Page explaining new GCSE grades

[noblegiraffe]

This page explaining the new GCSE grades which is embedded in education threads is out of date.

www.mumsnet.com/education/secondary/new-gcses-grades-explained?showcaser

It explains that the 5 is a good pass, but this has been changed to a 'strong pass' and the 4 has now been labelled the 'standard pass'.

It would be useful if you could mention that a 4 will be the grade required to not have to resit maths or English GCSE post-16, and that this will always be the case (the government previously said that the requirement would switch to a 5 in a couple of years).

The 5 will be the pass grade that schools are judged on for the league tables but Justine Greening has said that she expects colleges and employers who would have used a C benchmark to switch to a 4. Whether that happens remains to be seen!

www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/603594/ESC_letter.pdf detailing the amendments to grading.

I suspect your page will be getting a lot of views on Thursday!

So if a 4 or a 5 is a C equivalent what is a 9?
And is a 9 even achievable?

Ilikecrocs Around 20% of grades 7 and above will be a grade 9.

(Unless something has changed since September)

A 9 is like an A * *, so the very top ?3% of those grades 7-9.

Thank you, my DS is taking his next year and I'm so worried about it already.

Oops, x-post. 20% is it? am fed up of it already and the results aren't even out yet!

A 9 isn't an A: it is a very high pass and only 1% of the population will achieve a 9 in their exams.

Hi folks,

Just nipping in to say thanks so much for flagging this.

We've forwarded it over to our content team.

Do you know the government has spent half a million pounds trying to explain these new GCSE results and people still aren't sure! I think it hasn't helped that they have changed things so often that even teachers are finding it hard to keep up.

It was going to be the top 20% of students getting a 7 or above who got a 9, but that has changed to a formula instead, to ensure that subjects which are taken by brighter kids have more 9s available. It will be a different percentage of students for each subject. For maths it's going to be about 3% of entries getting a 9, for English about 2%. For the other subjects coming next year, who knows.

Hah, just read this from Barnaby Lenon, chair of the Independent Schools Council. "People who say they are confused about the new grades have simply not thought about it hard enough."

Barnaby Lenon is a tit.

www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-news/exclusive-confused-about-new-gcse-grades-youve-not-thought-about-it