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| Michael Gove's new GCSEs: what do you think of the changes? | |
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| GCSE exams in England face a radical overhaul, Michael Gove has said today. | GCSE exams in England face a radical overhaul, Michael Gove has said today. |
| Coursework is to be scrapped; A-G grades will disappear, to be replaced with a numerical system, where 8 is the best score and 1 the lowest; and course content will be "more challenging". | Coursework is to be scrapped; A-G grades will disappear, to be replaced with a numerical system, where 8 is the best score and 1 the lowest; and course content will be "more challenging". |
| But the revised exams will not, contrary to earlier reports, be known as iLevels – instead they will be called GCSE (England), to mark their difference from Wales and Northern Ireland. | But the revised exams will not, contrary to earlier reports, be known as iLevels – instead they will be called GCSE (England), to mark their difference from Wales and Northern Ireland. |
| You can see Gove's speech to the Commons on our live blog here, and a comprehensive Q&A of the changes being made here. | You can see Gove's speech to the Commons on our live blog here, and a comprehensive Q&A of the changes being made here. |
| What do you make of the new-look GCSEs? Do you have any concerns as a parent or a teacher, or are the changes welcome? | What do you make of the new-look GCSEs? Do you have any concerns as a parent or a teacher, or are the changes welcome? |
| Share your views in the comments thread below. | Share your views in the comments thread below. |