Ahead of the 2017 GCSEs, the Government changed the GCSE grading system from A* to G to a numerical system of 9 to 1
She said: “It will be most meaningful to compare this year’s results with 2019, the last year that summer exams were taken before the pandemic.
“As in any year, results for individual schools and colleges will vary. The approach to grading means that results for individual schools and colleges are highly likely to be lower than last summer.” The number of results marked grade 7 or above, the equivalent of an A or A*, could fall by a record 230,000, according to analysis by Professor Alan Smithers, head of the Centre for Education and Employment Research.
“A lot of pupils might think they’ve done very well because the exams were a little easier this year, but actually the grades are being lowered. So they’re going to be disappointed.”
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