You can also see that overall, 67% of GCSE grades awarded in all subjects were from 9th to 4th grade. The percentage of students who reach grades 9-4 in mathematics is lower than the percentage who receive grades 9-4 in all subjects. According to Ofqual, the exam regulator, grade 7 equals an A. Grade 8 is considered a strong A and grade 9 an A*.
Grade 4, a standard pass, equals a C, while grade 5, also a C, is considered a strong pass and grade 6 equals a B. According to this illustration, grade 4 requires 56—66 percent, grade 5 requires 67-77 percent, and grade 6 requires 78-88 percent. College and Academy website design by Peter Bourne Communications. The GCSE exams will be held in May and June, as usual, and the examining boards have already published their summer final exam schedules.
A grade 5 was the most common individual grade level achieved by GCSE students, accounting for 17.1 percent of all entries. The consultation gathered more than 6,000 responses, with almost a quarter of the students, and showed that more than 90 percent of students and parents were in favor of giving advance information about the approach to exams next summer to support students with the review, and about 80 percent or more were in favor of giving advance information about the approach to exams next summer to support students with the review, and about 80 percent or more were in favor of agreement with offering topic options in some GCSE subjects.