Assessments

How does the new GCSE assessment system work?

Many of you will know that the courses and exams for GCSE students were recently changed. The reason is to ensure that young people have the knowledge and skills they need to suceed and be graded fairly. They cover more challenging content and are designed to match standards in the strongest educational systems throughout the world.

• GCSEs in England will have a new scale from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest)
• The old GCSE grading system do not directly compare, however alignments can be made between the letters A*-F and the Scale 9-1
• They have been designed this way to differentiate between student performance, and support those students who sit at the top of their grade banding

Please see this short video from AQA to help you understand how the grade system translates.