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Year 12 predicted grades - boundaries?

Hi all,
I just finished my GCSEs and I have to pick a school for my A-levels. How are the grade boundaries decided for Year 12 mocks?

School1: High performing competitive grammar
School 2: Average performing grammar

If someone gets for eg: 85%, they are unlikely to be in the top 20% at school1. They are likely to be - in school2.

If A* is generally top 20%, would I have better chances of A* s in school 2 than in school 1 ?
Original post by Robin8
Hi all,
I just finished my GCSEs and I have to pick a school for my A-levels. How are the grade boundaries decided for Year 12 mocks?

School1: High performing competitive grammar
School 2: Average performing grammar

If someone gets for eg: 85%, they are unlikely to be in the top 20% at school1. They are likely to be - in school2.

If A* is generally top 20%, would I have better chances of A* s in school 2 than in school 1 ?


Well it depends. If for the year 12 mocks, your school decides to make you sit AS exams, the grade boundaries will be set by the exam board. If the mocks are done independently by the school they can set the grade boundaries they like, although they will probably use grade boundaries similar to previous years and tweak them a little bit. You'd have an equal chance of getting an A* in either school anyway because they will take into consideration that they may not be representative of the whole country - the high performing, competitive grammar school will know that they will have more top students achieving an A* than the country average, and this will be reflected in your grades. So don't worry about that. :smile:
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Original post by Scotland Yard
Well it depends. If for the year 12 mocks, your school decides to make you sit AS exams, the grade boundaries will be set by the exam board. If the mocks are done independently by the school they can set the grade boundaries they like, although they will probably use grade boundaries similar to previous years and tweak them a little bit. You'd have an equal chance of getting an A* in either school anyway because they will take into consideration that they may not be representative of the whole country - the high performing, competitive grammar school will know that they will have more top students achieving an A* than the country average, and this will be reflected in your grades. So don't worry about that. :smile:

Great! Thank you.

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