{"id":180621,"date":"2023-08-26T23:22:21","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T23:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=180621"},"modified":"2023-08-26T23:22:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T23:22:21","slug":"gcse-results-grades-drop-across-the-board-as-harder-marking-returns-with-thousands-expected-to-resit-exams-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/gcse-results-grades-drop-across-the-board-as-harder-marking-returns-with-thousands-expected-to-resit-exams-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"GCSE results: Grades drop across the board as harder marking returns &#8211; with thousands expected to resit exams | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>GCSE RESULTS fell across the board <\/strong>today as tougher marking saw grades return to 2019 levels.<\/p>\n<p>Compared to last year, 200,000 fewer pupils received top marks. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2023-exam-results-barlow-rc-839819022.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/gcse-results-st-gabriels-school-839819798.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/gcse-results-st-gabriels-school-839819862.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/exams-taken-year-11-students-839828245.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Grade sevens fell from 26.3% in 2022 to 22%, while grade fours lowered from 73.2% to 68.2%.<\/p>\n<p>Schools across England are braced for thousands to resit exams.<\/p>\n<p>Pupils who missed out on at least a grade four in English or maths have to redo tests until they are 18 and still in full-time education.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Compared to 2019, this year saw a 1.2% rise in grade sevens, while remaining marks moved by less than 1%.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>GCSE RESULTS AT A GLANCE: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>200,000 fewer pupils receive top marks compared with 2022.<\/li>\n<li>Grade sevens drop from 26.3% in 2022 to 22%.<\/li>\n<li>Grade fours drop from 73.2% to 68.2%<\/li>\n<li>Grade sevens rise by 1.2% compared to 2019.<\/li>\n<li>Grade fours and ones move by less than 1% compared to 2019. <\/li>\n<li>Top ten subject choices unchanged, with science double award, maths and English claiming best spots.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Here are the highest paid jobs you can get with GCSEs and no A-Levels or degree earning up to \u00a340,000<\/li>\n<li>Here is what you can do if you didn&#x27;t get the grades you want<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Education chiefs predicted a return to pre-pandemic result levels after Covid\u00a0ushered in a wave of\u00a0grade inflation.<\/p>\n<p>Schools minister Nick Gibb said: &quot;We want to return to 2019 grading standards. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;We want to get back to normal so we make sure that we retain the value and credibility of\u00a0GCSEs and A-levels.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Exams are the fairest system, and it is fair to have the grading back to 2019 levels.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/VP-GRAPH-GCSE-v2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Mr Gibb added that he didn&#x27;t expect the number of resits to vary significantly from pre-pandemic levels. <\/p>\n<p>He told LBC: &quot;This is going back to 2019. So we know roughly what proportion of young people retaking those GCSEs in 2019. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;I don&#x27;t see why this year will be any different from previous years.&quot;<\/p>\n<h2><span>READ MORE POLITICS<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/file-photo-dated-31-07-836199646-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>PM &#8216;paying wrong people&#8217; to stop Channel migrants by giving France \u00a3500m<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/RR-COMP-p10-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Places at free special schools will double in victory for Sun&#8217;s campaign<\/h3>\n<p>The top ten subjects for pupils stayed the same, with the science double award being most popular, followed by maths, English and English literature.<\/p>\n<p>Overall GCSE entries shot up by 3.4% compared to last year.<\/p>\n<p>Girls outperformed boys but the gap is closing. <\/p>\n<p>Pupils in London received the highest amount of top grades at 28.4%.<\/p>\n<p>The areas to receive the lowest were North-east England at 17.6% and Yorkshire and the Humber at 18.2%.<\/p>\n<p>The gap between independent schools and academies at grade seven narrowed from 27.5% in 2022 to 25.5% this year. <\/p>\n<p>Subjects that saw the biggest increase in uptakes were business studies, Spanish and computing.<\/p>\n<h3>Percentage of GCSE entries awarded the top grades (7\/A or above) by nation and region <\/h3>\n<p>&#8211; North-east England 17.6% (2022: 22.4%; 2019: 16.4%)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; North-west England 18.6% (2022: 23.1%; 2019: 18.6%)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Yorkshire &amp; the Humber 18.2% (2022: 22.4%; 2019: 17.8%)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; West Midlands 18.4% (2022: 22.8%; 2019: 18.1%)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; East Midlands 18.5% (2022: 22.5%; 2019: 18.3%)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Eastern England 21.9% (2022: 26.2%; 2019: 20.5%)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; South-west England 20.8% (2022: 25.3%; 2019: 20.4%)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; South-east England 24.4% (2022: 29.2%; 2019: 23.5%)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; London 28.4% (2022: 32.6%; 2019: 25.7%)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; England 21.6% (2022: 26.0%; 2019: 20.7%)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Wales 21.7% (2022: 25.1%; 2019: 18.4%)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Northern Ireland 34.5% (2022: 37.0%; 2019: 30.5%)<\/p>\n<p>Margaret Farragher, Chief Executive of the Joint Council for Qualifications, said: \u201cThis year\u2019s results recognise the fantastic achievements of students across the country. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;They have worked incredibly hard throughout the pandemic period to achieve these well- earned grades. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;The 2023 results show that students are well equipped to continue their educational journey.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Ministers today raised concerns that the pandemic wrecked progress on closing the attainment gap for hard-up pupils.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Gibb said: &quot;Inevitably the performance of disadvantaged children is lower than more advantaged peers.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;And that&#x27;s why from 2010 we have sought to close that attainment gap.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We did achieve a 9% closing of that gap for secondary and we closed the gap by 13% for primary, but that has been undone by Covid, and now we need to get back to normality.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Today Education Secretary\u00a0Gillian Keegan\u00a0praised youngsters for their \u201ctremendous resilience in recent years\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>She said: &quot;Congratulations to everybody receiving GCSE results today. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;Results day is really important &#8211; it marks the next start of the next chapter of your life.<\/p>\n<h2>Most read in The Sun<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/newspress-collage-23606429-1692811059907.jpg\"><\/picture>\n<section class=\"css-1r4x4sg\"><span>&#x27;EXPECT US&#x27; <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Wagner group make chilling threat after jet carrying Putin\u2019s enemy explodes<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/newspress-collage-23619187-1692803767363.jpg\"><\/picture>\n<section class=\"css-1r4x4sg\"><span>HORSE &#x27;ATTACK&#x27; <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Ex-teacher sobs &#x27;my life has been torn to pieces&#x27; after punching horse<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/newspress-collage-23619611-1692802965280.jpg\"><\/picture>\n<section class=\"css-1r4x4sg\"><span>house about it? 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