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What grade of new GCSE's will be good enough for Facebragging?!

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VagueButlmportant · 07/09/2016 18:19

So I understand the new GCSE's I think.

DD has just started Y10. She's only been given a few of her targets but they are all 7s so far.

So are there any local journalists out there who can tell me whether they will be wanting all 9s before she's invited to leap in the air next to a smug-looking headmaster come August 2018? Or will we all be Facebook bragging if our DC get a "string of 8s"?

As for 7s (which I understand is equivalent to an A) - are they going to prompt the pushy mums to be "devastated?"

I think we perhaps need to come up with an official Mumsnet policy on this. I'm not sure if I should be delighted that DD is predicted 7s (I think I would have been with As) even though there are two more grades she could be getting?

Gove didn't really think this through from the POV of the Facebook / Mumsnet mother angle!

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AndreaStan · 07/09/2016 20:32

I'm a maths teacher at a college, we're moving onto the 9-1 specification next year. They're making the maths GCSEs harder, as they're bringing down material from A/B onto the foundation (5/C) and bringing material down from a/s level to 8/9. I'm not looking forward to teaching it if I'm honest, and not sure how this'll affect future students :(

gillybeanz · 07/09/2016 20:32

Can somebody explain the missing 3000 9's for Maths.
I feel like it's some kind of conundrum.

OhYouBadBadKitten · 07/09/2016 20:23

is that true Noble? so there won't be a parity across subjects? what's the reasoning behind that?

chocolateworshipper · 07/09/2016 19:49

Sorry, but my DD is predicted to get at least fifteen 9A**s with Distinction, so I win

gillybeanz · 07/09/2016 19:28

noble

I'm sorry, i don't understand.
What do you mean, isn't a 9 the same for all subjects?
We are a way off yet, but I would like to understand more.

Hula I'm not a fan of the government, but surely 9 is the highest because they can't go below 1 unless they do minus numbers, so if 1 was the highest there would be nowhere to go. Or am I being immensely dense, i can take it Grin

sharkinthedark · 07/09/2016 19:18

noblegiraffe that's really unfair Shock

noblegiraffe · 07/09/2016 19:04

The government has just announced that they are changing the way that they will award the 9, meaning (vastly) more 9s and 8s in some subjects, and far fewer in others (3000 fewer 9s in maths).

Balletgirlmum · 07/09/2016 18:53

We've been told 9 is A**
8 is between A & A*
7 is between A & B

Dd's teachers are being non committal. She has been predicted between 7-9 in any that would actuslly tell us. They wouldn't be any more specific than that.

yeOldeTrout · 07/09/2016 18:48

Bragging just for the sake of bragging is a bit gauche.

Hulababy · 07/09/2016 18:41

Trouble is, give it a few more years, and when all the teachers know what they are teaching fully, and the children have their heads round the new systems too - and grades rise, guess what? They'll just add a 10. Cant be a coincidence that they choice to have the highest number as the lowest grade.

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VagueButlmportant · 07/09/2016 18:34

Ooh! Was it a stealth boast? That's good news! Grin

I assumed I'd get lots of replies saying "well my DS has been predicted 9s in every subject so you'll have to keep your DD's results to yourself"

Grin
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Muskey · 07/09/2016 18:27

Good point op. This is a really serious issue and I am alarmed that this has not been thought through. Gove has a lot to answer for. Grin

PotteringAlong · 07/09/2016 18:25

8 is an A. 9 is an A* that doesn't exist yet. It doesn't completely match. A 5 is a top C / low B equivalent (ish£

Seulgi · 07/09/2016 18:23

Shock I didn't even realise that they changed it from grades to numbers. If a 7 is an A, I'm assuming that a 9 is an A* so what's an 8?

sharkinthedark · 07/09/2016 18:20

Nice stealthboast there about your dd's string of 7's!