GCSE Grade System
The Government changed the grading system for all GCSE and BTEC subjects. The grading system is numerical "9 to 1" with 9 being the highest. This has replaced the old grades of A* to G.
Below is a table comparing the existing system with the new numerical system.
| GCSE | |||
Grade | Number | Number | |
| A* | U | 9 | 9= |
| M | 9- | ||
| L | 8 | 8= | |
| A | U | 8- | |
| M | 7 | 7= | |
| L | 7- | ||
| B | U | 6 | 6= |
| M | 6- | ||
| L | 5 | 5= | |
| C | U | 5- | |
| M | 4 | 4= | |
| L | 4- | ||
| D | U | 3 | 3+ |
| M | 3= | ||
| L | 3- | ||
| E | U | 2 | 2+ |
| M | 2= | ||
| L | 2- | ||
| F | U | 1 | 1+ |
| M/L | 1= | ||
| G | U/M/L | 1- | |
| BTEC | |
| Grade | New |
| D* | D*+ |
| D*= | |
| D*- | |
| D | D+ |
| D= | |
| D- | |
| M | M+ |
| M= | |
| M- | |
| P | P+ |
| P= | |
| P- | |
| L1P | L1P+ |
| L1P= | |
| L1P- | |
New Accountability Measures for Schools and Academies
What are Progress 8 and Attainment 8?
Progress 8 is the new accountability measure aimed at measuring the progress of pupils for all grades across a full range of 8 subjects.
It is a type of value added measure, meaning that pupils' results are compared to the achievements of other 'similar' pupils and measures how far a pupil's results are above or below their "expected outcome".
Attainment 8 looks at the actual results and total score of a pupil across the range of 8 different subjects.
