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GCSE Results

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goneaway2 · 21/08/2024 18:45

Is the Year 10 Further Maths result given out tomorrow too? It's the single paper that they do in year 10 (they do two more papers in year 11).

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clary · 21/08/2024 19:28

All GCSE results will be given out tomorrow.

Schools do things differently anyway - many don't offer FM GCSE and if they do it may be in year 11 - but if it's a GCSE then you will get the result tomorrow.

catndogslife · 22/08/2024 10:53

If the qualification hasn't been completed yet the procedure at dds school was that they were given the results when they returned to school.
However my impression is that doesn't happen now that GCSEs are linear in England so assume that you are in Wales or NI.

sashh · 22/08/2024 11:12

catndogslife · 22/08/2024 10:53

If the qualification hasn't been completed yet the procedure at dds school was that they were given the results when they returned to school.
However my impression is that doesn't happen now that GCSEs are linear in England so assume that you are in Wales or NI.

Maths GCSE only counts for progress 8 if it is taken in year 11. In the days of O Level schools would put students who were good at maths through O Level maths a year early and then Further maths the following year to prep for A Level.

Now, because of 'progress 8' more able students are often put through FM a year before maths GCSE.

3WildOnes · 22/08/2024 11:26

Our school put top set maths in for the GCSE in year 10 and then they do the FM gcse in Yr 11 in one sitting. It must be really tricky doing it the other way around. Independent school so don't worry about P8.

sashh · 22/08/2024 11:45

3WildOnes · 22/08/2024 11:26

Our school put top set maths in for the GCSE in year 10 and then they do the FM gcse in Yr 11 in one sitting. It must be really tricky doing it the other way around. Independent school so don't worry about P8.

Which is the logical and best way to do it.

catndogslife · 22/08/2024 11:46

sashh · 22/08/2024 11:12

Maths GCSE only counts for progress 8 if it is taken in year 11. In the days of O Level schools would put students who were good at maths through O Level maths a year early and then Further maths the following year to prep for A Level.

Now, because of 'progress 8' more able students are often put through FM a year before maths GCSE.

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It depends on what the OP means by "taking 2 more papers in Y11" though. GCSE further maths appears to be 2 papers in England and all papers must be taken in one sitting. Standard GCSE Maths is 3 papers which must all be taken in one sitting in England. So conclude that OP is not in England as even in the independent sector you cannot split a GCSE up over more than one year now.
PS You could do this when my dd took her GCSEs.

clary · 22/08/2024 11:55

Apologies I assumed the op meant “the single exam” as in one GCSE but I agree, single paper followed by two more papers (for the same GCSE?) does look like not in England.

sashh · 22/08/2024 12:00

I missed the single paper and thought it was single GCSE. Sorry if I have confused anyone.

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goneaway2 · 22/08/2024 16:43

We are in England, he's done the OCR paper for further maths and he said there's two more for further maths next year.

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catndogslife · 22/08/2024 17:31

I don't think it's a GCSE though OP. The grade boundaries for all the OCR GCSEs are in the link shown and there is no GCSE in further maths listed.
https://ocr.org.uk/Images/714692-gcse-grade-boundaries-june-2024.pdf

https://ocr.org.uk/Images/714692-gcse-grade-boundaries-june-2024.pdf

LIZS · 22/08/2024 17:41

Dd took ocr Additional Maths a few years back which was a freestanding qualification equivalent to old AS level, might it have been that?

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