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i would have thought about 55% or over for a C, but it all depends how well students did on a paper, therefore they might raise or lower the pass rate.
it has been possible in the past for the pass rate to be 60% and above but it depends.
If u get about 94% and above that is considered an A* OR 86% (roughly) and above is an A
it also depends on ur % coursework grade, altho in some subjects like maths and english it doesnt really make alot of difference unless u are on the borderline
altho i am not totally sure!:smile:
Reply 2
It varies but it's usually:

75% - A
60% - B
50% - C
Reply 3
Cellardore
i would have thought about 55% or over for a C, but it all depends how well students did on a paper, therefore they might raise or lower the pass rate.
it has been possible in the past for the pass rate to be 60% and above but it depends.
If u get about 94% and above that is considered an A* OR 86% (roughly) and above is an A
it also depends on ur % coursework grade, altho in some subjects like maths and english it doesnt really make alot of difference unless u are on the borderline
altho i am not totally sure!:smile:


No offence, and I take on board the fact that these are just your rough estimations, but I feel they are rather unrealistic.

94% for an A* and 86% for an A, I somewhat doubt that.

I know that last year in AQA Mathematics GCSE (which I sat and got an A in) only 54% (raw mark) was required on one paper to get an A.

More often than not, I would say that the A usually hovers around 70% with A* maybe in the low 80s.

You have to remember that marks are standardised according to the difficulty of a paper, (I want to avoide any elaboration on the dreaded UMS system, in part because it confuses me :tongue: ) in the hope of achieving a normal distribution of grades.

Therefore, there is no 'hard and fast' percentage for an A (in terms of raw marks) and it can fluctuate.
mobbdeeprob
No offence, and I take on board the fact that these are just your rough estimations, but I feel they are rather unrealistic.

94% for an A* and 86% for an A, I somewhat doubt that.

I know that last year in AQA Mathematics GCSE (which I sat and got an A in) only 54% (raw mark) was required on one paper to get an A.

More often than not, I would say that the A usually hovers around 70% with A* maybe in the low 80s.

You have to remember that marks are standardised according to the difficulty of a paper, (I want to avoide any elaboration on the dreaded UMS system, in part because it confuses me :tongue: ) in the hope of achieving a normal <a href="http://www.ntsearch.com/search.php?q=distribution&v=55">distribution</a> of grades.

Therefore, there is no 'hard and fast' percentage for an A (in terms of raw marks) and it can fluctuate.


I was trying to get that across, that grades do flactuate according to how many ppl passed the paper, yes i agree that ur grade boundaries are a bit more realistic! :smile: but u never know with these examiners, grades can be so unpredictable
Reply 5

94% for an A*


a gcse i took needed 95% to get an a*
Reply 6
TheWolf
a gcse i took needed 95% to get an a*


Really? Which one?
Reply 7
mobbdeeprob
Really? Which one?


chinese :rolleyes:
Reply 8
last year to get an A* in Edexcel GCSE Drama you had to get a percentage well into the 90's...
Reply 9
I have attached a file from the examiners report to an edexcel maths gcse sat in november 2002

As you can see the boundaries are generally in intervals of 20% (for higher papers)
Reply 10
It varies so it is hard to say as a general guide i would say 75% for an A and 85% for an A*. The exam boards (AQA are very good) will show you the grade boundaries on their web site if you go under examiners reports and scroll down.
Reply 11
I've always thought that it was 70% for a B, 80% for an A and 90% for an A*... I've never really thought about what a C is though...
I have just had a look on the AQA website at last years grade boundaries and for one of them you needed to get 147 marks out of 220 to get an A*. That doesn't seem like a really hard target, does it?

Lou
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sparkly_tiara
I have just had a look on the AQA website at last years grade boundaries and for one of them you needed to get 147 marks out of 220 to get an A*. That doesn't seem like a really hard target, does it?

Lou
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This is GCSE remember.
sparkly_tiara
I have just had a look on the AQA website at last years grade boundaries and for one of them you needed to get 147 marks out of 220 to get an A*. That doesn't seem like a really hard target, does it?

Lou
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Not on the face of it, but having sat maths last year - and literally having put no answer for about 25% of the questions - it isn't all that easy (especially to get an A*).

Mind you, I heard that the Higher Tier maths papers have an equal proportion of questions from all the four grade bands (A*-C).

Therefore it makes sense that, being a so-so mathematician, I couldn't answer a lot of the questions as 20% are targeted at the A* grade.

What you have to remember though, is that it is NOT expected that even A* candidates can answer all (or even most) the A* band questions correctly - afterall, if you get the other 4/5 of the paper right (and answer no A* questions) you can get an A* quite easily, I would suspect.