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Reply 1
usually the grade boundaries are this:

Higher Tier:
to get an A* you need ~ 85% or 90%
to get an A you need ~ 75%
to get a B you need ~ 65%
to get a C you need ~ 50% or 55%

Foundation Tier:
to get a B (as this is the highest you can get) you usually need 75% or 80%
to get a C you usually need 60%
to get a D you usually need 45% or 50%
to get an E you usually need 35%


i hope this helped
Reply 2
u can't get a B in foundation
hellom
u can't get a B in foundation

true, the highest you cant get in foundation is a C.

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perhaps this will help:
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=194791
Reply 4
Would this be the same for AQA dual award co-ordinated?
Reply 5
Back again and i've found out how to to find out last year's, 2004's etc grade boundaries. You say you're on Edexcel: Go to www.edexcel.org (or whatever the edexcel site is). Go on 'qualifications' on the left and select 'GCSE'. Then go to your subject, and at the top go on the examiners report. The grade boundaries are the last thing on the report.
rohil
usually the grade boundaries are this:

Higher Tier:
to get an A* you need ~ 85% or 90%
to get an A you need ~ 75%
to get a B you need ~ 65%
to get a C you need ~ 50% or 55%

Foundation Tier:
to get a B (as this is the highest you can get) you usually need 75% or 80%
to get a C you usually need 60%
to get a D you usually need 45% or 50%
to get an E you usually need 35%


i hope this helped


these are complete bull, well I know for sure the higher tier ones are. For C you only need around 35%, for aqa it was 28% for a C in one of the years!! Bascially they are all scaled up too high

Edit: I'm talking crap, ignore the stuff above

lol yeah, like someone else said, you cannot get a B in foundation!!
no1mohsin
Back again and i've found out how to to find out last year's, 2004's etc grade boundaries. You say you're on Edexcel: Go to www.edexcel.org (or whatever the edexcel site is). Go on 'qualifications' on the left and select 'GCSE'. Then go to your subject, and at the top go on the examiners report. The grade boundaries are the last thing on the report.


don't you need an account to access it now?
gordon2002
these are complete bull, well I know for sure the higher tier ones are. For C you only need around 35%, for aqa it was 28% for a C in one of the years!! Bascially they are all scaled up too high


Are they talking about in terms of the full GCSE here or the final exams?, because from my marks at GCSE I needed over 80%+ to get the A*A*.. if someone would have got 28% overall they'd have failed!
stratomaster
Are they talking about in terms of the full GCSE here or the final exams?, because from my marks at GCSE I needed over 80%+ to get the A*A*.. if someone would have got 28% overall they'd have failed!


Oh sugar, I've just realised this is about 'Edexcel double award science' b*llacks I though it was maths:rolleyes:

My apologies guys:biggrin: