GCSE

[arun100]

im doing gcse english and im getting upper level 2 answers, is this a passing level answer, im curious to know from peoples point of view

Did you mean to copy and paste something else?

To pass GCSE English you need a grade 4 or above, I have never heard of upper level 2 , if you mean grade 2 then no that is not a pass.

I think @arun100means the higher end of the grade 2 bracket.

I’m afraid you need a grade 4 to pass @arun100.

When do you sir your exams @arun100?

Talk to your teacher. They can point out specifically in your work what you need to finesse to increase your level from a 2 up to a 3. I don't think an upper level 2 response is high enough to get you the grade 4 you need to pass.

You are showing a solid understanding of the text but need to tweak your responses for a more detailed answer, more analytical, unpick the text a bit more. Why does the character do that, why did the author choose that, that sort of thing.

To everyone else there are several levels in each Assessment Objective and depending on the answer given it falls within certain levels. My children's work would come back with sections underlined and "AO2 level 4" or "AO3 level 5" in the margins. That was English Lit, I can't remember how many levels there are for English Lang but @arun100 this is all helpfully listed out in the mark scheme in the past papers, all of which are available online for whatever exam board you are sitting.

i mean i checked my answer with an edexcel mark scheme and it matched with level 2- level 3 as an answer which was for question 3 paper 2 which went to 4-6 marks to 7-9 marks out of 12 for english language

You can see grade boundaries from previous years gcses - search for the exam board and you should find a spreadsheet of marks for each subject and what grades they would give you. You can then work out approx what grade you are on target for. I think posters are misunderstanding and the op is referring to levels in the mark scheme not the final GCSE grades.

Ok so I understand what you are saying now, I have found a mark scheme on line possible different paper to the one you are looking at paper 2 question 3 was worth 15 marks with level 2 only being worth between 4-6 marks and a comment saying The mark awarded cannot progress beyond the top of
Level 2 if only language OR structure has been considered.
if you are only getting 4-6 marks out of a possible 12 you are not answering the question with enough detail etc as the one I was looking at the more detail, references and how it relates and explanations etc got awarded the top marks