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Is it easier to get a 4 in foundation French or a 4 in higher French? (edexcel gcse)

Just asking because I just want to pass and I might have an opportunity to move down to foundation tier; but I don't know which is easier. Higher French is obviously harder but you need much less marks whereas in foundation you need quite a lot of marks. (btw I am terrible at French: it is by far my worst subject)

Any help will be greatly appreciated, thank you very much.
Original post by School_Student99
Just asking because I just want to pass and I might have an opportunity to move down to foundation tier; but I don't know which is easier. Higher French is obviously harder but you need much less marks whereas in foundation you need quite a lot of marks. (btw I am terrible at French: it is by far my worst subject)

Any help will be greatly appreciated, thank you very much.

The tiers are structured so that, for the grades which overlap both tiers, a given candidate should achieve the same grade regardless of whether they took lower tier or higher tier.

So, for a grade 4, you would have no advantage in taking the lower or higher tier papers.
Original post by DataVenia
The tiers are structured so that, for the grades which overlap both tiers, a given candidate should achieve the same grade regardless of whether they took lower tier or higher tier.
So, for a grade 4, you would have no advantage in taking the lower or higher tier papers.

Oh okay, thank you so much :smile:

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