My DS has just started in Y7. I know I'm thinking ahead here but I want to know what to expect. He is very able in maths and is in the 'fasttrack' set I believe. They take various GCSEs early (I think they do one in Y9, one in Y10 and do some further maths in Y11 - or summat)
What is concerning me here is that someone I know said they do what they called a 'c' paper in one year, a 'b' paper in another year and 'the a' paper in Y11. Is it possible these are different approaches for different students in different sets? Or does it sound like the same thing?
The reason I am asking is I do not particularly want my DS to take a lower tier paper earlier if he has to effectively 'resit' it later or to take a higher tier paper earlier if he's going to get a lower grade than he could achieve later although if he continues current form hopefully this won't be an issue whenever he takes it...
I guess I should go and ask the head of maths but as I don't want to reveal my pushy parent colours too early, I thought I'd ask you lot if this is normal.
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Could someone explain something about tiered GCSEs please?
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WilfShelf · 19/09/2010 14:45
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