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    GCSE grades 2024: The 9-1 boundaries explained

    The numerical grading scheme was launched as a part of a 2014 curriculum overhaul by then-education secretary, Michael Gove. It put much less emphasis on GCSE coursework than earlier than, with grades in nearly all topics determined in remaining exams. The {qualifications} had been designed to be tougher, with exams taken after two years of […] More

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    GCSE results day 2024: What time do results come out?

    Grade boundaries present the minimal variety of marks you want for every grade. They are determined by examiners and revealed on outcomes day. Qualifications Wales, which oversees Welsh exams, had been ready to make use of statistics to set the grade boundaries to forestall marks dropping considerably beneath 2019 ranges, exterior, due to a priority […] More

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    Students wait for GCSE and BTec results

    Getty Images Students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will obtain GCSE, BTec Tech Awards and different stage 2 {qualifications} on Thursday. It is the primary yr that GCSE grades are anticipated to be much like 2019 throughout all three nations. It follows a progress within the proportion of passes in 2020 and 2021, when […] More