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• All GCSE subjects are now graded and assessed using the new 9-1 structure; • 9 is the highest grade, awarded to the very best candidates in the subject. The official definition of a grade-9 candidate is that they will be ‘in the top 20% of those achieving grades 7-9 in the subject’; We are cashless. Any money for tuck or events can be added to the school bill or money can be transferred to the House account. Please ask your Houseparent for the House Bank details. • In every subject, the content is more demanding and the assessment more rigorous than previously; NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES • The assessment will be mainly by exam. In some subjects such as Drama and Art, other types of assessment will be used only where they are needed to test essential skills. For further information about assessment, please speak Newspapers and magazines are delivered regularly—they are for everyone to enjoy. Please do not to the relevant Head of Department. remove them from the Green Room or cut bits out of them! Tiering of exams The House Council will decide which magazines they would like to subscribe to. The new GCSEs are only split into foundation tier and higher tier if one single exam paper does not give all students the opportunity to show their knowledge and abilities. Consequently, exams are tiered in Biology, Chemistry, French, German, Maths, Physics and Spanish. OCCASIONAL BOARDING

New grading structure

• If you are a day pupil and you need to stay overnight, your parents/guardian should ask us if it is ok to do so at least 24hrs in advance. Current grading structure • If you are a day pupil and there are some spare beds in the house, then you may find that you are lucky enough to keep the same bed each time you stay. However, day pupils are not entitled to their own bed and you may have to use any bed which is available. • You need to bring your own duvet or sleeping bag, pillows and sheets. • You should not leave your bedding on the bed on nights when you are not staying as the bed may be needed by someone else. B

9 A* 8 7 A 6 5 4 C 3 D 2 E F 1 G U U

9 is awarded to those pupils achieving what would currently be a top A*: perhaps at around 96%+

GOOD PASS (DfE) 5 and above = top of C and above Schools are no longer AWARDING assessed on A*-C 4 and above = bottom of C and above statistics, but on ‘9-4’ statistics. Under the updated structure, the ‘good pass’ for Maths and English is a 5, which is on the border between a C and a B under the old system.