2018 Examinations and Outcomes

Please follow the link below to access performance data through the .gov.uk website. You may also want to look at this publication produced by the Department for Education that gives advice and guidance around the reformed GCSE's.

Top facts about the new GCSEs

Compare school and college performance (The Cheadle Academy) 

Key Stage 4 Examination Results 2018

Pupil Destinations (data published in January 2018 for pupils who completed secondary education in 2016).

SUPP: Data is suppressed because 5 or fewer pupils are covered by the measure.

KS5 Examination Results 2018

For more detailed results please follow the link below to access performance data through the Gov.uk website. 

https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/133104        

SUPP: Data is suppressed because 5 or fewer pupils are covered by the measure. 

Understanding the new GCSEs

Over the past two years, GCSE course have been changing, as the government rolls out a series of changes. The main differences that students and teachers have been adjusting to include:

-          New grading scale, using 9-1, with 9 being the top grade,

-          Assessment is mainly by exams at the end of the course,

-          More demanding content.

Year 11

New GCSEs were introduced in English and Maths and examined for the first time in Summer 2017. Current Year 11 students across England will be the first to sit new GCSE exams in most subjects in Summer 2018. They will be awarded 9-1 grades in these subjects.

Product Design is the only GCSE for which students will still be awarded a grade between A* and G.

Vocational subjects such as BTEC qualifications will continue to be awarded Distinction, Merit and Pass grades.

Years 9 and 10

Students in Year 9 and 10 will be following the new courses in all of their GCSE subjects and they will be awarded grades 9-1 in their external exams at the end of year 11. Vocational subjects such as BTEC qualifications will continue to be awarded Distinction, Merit and Pass grades.

The new grading system

The content of the new GCSEs is very different and there will not be a simple and direct way to compare the new grading system to the old GCSE A*-G grades. However to ensure that the new system is fair, the percentages of students gaining particular grades will remain the same. So for example, the same proportion of students that gained an A or A* in the old GCSEs will now gain a grade 7 or above.

The government’s definition of ‘a good GCSE Pass’ will be set at a Grade 5, which will be equivalent to a high grade C. The new grade 9 will be awarded to only the very top students in the country, for exceptional performance.

  Useful Information

Structure of new GCSES video
Making the Grade.  A guide to awarding video 

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