Wycombe Abbey · GCSE · summer 2023
Wycombe Abbey, GCSE 2023: 90% at top grades (A* or 9–8)
Compared
90%
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8) · Comparable figure · 9–1 GCSEs only this year; the school’s own figure is used
The school’s figure: 90%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.
The original grades
9–1: 90. Subjects and grades
This year’s exams: 9–1 GCSEs only.
We know because the school says so.
| 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. | 97.5% | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE 9–1: 9–7 97.5% |
| GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. | 90% | The same: it is the school’s own figure | GCSE 9–1: 9–8 90% |
| 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 9–1: 9–4 |
| 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 | GCSE 9–1: 9 |
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 97.5%, as printed
- Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–8 90%, as printed
The results used in the calculation
Cite this figure
Wycombe Abbey, 2023, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 90% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–8 90%, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: research:wycombe:2023:gcse:ui-source-pass. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:wycombe:2023:gcse/
Record details
Record ID harm:v1:wycombe: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
- 0 decimal places, as printed
- C/4+: reason
- GCSE/IGCSE 9–1: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9–4 not printed
- C/4+: reason codes
- comparable figure not computable
- Grade 9: reason
- GCSE/IGCSE 9–1: GCSE/IGCSE 9–1 9 not printed
- Grade 9: reason codes
- comparable figure not computable
- 9–1: entries
- unknown (no entry count printed)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- 9-1: 1 school or ISC record (e.g. research:wycombe:2023:gcse:ui-source-pass)
- Which exams were sat: evidence
- School statement: “97.5% of all examinations were awarded a level 7, 8 or 9” (https://www.wycombeabbey.com/wycombe-abbey-congratulates-gcse-pupils-4/)
- Which exams were sat: note
- “97.5% of all examinations were awarded a level 7, 8 or 9”
Source references
REV_UI_93A09263739B· Wycombe Abbey Congratulates GCSE Pupils (2023)
Method and version
- Method
harm-v1 1.0.0- Inputs digest
sha256:d42201ac4f0ffbc180c2d05ba9c6b78b91b3841b013bf3e6e0f2524b11571fe2- Qualification mix
9-1 (school-statement)