Grading severity at Key Stage 4 in 2024
A new edition of our occasional series examining how pupils' grades in different subjects at Key Stage 4 differ to those they achieve in GCSE English language and maths
Incentivising GCSE language take-up – what difference will it make?
With a renewed push on entries to GCSEs in languages, we calculate how many extra entries could be added if "spare seats" in existing classes were filled
Revisiting subject difficulty at Key Stage 4
We revisit a previous blog looking at points awarded in different subjects relative to English and maths. We find little change compared to pre-pandemic times.
Why don’t more pupils study modern foreign languages at GCSE?
We look at how entry numbers for GCSEs in modern foreign languages have changed over the last few years
Are low expectations holding back disadvantaged pupils in the north?
Why do entry rates in EBacc subjects among disadvantaged pupils vary in different parts of the country?
GCSE results 2020: The relative severity of proposed grades
Proposed grades tend to be higher in subjects that have historically been graded severely
Narrowing the curriculum: What subjects do disadvantaged pupils take?
Why disadvantaged pupils are less likely to take modern foreign languages, and more likely to take non-GCSE qualifications
Solutions to problems with Progress 8, part one: qualification scoring
How would P8 scores change if qualifications attracted different point scores?
Will anything ever be done about grading in modern foreign languages GCSEs?
French, German and Spanish all look to have been harshly graded for many years