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How many people in the UK got straight 9s at GCSE?

I was looking at this news article and it says that 200 people were expected to get straight 9s, does anyone know what that number ended up being ultimately?


732 got 7 9s but most people do more than 7 GCSEs so it isn’t really straight 9s
Original post by Littlegeekgirl_
732 got 7 9s but most people do more than 7 GCSEs so it isn’t really straight 9s


'732 students secured a clean sweep of grade 9s in all subjects'
Original post by georgia1989
'732 students secured a clean sweep of grade 9s in all subjects'


You’re getting your information from unreliable tabloids. If you go to the official Department for Education website you will find that this is only the case for those who got 7 9s and above not a ‘clean sweep’. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/735678/GCSE_Infographic_23.8.18.pdf
Under the heading ‘Grade combinations for 16 year olds’ the total across reformed (9-1) subjects achieving 7+ grade 9s was 732 including 278 boys and 454 girls
Original post by Littlegeekgirl_
You’re getting your information from unreliable tabloids. If you go to the official Department for Education website you will find that this is only the case for those who got 7 9s and above not a ‘clean sweep’. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/735678/GCSE_Infographic_23.8.18.pdf
Under the heading ‘Grade combinations for 16 year olds’ the total across reformed (9-1) subjects achieving 7+ grade 9s was 732 including 278 boys and 454 girls


You don't have to be patronising about it
Original post by georgia1989
You don't have to be patronising about it


sorry
Original post by Littlegeekgirl_
sorry


The information I found was from the BBC which is well known and respected so it would be easy to trust that it was right
Original post by georgia1989
The information I found was from the BBC which is well known and respected so it would be easy to trust that it was right


yeah, I understand, I probably would’ve done the same thing to be fair. Sorry for being patronising. Good Luck with exams!
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Original post by Littlegeekgirl_
You’re getting your information from unreliable tabloids. If you go to the official Department for Education website you will find that this is only the case for those who got 7 9s and above not a ‘clean sweep’. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/735678/GCSE_Infographic_23.8.18.pdf
Under the heading ‘Grade combinations for 16 year olds’ the total across reformed (9-1) subjects achieving 7+ grade 9s was 732 including 278 boys and 454 girls

You have been misled by Ofqual's infographic. That is not the message that they were trying to get across. Ofqual, the exams regulator, actually state on their website that it was for straight 9s, but there was a caveat, which is mentioned:

'[W]e have looked at the number of students taking at least 7 reformed 9 to 1 GCSEs who achieved a grade 9 in all of their 9 to 1 graded subjects. In total, there were 732 students that achieved this'.

Source (under the section titled 'Grade 9 in reformed GCSE subjects'): https://www.gov.uk/government/news/guide-to-gcse-results-for-england-2018
Original post by Littlegeekgirl_
yeah, I understand, I probably would’ve done the same thing to be fair. Sorry for being patronising. Good Luck with exams!


No problem I know you didn't intend to, good luck to you as well

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