Marks for Edexcel Maths GCSE

[thunderbird69]

DS got his results and for all subjects except for maths it shows the marks and breakdowns for each paper. Do Edexcel not give the marks?

He wants to see how far off a A* he was

[TeenAndTween]

That's what I want to know too. I'd like to know whether DD missed the next grade up for maths by a whisker or a mile.

[wed99]

My daughter missed an A* by 1 mark . The teachers at school today had all the raw scores for each paper and her maths teacher told us to request a re-mark. So presumably your schools should be able to tell you how close you were to the next grade.

[thunderbird69]

I think 46 points is the number of points allocated to a grade B rather than the test result

I phoned the school and they said that is the way the results are printed out. As wed99 says, the schools obviously have access to the marks. Seemed most huffy that I actually wanted to know what marks he got, but eventually let me leave a message for the exam administrator

[SuperMoonIsKeepingMeUpToo]

The 46 will be the percentage he gained overall. Each paper is out of 100 marks so he would have scored a total of 92 out of a possible 200 marks. The grade boundaries are here:

qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/Support/Grade-boundaries/GCSE/1506-GCSE-Grade-Boundaries.pdf

Actually that states a total of 95 marks were required for a grade B so I'm not sure how he was awarded a B. That's how I understand it anyway. Well done him for getting his B though!

[titchy]

46 is the standard points given for aB grade (in the same way that a C grade A level is worth 80 points).

You will need to get the actual mark off the school to see how close he was to the A. Annoying isn't it - dd didn't bother to get the raw mark for Maths either.

[LynetteScavo]

Just marking my place, as I have the same question. I'm guessing that EDEXEL haven't released the marks for some reason. I'm going to ask the school to let me know when they have them.
WJEC English Lang is also missing for DS.

The points are how much each GCSE grade is worth, just as A'levels have points.

A* 58 points,
A 52
B 46
C 40
D 34
E 28
F 22
G 16

[noblegiraffe]

The school will have the raw marks. Edexcel have certainly released theirs.

I taught maths courses by Edexcel, OCR and AQA this year. None of the actual marks appeared on the students' exam results, but I had sheafs of paper from each exam board with them on.

I don't know why they don't put them on for maths, it's because it's a linear course, but students do still want to know how they scored on each paper and total.

[thunderbird69]

Has anyone been able to get hold of their marks? I managed to speak to someone at school today and they tell me they haven't got them. The head of Maths may have them but won't be in till start of term.

[MEgirl]

They certainly should have them. We were given them on results day and submitted our request for remark the following day.

[TeenAndTween]

I asked the school and got an answer back the same day. DD got 119 which means she missed an A by 6 marks.

That is the best I could have expected of her, she never quite made it to an A in any mocks, so I am delighted that she maintained her standard for the final exam. (And much better than being 1 or 2 marks off).

[lifesalongsong]

I spoke to the exams officers at my child's school today and asked her for the mark, she just looked at a list on her PC and told me the individual marks for each paper

Grade boundaries are here

qualifications.pearson.com/en/support/support-topics/results-certification/grade-boundaries.html