GCSE grades explained: The 1-9 marking system
2020 will be the first year that GCSE students are graded only with numbers now that the new system has been phased inStudents have faced a chaotic few weeks in the lead up to their results as the way 2020 grades have been decided - given that no exams took place - changed at the last moment.Credit: Getty Images - Gettyhave been designed to be harder, and the grading means higher achieving students will stand out more.
A* had been the top grade and students only need to scrape lowest A* score, but now 9 will be the top grade and it will be equal to a high A*.In comparison to letter grading, this is how all number grades stack up:3, 2 and 1 are equivalent to D, E, F or GNo exams could take place this summer due to the coronavirus pandemicThe change in the grading system was gradual, with Maths, English language and English literature being the first subjects to adopt the new grading format in 2017.
This year will see all the remaining few subjects that hadn't yet made the switch to number grading do so. The biggest change will be that grade boundaries won't exist this year as exams couldn't take place due to lockdown.
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