A suggestion for GCSE reform that was dropped

There was a suggestion for a GCSE grade of 10 that was dropped.
Source: https://inews.co.uk/news/education/a-levels-government-numerical-grades-top-grade-gcse-1197107

What do you think?

GCSE's work, A-levels don't really, numbers over grades are smarter

There was a suggestion for a GCSE grade of 10 that was dropped.
Source: https://inews.co.uk/news/education/a-levels-government-numerical-grades-top-grade-gcse-1197107

What do you think?

I agree that it is probably required as we now have a real issue with grade inflation, particularly with A-levels. Do you keep next year's grades at the same inflated level as this year, and just get Unis and employers to accept that top grades in recent years are not as good as grades of old, or do you instead get rid on the grade inflation from 2020 and 2021, but Unis and employers then need to remember that grades from these years are not as good as other years? Neither solution is idea, so maybe moving to a 1-9 Grade system like for GCSEs is good idea.

First it's not just a real issue, it's a drastic emergency, especially in 2021, I remember when I commented on various people's grades they attempted to disguise themselves as 'amazing' then I corrected them, and various people defended the OP instead of me.

If I was the government I would get rid of the grade inflation in COVID and place it down to normal, making universities accept that grades of those years suck compared to grades from the usual years.

I agree that there should be a 1-9 system to improve differentiation, boost our global competitiveness and soft power as we have meritocratic exams to distinguish the brightest from the merely somewhat above average. Countries such as China are rising in higher education and we need to boost our investment in improved differentiation as well as specialised gifted programs and schools to maintain our lead.

In my opinion I'd put in grade 10 for GCSE to further improve differentiation. But what about you?

Yes having an additional grade 10 in GCSE might make sense. The 9 grade systems is a standard model, where 5 is the middle and you have 4 grades below that and 4 grades above that, but adding a 10th grade to compensate for the grade inflation I guess would still work, similar to the A* being added years ago.