GCSE HouseReforms Life ABSENCE FROM SCHOOL • All GCSE subjects are now graded and assessed using the new 9-1 structure; If you are unable to be in school for any reason, your parents should ’phone the boarding house by 8.30 • 9 is the highest grade, awarded to the very best candidates in the subject. The official definition of a grade-9 am to let us know. candidate is that they will be ‘in the top 20% of those achieving grades 7-9 in the subject’; •Apart In every subject, the content is more demanding the assessment more rigorous to than from special occasions ( e.g. a familyand wedding), you are expected bepreviously; in school throughout the term. • 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 Requests for leave absence from lessons must be put in writing by your parents to the Headmaster. to the relevant Head of of Department. The exception to this is an appointment to the dentist, physio etc. where a telephone call to Mr Tiering of is exams Gaulton ok. The new GCSEs are only split into foundation tier and higher tier if one single exam paper does not give all students If the request to involves missing an afternoon activity/sport is YOUR responsibility obtain French, the opportunity show their knowledge and abilities. Consequently,itexams are tiered in Biology,to Chemistry, permission to be absent from the member of staff who runs the activity that you will miss. German, Maths, Physics and Spanish. If you have been ill and need to be ‘off games’ on your return, please bring in an explanatory note from your parents/guardian with you. New Current grading structure grading structure 9 is awarded to those CARS 9 pupils achieving what A* wouldthe currently be Term of Lower 6th, 6th Formers may be allowed From Summer to drive their cars to school if they 8 a topbeen A*: perhaps at permission by the Senior Deputy Headmaster. Permission forms are available from have granted A around the VLE.96%+ 7 Under the updated structure, the ‘good 6 anotherGOOD (DfE) we have You may not travel in a car driven by pupilPASS unless (orfor email) Breceived written pass’ Maths and 5 and above = top of C and above permission for you to do so from your parents and also the parents of the driver of the car that all 5 English is a so 5, which is Schoolsare are aware. no longer parties AWARDING on the border between C 4 and above = bottom of C and above 4 assessed on A*-C a C and a B under the statistics, but on ‘9-4’ Your parents must give permission in of another pupil. D parents or friend old system. 3 order for you to travel with the statistics. E 2 F 1 G U U
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