213 · B 37 · C 3

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. 95.1% of 811 entriesLeft out of comparisons: The publications disagree about one of the figures used in this calculation. The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE A*–G: A*–A 95.1% of 811
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. 68.8% of 811 entries The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE A*–G: A* 68.8% of 811
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. 100.0% of 811 entries The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE A*–G: A*–C 100.0% of 811
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 95.1% of 811 entries, as printed
  • Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 68.8% of 811 entries, as printed
  • C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C 100.0% of 811 entries, as printed

The results used in the calculation

Cite this figure

Wycombe Abbey, 2001, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 68.8% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 68.8% of 811 entries, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: research:wycombe:2001:six-school-isc:gcse. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:wycombe:2001:gcse/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:wycombe:2001: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 figure in the school’s ISC return
High grades: note
GCSE/IGCSE A*–G: the school’s publications give different A*–A figures for 2001, and the difference is not settled.
High grades: reason codes
source disagreement
High grades: precision
1 decimal place, as printed
Top grades: basis
GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year, so this is the figure in the school’s ISC return
Top grades: precision
1 decimal place, as printed
C/4+: basis
GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year, so this is the figure in the school’s ISC return
C/4+: precision
1 decimal place, as printed
Grade 9: reason
No entries were graded 9–1 this year, so there is no grade-9 figure.
A*–G: entries
811 (printed entries)
Which exams were sat: evidence
A*-G: 5 school or ISC records (e.g. research:wycombe:2001:gcse-igcse:archive-20020206014135:table-0:summary)
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
sha256:9c2cccde75ccde2b37e941695eeecb04a6132d39fda2bdaa7b8ffdbe7af330c6
Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)

Wycombe Abbey: exam results · How comparable figures work

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