The Education (School Information)(England) Regulations 1993

Determination of examination results particulars

9—(1) The provisions of this regulation have effect for the purpose of determining the information referred to in Schedule 2.

(2) Subject to paragraph (6), if a pupil has been entered for two or more examinations in the same subject in the same school year, or in different school years which are treated as the same school year by virtue of regulation 3(9), only the examination in which he achieved the higher or highest grade shall be taken into account.

(3) In the case of an examination leading to the award of GCSE in two subjects, a pupil shall be included only once in the number of pupils entered for the examination and taken into account only once in calculating the relevant percentages, but each grade awarded to him shall be treated as having been awarded in a separate subject.

(4) In the case of examinations for the GCSE for which pupils aged 15 were entered, the information shall commence with the subjects listed in the first column of Schedule 3 in the order in which they are so listed.

(5) For the purposes of this regulation, an examination for the GCSE in a subject listed in the first column of Schedule 3 is not to be treated as such unless the examination is in a syllabus referred to in the second column opposite that subject.

(6) In the case of a pupil who has been entered for both GCE ‘A’ level and GCE ‘AS’ examinations in the same subject, only the GCE ‘A’ level examination result shall be taken into account.

(7) In calculating the number of ‘A’ levels a pupil is entered for, one ‘AS’ shall be treated as the equivalent of half an ‘A’ level.

(8) For the purpose of determining point scores in GCE ‘A’ level and GCE ‘AS’ examinations, the following grades of achievement equate to the following points, namely:

• GCE ‘A’ level: grade A = 10 points; grade B = 8 points; grade C = 6 points;grade D = 4 points; and grade E = 2 points;

• GCE ‘AS’: grade A = 5 points; grade B = 4 points; grade C = 3 points; grade D = 2 points; and grade E = 1 point.