GCSE Mocks

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Can someone please tell me how these are graded - my DGD has proudly announced she got a Grade 5 in chemistry.

I've Googled away and can't find how mocks are graded - would some kindly teacher please explain

There is no one way. Schools and even departments do it differently so you will have to ask them.

GCSEs are now graded 9 to 1 (9 being the highest). A 5 is a "good" C in old money.

Up to the school. She might have done a full suite of exams in the subject, or one unit. They might combine results from different mocks. They might choose grade boundaries from a certain year and apply, or create their own.

A 5 is a good C or a low B in old money.

Thank you.

DGD said it was the top mark, so I'll go with that - I just thought that 5 sounded sort of in the middle!

If they did a foundation tier paper, then a 5 would be the top grade possible.

It might have been the top mark in her class but it's not what I'd call a good mark

Buy no one can tell you how a particular teacher has graded an internal school exam, if it's a year 11 mock it's very late

Yes, that's what it was

In the sciences there are foundation and higher papers. If you do the foundation paper, the highest mark you can get is a 5. So maybe that's what she means by she got the highest mark.

A 9 would be the highest but you'd need to take the higher paper to achieve that