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  2. Edexcel - Wikipedia

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    In 2019, Edexcel was the focus ... GCSE students across the UK signed a petition made by a candidate requesting that the exam board lowers the grade boundaries as ...

  3. International General Certificate of Secondary Education

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    Most IGCSE subjects offer a choice of tiered examinations: Core or Extended papers (in Cambridge International), and Foundation or Higher papers (in Edexcel). This is designed to make IGCSE suitable for students with varying levels of ability. In some subjects, IGCSE can be taken with or without coursework.

  4. Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations - Wikipedia

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    2019: After a leak of the A-Level Grade Boundaries ahead of results day, it emerged that in order to pass the new specification Mathematics A-Level (H240), candidates needed to score 13% (40 marks out of 300) to pass. [18] Edexcel, another British exam board, also had similarly low

  5. Academic grading in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    In Northern Ireland, a new grade C* was introduced in 2019 to line up with the English grade 5. In both systems, work below the grade G or 1 standard is denoted as 'Unclassified' (U). For comparison purposes, a grade C is considered equivalent to a 4, and an A is equivalent to a 7, and an 8 is equivalent roughly to an A*.

  6. 2020 United Kingdom school exam grading controversy

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    The A-Level grades were announced in England, Wales and Northern Ireland on 13 August 2020. Nearly 36% were one grade lower than teachers' predictions and 3% were down two grades. [14] [15] By comparison, 79% of university entrants in 2019 did not achieve their predicted grades. [15]

  7. GCSE grades 2024: The 9-1 boundaries explained - AOL

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    The 9-1 grading system for GCSEs began in 2017 in England.

  8. GCSE - Wikipedia

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    The first award of the new A* grade being in 2019. A C* grade was also introduced in Northern Ireland to align to the 5 Grade in England, again with first awarding in 2019. GCSEs in Northern Ireland remain modular and Science practicals can count towards the overall grade.

  9. Ofqual exam results algorithm - Wikipedia

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    In 2020, Ofqual, the regulator of qualifications, exams and tests in England, produced a grades standardisation algorithm to combat grade inflation and moderate the teacher-predicted grades for A level and GCSE qualifications in that year, after examinations were cancelled as part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.