Key Stage 4 performance tables 2018: The impact of 9-1 grades and the removal of ECDL
Analysing what effect 9-1 grades have had on Attainment 8 and Progress 8 scores
Are IGCSEs easier than GCSEs?
Looking into claims that GCSE reforms have favoured pupils in independent schools.
Reformed GCSEs – are they disadvantaging the disadvantaged?
Data from FFT Aspire's Key Stage 4 Early Results Service suggests they may be.
GCSE results 2018: How many grade 9s were awarded in the newly reformed subjects?
A look at the grades awarded at the top end of the scale.
GCSE results 2018: The main trends in entries and grades
Our first look at this year’s data.
GCSE results 2018: How widespread is early entry in English language and English literature?
The second of two preview posts ahead of this year's GCSE results day.
GCSE results 2018: Four things to look out for on Thursday
The first of two preview posts ahead of this year's GCSE results day.
Provisional KS4 data 2017: Has your Progress 8 score improved?
I’m not normally inclined to say “I told you so” but, in this case, it might be justified. Back in 2015, when the Department for Education announced the scores for old style GCSEs in 2017, Dave Thomson and I did some calculations to look at 'what if' the DfE 2016 and 2017 scoring systems were applied [...]
Provisional KS4 data 2017: Comparing strong and standard GCSE pass rates
The 2017 GCSE English and maths papers were graded on the new nine-point scale (9-1) rather than the old eight-point scale (A*-G). The content and structure of the English and maths GCSEs have also been reformed at the same time. The rest of the GCSEs will follow suit over the next few years. The new [...]