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Friday January 27th, 2017
In 2017, England’s exam system will undergo a radical transformation. Ofqual has changed GCSE results to be graded 9 to 1 rather than A* to G. This change will take effect from August 2017 for English and Maths and for all other new GCSEs when grades are first awarded in 2018 and 2019. Grade 9 will be the equivalent of a new grade for high performing students above the current A*. A ‘good pass’ is considered to be a grade 5 and above, which equates to the top of a grade C and above. The aim of the new grading system is to show greater differentiation between higher and lower achieving students. For a few years pupils will receive a combination of letters and numbers. New 1-9 system will be used n summer 2017 for the following subjects:
English Literature
English Language
Maths
This applies to re-sits too.
The other change taking place this year is that GCSE, AS and A-level qualifications are now linear. This means students sit all exams for their qualification at the end of the full course in June rather than over several years twice a year in January and in June like it used to be in the past. The exams themselves are also changing. The government plans to make them more “rigorous”.
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