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GCSE grades have changed
GCSEs in England have been reformed and are graded with a scale from 9 to 1, with 9 being the highest grade. English literature, English language and mathematics were the first subjects to be graded in this way from August 2017. The subjects with the highest numbers of candidates (e.g. arts, humanities, languages) followed in 2018 and most others in 2019. This has happened as GCSEs are reformed to make them more challenging, to keep pace with employers’ and universities’ demands.
In the first year each new GCSE subject is introduced, students who would have got a grade C or better will get a grade 4 or better. Students who would have got a Grade A or better will get a 7 or better in the first year. Grade 9 will be more difficult to achieve than a grade A*. The extra top grade will also make it easier for employers and universities to distinguish between the most able students.
