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The General Certificate of Secondary Education ( GCSE) is an academic qualification in a range of subjects taken in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, having been introduced in September 1986 and its first exams taken in 1988. State schools in Scotland use the Scottish Qualifications Certificate instead. However, private schools in Scotland ...
When is GCSE results day 2024? GCSE results will come out on Thursday, 22 August. In England, GCSEs are now graded using a numerical system from 9-1, rather than A-E as was previously the case ...
The General Certificate of Education ( GCE) is a subject-specific family of academic qualifications used in awarding bodies in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Crown dependencies and a few Commonwealth countries. For some time, the Scottish education system has been different from those in the other countries of the United Kingdom.
The International General Certificate of Secondary Education ( IGCSE) is an English language based secondary qualification similar to the GCSE and is recognised in the United Kingdom as being equivalent to the GCSE for the purposes of recognising prior attainment. [1] It was developed by Cambridge Assessment International Education.
GCSEs are commonly studied from the age of 13/14 until the age of 16, and are the second to last portion of mandatory qualifications. There are two concurrent GCSE grading systems. In England, GCSEs are graded numerically from 1 (lowest) to 9 (highest), with a 4 being considered a passing grade.
The long-term decline of GCSE music looks to have resumed, after a brief respite in 2020 and 2021 when entries rose slightly. This year the subject had 37,705 entries – down 4% on last year and ...
GCSEs/National 5s. GCSEs (General Certificate of Secondary Education) are the main qualification taken by 14- to 16-year-olds (adults can take them as well) in England and Wales. They are available in a wide range of academic and applied (work-related) subjects, and as a ‘short-course’ option (equivalent to half a full GCSE).
Examination boards in the United Kingdom (sometimes called awarding bodies or awarding organisations) are the examination boards responsible for setting and awarding secondary education level qualifications, such as GCSEs, Standard Grades, A Levels, Highers and vocational qualifications, to students in the United Kingdom.