Average Point Score

HOW TO CALCULATE YOUR AVERAGE POINT SCORE
Our entry thresholds are expressed in terms of average point score at GCSE. To work this out, add together all the points for your grades (remember that Double Science counts as two subjects), on the basis of:

Then divide by the number of subjects.

(Please note that short course (half) GCSEs score at half of these points; e.g. a C grade on a short course is worth 20 points and, therefore, you will divide by your total number of full GCSEs and a half). Please see example 2 below.

You need to do this calculation on your target grades in order to help you to begin to decide the right level of course.

Example (1)
Your target grades are:
Eng. Lang – B, Eng. Lit – C, Maths – C, Double Science – CC, Design Tech – B, French – C, Art – A, P.E. – A, and History C.
The total points for the ten subjects are 46 + 40 + 40 + 40 + 40 + 46 + 40 + 52 + 52 + 40 = 436
Therefore, 436 ÷ 10 = an average GCSE point score of 43.6 points

Example (2)
Your target grades are:
Eng. Lang – B, Eng. Lit – C, Maths – C, Double Science – CC, Design Tech – B, French – C, Art – A, P.E. – A, and short course RE (half GCSE) – C.
The total points for the nine and a half subjects are 46 + 40 + 40 + 40 + 40 + 46 + 40 + 52 + 52 + 20 = 416
Therefore, 416 ÷ 9.5 = an average GCSE points score of 43.8 points