Sentences with phrase «pupils got pass grades»
92 per cent of its pupils got pass grades in their SATS in 2012, compared to 32 per cent three years ago.
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The percentage of pupils getting the top A * grade overall at GCSE has fallen for the past four years, even though A-C * pass rates for maths improved last year.
For the foundation paper, he said, where 65 per cent of the marks would previously have equalled a grade C, just 50 per cent can now get a pupil a grade four pass.
For pupils who get a grade 4 in English and maths, it means that they will already be below the threshold for some universities - even though it is a pass grade - and before they even begin their A-level courses.
And changes to the proportion of pupils expected to get a «good pass» in English and maths under the change to a 1 - 9 grading system next year could make the situation worse.
Yet figures show that GCSEs in English and maths are not set to pick up over the coming years, with one in four pupils currently gaining a C grade — a «good pass» — expected to get a 5 grade next year, which slips under the gold standard.