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GCSE

in Britain
General Certificate of Secondary Education: a public examination in specified subjects for 16-year-old schoolchildren. It replaced the GCE O-level and CSE
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Our advice to universities about the two new GCSE maths qualifications is that both GCSE Maths and GCSE Maths-Numeracy are equal in size and level of challenge.
Wales to explain its exams to universities
Overall more than 91% of all pupils who took the two GCSE Maths exams in Wales last November achieved an A* to G grade, with more than 10% of those awarded either an A* or A grade.
More than half get a D or below in maths exams
1% of the total 19,730 pupils who sat the GCSE maths numeracy exam while 10.
Half of pupils get D or below in GCSE maths
THE curriculum in some secondary schools is being "whittled away" by a move towards pupils starting their GCSEs early, the head of Ofsted has warned.
Subjects 'whittled away' for students
All GCSE subjects will be revised by 2018 and examined by 2020.
It's about to become tougher to make the grade
As for 2016's North East GCSE results, the Chronicle reported how more children in the North East achieved five good GCSEs than the national average.
GCSE success over last 20 years
The boys have made the most of their potential with the year group becoming our most successful at GCSE.
Best ever results for boys' school
Calday Grange Grammar School is fourth with a 96% GCSE rate and an 88% English Baccalaureate.
Top of the class; SEVEN WIRRAL SCHOOLS ON MERSEYSIDE'S TOP LIST
Further research is needed, but parents who are concerned about p their child's GCSE grade might consider limiting his or her screen time.
TOO MUCH TELLY DOES MAKE CHILDREN STUPID; Screen addicts' GCSE grades tumble
The fact is, however, that the GCSE has proved itself to be a robust and reliable qualification.
New focus on end-of-year exams as coursework and resits are scrapped
Coursework is being scrapped for most subjects as GCSEs become mainly exambased, with the exception of English language assessments to test pupils' ability to speak English.
PUPILS EYE A STAR IN THE FUTURE
The Government has revealed the latest stage of its plans for GCSE reform, setting out information on the content of new GCSEs in key subjects including English, maths, science and the humanities.
More exams loom

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