National Cohort | GCSE Grade | O-Level Grade | CSE Grade | |||
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%'ile | England from 2017 a |
Northern Ireland from 2019 b |
Wales from 1994 England, NI 1994–2019 c |
1988–1993 | 1975–1987 d | 1965–1987 |
5% | 9 | A* | A* | A | A | 1 |
15% | 8 | A | B | |||
A | B | C | ||||
25% | 7 | D | 2 | |||
40% | 6 | B | B | C | E | |
55% | 5 | C* | D | |||
C | U | 3 | ||||
70% | 4 | C | E | 4 | ||
85% | 3 | D | D | F | 5 | |
95% | 2 | E | E | G | U | |
F | F | U | ||||
98% | 1 | |||||
G | G | |||||
U | U | U |
- Notes:
- GCSE grades 9 to 4 (A* to C) – Certificate and qualification awarded. At GCSE, considered a 'standard pass', and awards a qualification at Level 2 of the RQF.
- GCSE grades 3 to 1 (D to G) – Certificate and qualification awarded. At GCSE, awards a qualification at Level 1 of the RQF.
- U: ungraded/unclassified – no certificate or qualification awarded
- ^a 9–1 grades phased in by subject between 2017 and 2019 in England
- ^b New A*–G grades in Northern Ireland from 2019[1]
- ^c A*–G grades as used in Wales since 1994, and in England and Northern Ireland between 1994 and 2019
- ^d Before 1975, each exam board had its own grading system (some used letters, others numbers). Grades were only given to schools and not recorded on students' certificates
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This template displays a table for comparing the grades offered in the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE), and in its predecessor qualifications the GCE Ordinary Level (O-Level) and Certificate of Secondary Education (CSE).
It is intended to be transcluded on the articles of those three topics, to alleviate problems with the data mismatching between the three articles in the past as grades have changed.
This template takes no parameters.
A table showing approximate equivalences between the GCSE grading systems and its predecessors, the O-Level and CSE.
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- ^ CCEA (2017-07-31). "A Guide to Changes in GCSE Grading". ccea.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-11-29.