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Is it normal for GCSE's to be sat at the end of Year 9?

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adelicatequestion · 07/01/2010 17:19

DD school is planning for 2 or 3 GCSE's to be sat in a year at the end of yr9 and another 2/3 at teh end of yr 10 and then some in yr 11. They could end up with about 15 GCSE's.

So questions

Why?
Is it done elsewhere? It's new to me
Aren't they too young?
Will it compromise grades?
Is that many GCSE's really necessary?

Gosh I have lots of questions.

We have an info evening soon and I want to be ready with teh pro's and cons of this.

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cat64 · 07/01/2010 22:58

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adelicatequestion · 07/01/2010 18:22

No, the school isn;t going to do diplomas.

They are clearly directing themselves as an academic school.

I wonder if this is to benefit the students or the school though.

Personally I'd rather DD got 10 A's than 18 B's.

It also seems that if they chose say French/German to do in yr 9 then they can;t do french in yr 10, so if they want to do A level languages they may have a year or two gap in between - how daft is that?

Love to hear from any teachers as to whether they think this is good. I know a music teacher who doesn;t like it.

Reassuring that it's done elsewhere. Does it work though?

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RubysReturn · 07/01/2010 17:39

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cat64 · 07/01/2010 17:31

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QOD · 07/01/2010 17:28

They do that in the grammar school near me

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