Gcse

[Tracyanne80]

My child got a 3.5 in combined science what does this mean dont understand the new grading. Thank u

They get two marks for combined science and this means they got a 3 and a 5. The 5 is equivalent to an old money low B/high C and is considered a "strong pass". 3 is equivalent to the old D.

No, that’s wrong. It means they got a grade 3 and a grade 4, so it averages out to 3.5. You can’t get grades that are more than 1 digit apart, so it goes 11, 12, 22, 23, 33, 34 etc where each number is a grade.

It's not possible to get a 3 and a 5. You could get 3,3 or 4,4 or 3,4. Unless the school have made a 3, 4 into a 3.5? Can you post a pic of the print out with the actual results?

3.5 isn’t a possible grade for combined science, though. You can get 3-4, 4-4 or 4-5 but not 3-5. Can you double check what it says in the result sheet?

Ah, yes, they could be trying to put the grade into a decimal field on their database and might have translated a 3-4 into 3 and a half. I’d check with the school.

In fact you can’t get a 3-4, it would be reported as a 4-3, the larger number always comes first.

It says grd1..43 points 3.5

Not giving me an option to put a pic up

That is a grade 4-3.

So it counts as 2 GCSEs. One at a grade 4 and one at a grade 3. Though they cannot be reported as 2 desperate GCSEs as they are for 1 subject so will always go together. It's better than a 3-3 but not as good as a 4-4.

So what's the points 3.5

So does this mean 43 a pass or not

The points are used for a variety of things, like performance tables, entry to some courses etc. They might use your average gsce points as a criteria for entry. Or your points score across best 8 subject.

Number graded GCSEs are worth their grade in points so a grade 9=9 points, grade 8= 8 points, 7=7 points etc.
Letter grades GCSEs are allocated points an A* =8, an A=7, B=6 etc
Other courses such as BTECs also have points allocated to different grades.

So it doesn't matter what type of qualification you have, they can all be compared together by using the points score.

Ok so is 43. A pass at grade 4&3 thank u for replying just not used this double grading

Even a 1-1 is a pass, in the same way as a G grade was a pass under the old system.

If you are looking as a 'pass' as being a 4. i.e many courses or work places would look for a minimum of a 4 in English and Maths, or 5 x GCSEs at grade 4 or above. A 4-3 would not count in those criteria. It would need to be a 4-4 to be considered eligible in those instances.

So it's not a pass

It is a pass. But it might not be a high enough pass depending on what it is being required for.

If somewhere wanted 5 x grade 4 passes and above, if your dc had 4 x grade 4s and this 4-3 then I would expect them to count the 1 x 4 giving them 5 x 4s in total.

If they only had 3 other grade 4s then a 4-3 would only give them 4 x 4s in total.

It's a pass at Level 1, the same as grade D was a pass at level 1. A 4-4 is a level 2 pass, same as a C was a level 2 pass. So it's the equivalent of a D in the old system.

Sorry, the equivalent of a double D in old money.

He has three 4 and 3 distinction l2

Well done him