Edexcel maths - nobody can get an A/A* even if 90% ++ attained in exam

i thought it was just a set number of marks/percentage you needed regardless of which questions you got right or wrong. but yeh you would probably need to get most of the C/D questions right in order to get a certain percentage in the whole paper for an A/A*

My maths teacher said that all the teachers at our school, including himself atttended a conference from the Edexcel exam board where they were explicitly told that students could no longer achieve A's or A*'s in their gcse maths (with edexcel) if they did not get all of the C/D grade questions right, even if they achieved 80%/90% (whatever the boundaries are for an A/A*) in the exam papers.

This was apparently because too many colleges were complaining that students did not know the basics (C/D grade work). A fellow member of my class asked what if you get one C/D grade question wrong, or if you make a silly mistake can you still not get an A/A*, and to this, my teacher replied that it shouldnt really matter and this may be overlooked.

For some reason, I didnt really believe him, but then again, I dont think he would say that just to scare us for whatever reason.

Has anybody else been told this? Im quite worried because although i felt the maths exam went really well, I feel as though i may have made some mistakes in the papers (possibly in the C/D grade questions)

Is this true?

My maths teacher said that all the teachers at our school, including himself atttended a conference from the Edexcel exam board where they were explicitly told that students could no longer achieve A's or A*'s in their gcse maths (with edexcel) if they did not get all of the C/D grade questions right, even if they achieved 80%/90% (whatever the boundaries are for an A/A*) in the exam papers.

This was apparently because too many colleges were complaining that students did not know the basics (C/D grade work). A fellow member of my class asked what if you get one C/D grade question wrong, or if you make a silly mistake can you still not get an A/A*, and to this, my teacher replied that it shouldnt really matter and this may be overlooked.

For some reason, I didnt really believe him, but then again, I dont think he would say that just to scare us for whatever reason.

Has anybody else been told this? Im quite worried because although i felt the maths exam went really well, I feel as though i may have made some mistakes in the papers (possibly in the C/D grade questions)

Is this true?

1) just because you know how to answer A/A* questions it doesnt mean you cant slip on a C/D grade question

No, part of being an A* student is being able to answer the really easy stuff. You shouldn't be slipping on it.
Granted mistakes can be made, but with the way GCSE maths is marked you'll probably still only drop one mark or maybe two with the way "error carried forward" works.

i thought it was just a set number of marks/percentage you needed regardless of which questions you got right or wrong. but yeh you would probably need to get most of the C/D questions right in order to get a certain percentage in the whole paper for an A/A*

i thought it was just a set number of marks/percentage you needed regardless of which questions you got right or wrong. but yeh you would probably need to get most of the C/D questions right in order to get a certain percentage in the whole paper for an A/A*

No, part of being an A* student is being able to answer the really easy stuff. You shouldn't be slipping on it.
Granted mistakes can be made, but with the way GCSE maths is marked you'll probably still only drop one mark or maybe two with the way "error carried forward" works.

see number 2

2) everybody makes mistakes

My maths teacher said that all the teachers at our school, including himself atttended a conference from the Edexcel exam board where they were explicitly told that students could no longer achieve A's or A*'s in their gcse maths (with edexcel) if they did not get all of the C/D grade questions right, even if they achieved 80%/90% (whatever the boundaries are for an A/A*) in the exam papers.

This was apparently because too many colleges were complaining that students did not know the basics (C/D grade work). A fellow member of my class asked what if you get one C/D grade question wrong, or if you make a silly mistake can you still not get an A/A*, and to this, my teacher replied that it shouldnt really matter and this may be overlooked.

For some reason, I didnt really believe him, but then again, I dont think he would say that just to scare us for whatever reason.

Has anybody else been told this? Im quite worried because although i felt the maths exam went really well, I feel as though i may have made some mistakes in the papers (possibly in the C/D grade questions)

Is this true?

Someone should ask Mr M to prove it is bull****.

If you're on track for an A* then you have no excuse for getting C/D questions wrong in the first place, so why worry?