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Curriculum change 8th October 2014ascl.org.uk/consultancy

NEW GRADES

AT

GCSE


Grading of new GCSEs


Grading of new GCSEs1 – 9 Pass

A – E

A – G

O & F 9 – 1

Merit A* Distinction


Curriculum and qualification reform• National Curriculum reform 2014

• Assessment reform 2014

• SEN reform 2014

• KS4 vocational qualification reform (already in place)

• Post 16 vocational qualification reform 2014 (first teaching)

• A and AS level reform 2015 (first teaching) to 2019

• GCSE reform 2015 (first teaching) to 2019

• KS4 performance table reform 2016

• Post 16 performance table reform 2016

• Impact of funding changes post 16

• Raising Participation Age (RPA) already in place


Transition Emphasis on English and maths (plan backwards from

GCSE)

Work together with KS2 –single goal

Y7s won’t have covered new KS2 Eng and maths until

2016

KS2 tests remain in Eng and maths (new

grading 2016, score from 80 to 130 with

national expectation of 100, 100 = 4b, required

to access senior curriculum!)


GCSE first teaching 2015, first exam 2017• Maths, Eng lang and Eng lit (no single English)

• More content, more demanding, more extended writing, more

time?

• Terminal assessment, exam only, grades 1-9 with 9 highest,

November resit for sixth formers only in Eng and Maths

• Overlapping tiering in maths (4 and 5 available to both tiers)

• No tiering in English, S & L separate grade, SPAG 20% lang,

5% lit

• Other subjects retain grades A - G


First teaching 2016, first exam 2018

• Science (double and triple), modern and ancient

languages, history, geography, computer science, art

and design, D & T, drama, dance, PE, citizenship,

music, RS

• Grading and linearity as for Eng and maths but

decisions awaited on tiering(science) and teacher

assessment(DT,drama) (assumption is against both

unless essential)

• More content, more emphasis on literacy and numeracy

• Specifications available from autumn 2015


First teaching 2017, first exam 2019

• Remaining GCSEs (pending Ofqual consultation on

what is in and out and awarding bodies assessment of

which titles are viable

• Any existing GCSEs not reformed by then will disappear

• All GCSE grades numerical from 2019 (2017 and 2018

have mixed economy)

• Similar approach to these subjects in terms of

assessment and content


What will these new qualifications demand?

Writing by hand

for long periods

from memory

at one point in the year

no use of technology

little practical application


Grading of new GCSEs

Three points “fixed” to existing grades in 2017, pegged to

achieve same proportion for a similar cohort

• Bottom of 4 aligned to bottom of C

• Bottom of 1 aligned to bottom of G

• Bottom of 7 aligned to bottom of A

• Top 20% who get 7 and above will get 9, approx. 3%

• Grade 5 positioned in top third of marks for C and

bottom third of B


Accountability: KS4 from 2016• Headline measures: best 8 (En + Ma + 3 Ebacc + 1

other), Progress 8 (best 8 with VA measure), % of Eng &

maths C+, e-back, but not valid until KS2 reforms have

worked through, and impossible until Y7 2016

• English and Maths double weighted in 8

• Best of lit and lang counts for English x2

• Only pupils with KS2 scores get progress 8 score

• Schools with 6+ pupils with KS2 scores will have a

progress 8 score

• IGCSE Eng and maths don’t count 2017 onwards

(unless reformed to meet GCSE criteria)


What does it mean for you?Current Y10s

• Would take reformed GCSEs in English and

maths 2017

Current Y9s

• Would take reformed GCSEs in 2018 (most

subjects)

Current Y8s and beyond

• Would take reformed GCSEs in 2019 (all

subjects)


A pupil’s curriculum and

qualifications are for life

not just for the period of

office of a Secretary of

State. Any youngster can

only do their best with

what is put in front of

them.


Hull CollegiateParent PortalRobert Tuck

Hull Collegiate School

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