What can teachers do to support students who miss their grades on GCSE results day? Here’s a checklist of the options you can offer them
Students at leading north Oxford independent schoold’Overbroeck’sare celebrating their best ever GCSE results with 60% of grades at 9-7 (equivalent to A* or A under the old grading system).Mark Olejnik, Head of Years 7-11 at d’Overbroeck’s, says, “Once again our young people at d...
Here's how the new grades correspond to the old ones: Grade 9 – Even higher than the old A* Grade 8 – Below an A* but above an A Grade 7 – Slightly below an A but very close Grade 6 – Slightly better than a B Grade 5 – Below a B but above a C, also known as a '...
to compete on a global stage.Changes, confirmed yesterday by England's exams regulator Ofqual will see traditional GCSE grades scrapped and replaced with a numbered scale from one to nine - with nine the highest mark available (there are currently eight grades - A*-G).The first three ...