Edexcel statistics

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DD sat the edexcel statistics paper this year. She has got results today and is confused because the controlled assessment paper has been graded as a c - but her score was 33 which she had been told was an A.

Anyone know how the grading works for this paper?

Is that her final mark on her exam results sheets - if it was the mark she was given from school there is a possibility it has been moderated downwards as a whole school. I have known schools who have had a huge mark reduction due to marking issues.

From memory a C would be around 25 marks but the boundaries are often adjusted. The CA is worth 25% of the final mark. Also watch out its not the UMS marks she is looking at which will look very different.

Thank you - she said her controlled assessment was 33/40 - so I assume this was the raw score. But result looks like a UMS mark. Have you ever heard of schools incorrectly entering raw scores as UMS marks. Or has her raw score of 33 been marked down to a UMS of 33? Seems a bit of a coincidence.

The school will have nothing to do with the UMS marks being entered. We send off a list of the students raw marks and the rest is down to the exam board. Might be worth asking to double check it possibly.

You might find grade boundaries on the Edexcel website.

Otherwise contact the school and ask either her teacher or the Exams Officer to look it up for you.