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C and B grade for GCSE higher tier maths???

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  • 03-08-2013 9:32pm
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    Damixox
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭


    Hey. I'm just wondering what grade a c and b is in gcse higher tier maths because in Ireland a D in higher maths is between 40-54 and I read in some places that in England for gcse a c in higher tier maths is between 40-50 ...so does this mean a D grade in Ireland for maths is the equivalent to a C grade in Engalnd... Someone please help I'm really stuck!


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    pow wow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,288 ✭✭✭pow wow


    No it doesn't because you can't compare the marking like that - x% in Ireland isn't the same as getting x% in the UK and likewise with the letter grades. To answer your question with the grade boundaries though, these vary by year and by who is setting the exams (different schools set exams set by different exam boards). Guidance for this year for the AQA board is that a C is 45 for example. Edexcel is the other major exam board.


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    kboc
    Registered Users Posts: 458 ✭✭kboc


    Damixox wrote: »
    Hey. I'm just wondering what grade a c and b is in gcse higher tier maths because in Ireland a D in higher maths is between 40-54 and I read in some places that in England for gcse a c in higher tier maths is between 40-50 ...so does this mean a D grade in Ireland for maths is the equivalent to a C grade in Engalnd... Someone please help I'm really stuck!

    Pow Wow is correct. you cannot compare these. The real difference between GCSE's and Southern system is that a grade C in Foundation Tier is exactly the same as grade C in Higher Tier, but, (as of last summers as the % change slightly each summer) in AQA Linear Maths GCSE examinations you needed 73% in Foundation tier to get a C and 31% in Higher Tier to get a C. See below for grades available.

    Higher Tier

    A* 83%
    A 67%
    B 49%
    C 31%
    D 15%
    E 7%

    Foundation Tier
    C 72%
    D 59%
    E 46%
    F 33%
    G 21%


    Clear as mud I bet.


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