By Gavin Mackintosh-
There has been an overall rise in the proportion of students passing their G.C.S.E exams despite the increased standard this year. Pass rates levels were up this year by 0.5% to 66.9%.
In the biggest shake up of G.C.S.E standards in a generation, pupils across England, Northern Ireland and Wales have been graded from 9 to 1 for the first time . About 4% of entries received the top grade 9, as pupils took the reformed, more demanding G.C.S.E courses.
Majority of the entries in England this year in the new challenging form of GCSE were made of up more difficult content, with the final result calculated more on the final exams rather than the previously mixed assessment which included coursework. Grade boundaries were lowered this year to reflect the higher standards, and convey the relevant message for pupils to expand their knowledge and intensify their work ethic to meet rising academic levels.
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Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) said it had concerns about pupils performing at the lower end of the grading scale.
“The Government’s intention is that the new system provides greater differentiation between grades,” Malcolm Trobe, ASCL deputy general secretary said.
“For example, it replaces A* and A with three grades, seven, eight and nine.
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“Our concern, however, is over those pupils at the other end of the scale who are taking exams which are harder than their predecessors and who have been told by the Government that a grade four is a ‘standard pass’ and a grade five is a ‘strong pass’.
“That is a very demoralising message to those who achieve grades one, two and three, and the new system does not work very well for them at all.”These young people have completed
Standards have been raised for the end of year primary school Sats exams, G.C.S.E’s and A levels, meaning that the present and future generations will be even smarter than the generations before them. This year, 732 achieved a clean sweep of all nine subjects, showing that even when standards are raised, the best will raise their standards too. As the stand, the results show that the Ministry of education are on the right track in raising standards, and this means schools right across the country will also have to raise standards of academics for younger pupils in the years building up to G.C.S.E’s for the future.
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