Wycombe Abbey · GCSE · summer 2017

2017–19 · Numbers arrive

Wycombe Abbey: comparable GCSE figures, 2017

Qualification only

No figure

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

Wycombe Abbey printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have Wycombe Abbey’s whole-school numbered GCSE figure for 2017.

The original grades

A*–G: 82.4. Subjects and grades

9–1: no full grade table in this record

This year’s exams: A*–G GCSEs and 9–1 GCSEs.

We know because the government’s tables confirm it.

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) 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*–A 97.1%
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* 82.4%
GCSE C/4 or better (A*–C or 9–4) 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*–C
GCSE grade 9 (9–1 entries only) No figureThe school’s own tables don’t give a comparable figure for this year. 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.

The results used in the calculation

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:wycombe:2017: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: reason
GCSE/IGCSE 9–1: no whole-school GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 figure is held
High grades: reason codes
comparable figure not computable
Top grades: reason
GCSE/IGCSE 9–1: no whole-school GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 figure is held
Top grades: reason codes
comparable figure not computable
C/4+: reason
GCSE/IGCSE 9–1: no whole-school GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 figure is held
C/4+: reason codes
comparable figure not computable
Grade 9: reason
GCSE/IGCSE 9–1: no whole-school GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 figure is held
Grade 9: reason codes
comparable figure not computable
A*–G: entries
unknown (no entry count printed)
9–1: why no figure
no whole-school GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 figure is held
Which exams were sat: evidence
A*-G: 1 school or ISC record (e.g. research:wycombe:2017:gcse:ui-source-pass)
Which exams were sat: evidence
9-1: DfE 2017 KS4, “GCSE (9-1) Full Course” English Language (1) and English Literature (1) (research:wycombe:2017:dfe:subject-ks4-1-gcse-91-gcse-9-1-full-course-english-language)
Which exams were sat: note
DfE’s 2017 table lists two GCSE (9–1) entries, English Language and English Literature, beside the letter-graded ones.

Source references

Method and version

Method
harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest
sha256:93f437dc64931f9efd70700f14d04465e80030c490366b21f7dc9802c71e6b18
Qualification mix
A*-G, 9-1 (government-table)

Wycombe Abbey: exam results · How comparable figures work

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