Re: These darned new-fangled and English GCSE-thingies

On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 22:08:54 UTC, "Jo Ling" <donald.duck@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

: My question relates to the GCSEs she will be doing, however. What mark in a
: GCSE exam constitues a pass?

Raw or adjusted?

: And what constitutes an A, B or C pass? And
: what's an A*? Is that equivalent to the Scottish "A Band 1" (ie. 95% or
: above - again if I recall correctly)?

A band 1 was 90+ (then four bands of 5%, downwards).

An A* pass at GCSE is roughly equivalent to a pass at C or better in
O-grades.

G,D&R

Ian
.