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GCSE double science grade '43' what does this mean?!

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thatcoldfeeling · 23/08/2018 10:31

Exactly that, can someone quickly help on this?

Double science - grade 1 '43' points (not grade) - 3.5. Does this mean less than a level 1 overall!? Shock

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 12/08/2021 10:33

zombie thread.

beigebrownblue · 12/08/2021 10:06

Bump for you.

Kimbob33 · 23/08/2020 13:29

@ShoshanaBlue.

Oh ok. Well that’s even better then lol. So confusing. Thank you for that info.

ShoshanaBlue · 22/08/2020 20:53

Kimbob33 8 = A* and 7 = A

ShoshanaBlue · 22/08/2020 20:52

Thank feck we did separate sciences....

Kimbob33 · 21/08/2020 23:01

My dd got an 8/7 which is an A/B for combined science. It is so confusing. Don’t know why they had to change it. It’s all a bit crazy! Either way be proud of what your child got. They did their best xx

FelicisNox · 21/08/2020 19:08

How can you get between a 3 and a 4?

One is a pass and one is a fail, surely you need one definitive answer?

I hate this system. It's unnecessarily complicated when the old system worked just fine.

Nik2015 · 21/08/2020 17:34

A 4 is a low grade C, but still a C.
A 3 is a D grade.
They get 2 grades for combined science so the person got a 4-3 which is a C-D.

Musmerian · 20/08/2020 13:13

Weak!

Musmerian · 20/08/2020 13:12

@Prettybluepigeons - no need to keep shtum as officially it’s legit. I’m pissed of though because it’s nonsense really and in a way devalues the subjects where he worked really hard and got 8s and 9s. It’s because he was top in a week class and in a high achieving school so the algorithm made assumptions.

Musmerian · 20/08/2020 13:10

Ok have clarity on this now. Ofqual overrode the foundation tier ceiling in some cases. The dual science grade is the two numbers and hyphens etc are irrelevant. OP I’m afraid that means your child got a 4 and a 3.

Devlesko · 20/08/2020 13:03

I bet the kid has their A level result now Grin

peony68 · 20/08/2020 12:55

Yes means 4 on one 3 on the other , my son got exactly this result last year .

MitziK · 20/08/2020 12:37

FFS. Zombie.

Oh well, if anybody else is wondering why the EO isn't answering the phone today, it's because they're busy.

MitziK · 20/08/2020 12:36

@thatcoldfeeling

There was no hyphen or anything at all, it was literally written as '43' hence totally baffled!

I have just watched this which seems to suggest as per @MrsacksonAvery that this is one old style grade C pass, and one old style D.

Wish the school exam's office would answer their phone though!

The exams officer is going to be a bit busy with the kids at the school, not sitting by the phone waiting for calls.
Prettybluepigeons · 20/08/2020 12:36

That is weird! Are you not tempted to keep scrum about it though??Grin

Musmerian · 20/08/2020 12:35

This is weird. My son was entered for foundation CAG was 5 5 and he’s got 9 8 which must be a mistake.

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SoupDragon · 20/08/2020 10:59

@Prettybluepigeons

How is this trending when it has only one post THIS YEAR??????
I believe it's based on views, not posts. So one post bump at it, everyone else looks at it but doesn't post but people keep looking and thus it makes trending.
ItWorriesMeThisKindofThing · 20/08/2020 10:54

This started trending before there were any recent posts on it!

Prettybluepigeons · 20/08/2020 10:51

How is this trending when it has only one post THIS YEAR??????

Allergictoironing · 20/08/2020 10:42

@newtb

GCSE grades are weird. Back in the dark ages when I did 'O' levels, if you got over 70% you got a grade 1. 1-6 were pass grades, 7-9 and unclassified were fails. So, now they've gone back to numbers again, why couldn't thaey have had them the same as before.

Now my grade 1 in maths, the only grade 1 I got looks crap......

Not when I did "O" levels (mid 70's)! Grades A, B and C were passes, D and E were "good" fails, then you got "F" for hopeless.

Grade A was above around 70-75%, B was around 55% up to A, then C was around 45% up to B. The actual percentages were tweaked a bit each year to allow for some years the papers being a bit easier or harder than others.

TabbyStar · 27/08/2019 07:18

It's a bit ironic that although it's a year old people still don't seem sure whether or not the 4 counts as a pass! I was wondering how many employers understand the new GCSE grades for them to be meaningful - certainly no one without GCSE-age kids has understood when I've tried to explain DD's results.

CraftyGin · 22/08/2019 19:09

Triple Science has 3 unconnected grades. I don’t think you can claim a pass with 4-3 pass in combined, without trying to explain it.

ineedaholidaynow · 22/08/2019 19:01

So if a job application asks for 5 GCSE passes would a 4-3 be included as 1 pass? But if a job application asks for a pass in science GCSE you wouldn't have achieved that?

Does it work in the same way for triple science?