A new grading system made it tougher for this year’s GCSE pupils for maths and English, with the old ‘star’ lettering system faded out and replaced by a numbering.
In just over three weeks time we will see the first cohort of GCSE students decipher a mix of letters and numbers in their results. Here’s our guide to the new numerical grading system and what it means for pupils.
Exited pupils got many A* and A grades in their GCSE results today at Oaklands Secondary in London’s East End which didn’t quite match last year’s record—but at least kept them in the country’s top 10 per cent.
Any confusion over the change in the way schools’ performances are now assessed with today’s GCSE results hasn’t stopped Bethnal Green’s Morpeth Secondary reaching for the stars.
Pupils at Poplar’s Langdon Park Secondary in east London have cocked a snoop at the national GCSE results which have shown a decline in top grades this year.
Another consecutive year of top GCSE results is today’s score-line at Stepney’s Bishop Challoner Schools in east London which have bucked the national declining trend.
A school in the heart of the deprived East End of London has managed a 75 per cent GCSE pass rate in top A*-to-C grades—with a little mentoring help from big business in Canary Wharf and the City.
Avid novel readers might want to look out for a bright 16-year-old sporting a bow tie who got five A*s and four As at Morpeth Secondary in London’s East End.
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