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Religious education is the term given to education concerned with religion.It may refer to education provided by a church or religious organization, for instruction in doctrine and faith, or for education in various aspects of religion, but without explicitly religious or moral aims, e.g. in a school or college.
The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) is an academic qualification in a range of subjects taken in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, having been introduced in September 1986 and its first exams taken in 1988.
The Council for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment (CCEA) is an awarding body in Northern Ireland. [3] It develops and delivers qualifications, including GCSEs, AS, and A Levels, and provides curriculum support and assessments for schools.
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]
Subject "integrity" is prioritised until year ten, when the focus turns to the contents of students' chosen GCSE courses. This is gradually introduced in the concluding stages of year nine and is phased out for revision in year eleven. Another optional subject, further mathematics, is also introduced during this curricular period. [54] [55]
In June, Paper 3 of the Mathematics GCSE (Higher Tier, 1MA1/03) appeared to contain an exam question which was published in an AQA (another British exam board) Further Mathematics textbook. The exam question had the same diagram, values and answer as the question in the textbook. Pearson Edexcel said that they were investigating how this might ...
Bishop Ullathorne School has a good academic record and in 2012–13 91% of GCSE students gained 5 A*-C passes. [1] At A Level, 72% of students achieved 3 A-C passes in 2012–2013. [ 2 ] Students come from a wide range of backgrounds as the school draws in Catholics from around the city.
Year 7 is an educational year group in schools in many countries including England, Wales, Australia and New Zealand.It is the seventh full year (or eighth in Australia and England) of compulsory education and is roughly equivalent to grade 6 in the United States and Canada (or to grade 7 for the Australian Year 7).