Students just need an overall score of 55% to get an A grade in this year's maths A-Level exam
Students just need an overall score of 55% to get an A grade in this year's maths A-Level exam, leaked documents have shown.
The grade boundary of that and other popular subjects were reportedly published on a forum called The Student Room 24 hours before the official results are revealed. They showed the percentage needed to get an A this summer is in maths has fallen by 6% from 61% last year).The same grade only requires 56% in biology, 59% in physics, 67% in chemistry and 69% in English Literature, according to the Daily Telegraph.
Pearson, the parent company of the Edexcel exam board which drew up the maths paper, said grade boundaries are shared with schools as standard practice ahead of results day, but they are asked"not to share this widely".This year for the first time a new curriculum for A-level maths is being examined by the vast majority of students.
Students set up a petition, signed by over 18,000 people, after they sat the exam, complaining it was"unlike any specimen, past or textbook questions" and asking for it to be"marked fairly".
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