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  2. Academic grading in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    ^b New A*–G grades in Northern Ireland from 2019 [3] ^c A*–G grades as used in Wales since 1994, and in England and Northern Ireland between 1994 and 2019 ^d Before 1975, each exam board had its own grading system (some used letters, others numbers). Grades were only given to schools and not recorded on students' certificates

  3. 2020 United Kingdom school exam grading controversy

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    On 4 August 2020, secondary school students in Scotland received their Higher grades. Having also been unable to take their exams because of the pandemic, their grades were estimated by teachers, but the body awarding the qualifications was reported to have downgraded around a quarter of the marks awarded in order to "maintain credibility". [41]

  4. Education in England - Wikipedia

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    Comprehensive or Secondary Lower school Comprehensive, Secondary or Senior Grammar school and selective Academies Year 8: 12 to 13 Year 9: 13 to 14 Upper: Senior (Public/Private school) KS4: Year 10: 14 to 15 University technical college: Upper school Year 11: GCSE: 15 to 16 KS5: Year 12: Advanced subsidiary level or school-set end of year ...

  5. English Baccalaureate - Wikipedia

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    The UK Government introduced a new performance indicator called the English Baccalaureate, which measures the percentage of students in a school who achieve 5+ A*-C grades (now five Grades 4 to 9 since the GCSE Reforms) in English, mathematics, two sciences, a foreign language and history or geography at GCSE level. [3]

  6. Certificate of Secondary Education - Wikipedia

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    The majority of secondary modern pupils continued to leave without qualifications until the raising of the school leaving age to 16, in 1973, made a fifth year of secondary education compulsory. A number of GCE and CSE exam boards experimented with offering a combined O-Level and CSE examination, in the 1970s, for borderline candidates.

  7. A-level (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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    In the United Kingdom, the high school diploma is considered to be at the level of the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE), which is awarded at Year 11. [20] [21] For college and university admissions, the high school diploma may be accepted in lieu of the GCSE if an average grade of C is obtained in subjects with a GCSE ...

  8. Education in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    It was found that 7.1% of Black students received higher actual grades compared to 6.6% of White students, 6.5% of Asian students and 6.1% of Mixed students. [34] In 2018, of all teachers in state-funded schools in England, 14.1% were from BAME groups. [35] 33.5% of primary school and 31.3% of secondary school pupils in England were from BAME ...

  9. Grading systems by country - Wikipedia

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    The "school grade" system has historically been a scale of 0 to 10, but all grades lower than 4 have been discarded. Thus, it is now divided between 4, the failing grade, and 5–10, the succeeding grades. Upper secondary school has the same grades for courses and course exams as a comprehensive school but matriculation examination grades are ...