Wycombe Abbey, GCSE 2016: 81.4% of 918 entries at top grades (A* or 9–8)

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81.4%

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

of 918 entries. GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 81.44% of 918 entries, as printed

Wycombe Abbey’s publications give different lettered GCSE figures for 2016. We show the figure but don’t compare it.

The school’s figure: 81.4%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

The original grades

A*–G: A* 748 · B 19 · C 1 · D 0. 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 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.	97.8% of 918 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 97.82% of 918
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was.	81.4% of 918 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 81.44% of 918
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 918 entries	The same: it is the school’s own figure	GCSE A–G: A–C 100% of 918
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 97.82% of 918 entries, as printed
Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 81.44% of 918 entries, as printed
C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C 100% of 918 entries, as printed

The results used in the calculation

A*–G, 918 entries: Wycombe Abbey, GCSE/IGCSE 2016: 81.44% of entries graded A*

Cite this figure

Wycombe Abbey, 2016, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 81.4% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 81.44% of 918 entries, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: research:wycombe:2016:isc:gcse-full-short. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:wycombe:2016:gcse/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:wycombe:2016: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 publication used here prints grade counts that do not reproduce every percentage it prints over 918 entries
High grades: note: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G: the school’s publications give different A*–A figures for 2016, and the difference is not settled.
High grades: reason codes: source disagreement
High grades: precision: 2 decimal places, 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: note: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G: the publication used here prints grade counts that do not reproduce every percentage it prints over 918 entries
Top grades: note: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G: the school’s publications give different A* figures for 2016, and the difference is not settled.
Top grades: reason codes: source disagreement
Top grades: precision: 2 decimal places, 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+: note: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G: the publication used here prints grade counts that do not reproduce every percentage it prints over 918 entries
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: 918 (printed entries)
A*–G: inconsistency: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G: the publication used here prints grade counts that do not reproduce every percentage it prints over 918 entries
Which exams were sat: evidence: A*-G: 3 school or ISC records (e.g. research:wycombe:2016:gcse-igcse:archive-20160828212831: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

REV_UI_ISC_C182D7FF9FEA · ISC 2016 examination results — gcse school return

Method and version

Method: harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest: sha256:1aa50f52b9e0c0d609a99ea54d6965b7cfaf1db7f731e93b69517e16fd05e8a1
Qualification mix: A*-G (by-definition)

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