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IGCSE English Language grades reported lower than 2014

Figures from the exam board show that just 3.4 per cent gained an A* this year, down from 5.7 per cent in 2014. And 12.4 per cent gained an A or above, down from 15.5 per cent last year.

https://www.tes.co.uk/news/school-news/breaking-news/igcse-results-drop-top-grades-english-language-entries-increase-two
Original post by Mkbear
Figures from the exam board show that just 3.4 per cent gained an A* this year, down from 5.7 per cent in 2014. And 12.4 per cent gained an A or above, down from 15.5 per cent last year.

https://www.tes.co.uk/news/school-news/breaking-news/igcse-results-drop-top-grades-english-language-entries-increase-two


Surely that's normal, A* grades are always quite a low number

If I remember correctly standard GCSE English Language (not iGCSE) across all boards last year had 2% achieving A*
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Original post by yellowcopter
Surely that's normal, A* grades are always quite a low number

If I remember correctly standard GCSE English Language (not iGCSE) across all boards last year had 2% achieving A*



Even a few percent can be significant. However, could be offset by the fact that entries have doubled.

"The drop in top grades comes alongside a significant rise in the number of pupils taking Cambridge’s IGCSE test, from 121,530 in 2014 to 201,858 this year".

Therefore in 2014:
6,927 A* Grades
2015:
6863 A* Grades

That number has remained roughly similar (yet has even gone down)
even though candidates have massively increased. Perhaps the exam was considerably easier making boundaries higher. Perhaps they'd prefer to stay within that range.

Not long till we find out now!
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/09/exam_results/gcse_fc/html/art.stm

This is a bit dated but gives statistics on percentages of grades awarded in different subjects. 4.1 for English.

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