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In August 2018, Ofqual announced that it had intervened to adjust the GCSE Science grade boundaries for students who had taken the "higher tier" paper in its new double award science exams and performed poorly, due to an excessive number of students in danger of receiving a grade of "U" or "unclassified". [3]
The 9-1 grading system for GCSEs began in 2017 in England.
For GCSE Science the old single-award ‘science’ and ‘additional science’ options are no longer available, being replaced with a double award ‘combined science’ option (graded on the scale 9–9 to 1–1 and equivalent to 2 GCSEs). Alternatively pupils can take separate qualifications in chemistry, biology and physics.
The A* grade is only obtainable in the A2 level. For all subjects this requires a student to obtain 80% of all the UMS available in addition to 90% of the UMS available in the A2 modules. However, this is different in A level maths: to obtain an A* in A level maths one must obtain 80% of the available UMS in the whole A level and at least 90% ...
American Association for the Advancement of Science (1993). Benchmarks for science literacy. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195089868. Bruton, Sheila; Ong, Faye (2000). Science content standards for California public schools : kindergarten through grade twelve (PDF). Sacramento, Calif.: Dept. of Education. ISBN 978-0-8011-1496-0
Like AQA combined science, following recent changes, a student can go for one of two routes if taking OCR combined science; in this case either combined science A or combined science B. [35] In combined science A, science is delivered in the three traditional parts of biology, chemistry and physics.
Physics and Chemistry (combined)† (also in Science group) Design and Communication Graphics (formerly 'Technical Drawing') Technology; Computer Science; Physical Education; Physical Education (P.E.) was made an official Leaving Certificate subject as of 11 November 2017. Students can now receive grades for sport, dance and other activities.
Physics; Combined Science (combining two of the three science subjects, Physics, Chemistry and Biology) (withdrawn from 2024) Integrated Science (integrating all three science subjects, Physics, Chemistry and Biology) (withdrawn from 2024) Tourism and Hospitality Studies; Business, Accounting and Financial Studies; Design and Applied Technology