GCSE stands for General Certificate of Secondary Education. It is the part of the National Curriculum taught to pupils aged 14 to 16 in years 10 and 11. It also includes exams, the results of which have a significant bearing on a child’s future career.
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They may also expect you to have strong GCSE grades for Science here too. International Baccalaureate You'll need a minimum grade of 5 or 6 for each Higher Level, including Maths and a specific science-based subject. Scottish Higher You'll likely need to have studied Maths and/or a ...
What do GCSE grades mean? You probably remember the A* - G GCSE grading system which has now been replaced by a 9-1 grading scale, with 9 being the highest grade and 1 being the lowest. This new system (introduced as part of a 2014 curriculum overhaul by then-Education Secretary Mich...
What happens in mainstream secondary schools when pupils look set to struggle to access the syllabus for, and ultimately fail, their GCSEs? DD12, Y8,...
Whichever way you look at it, the revelation ofchanges to the way the new GCSE grades will be treatedis a big deal. It turns out that the threshold for a “good” pass won’t just move across from a C to the new grade 5; instead, a 4 will be a “standard” pass and a 5 wil...
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Now, of course, it’s unusual for a person to be exclusively one “type” rather than another. Most of us are mixtures of styles. What type of learner do you think you are? Part II A3 GCSE examinations students / higher educationstudent/ second year / high school / college general ...
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THE WAY GCSEs are set and marked suits girls better than boys, according to an expert at Warwick University. Associate professor at Warwick University's Institute of Education Steve Strand said: "You have got to look at which areas the girls are doing better at. It's areas that relate ...