The reform has been phased over a number of years and it will take until summer for all reformed GCSE subjects to move to the new grade scale However, most of the subjects will be graded from 9 to 1 this summerGcse pass percentage in , the number of students achieving or above was around one in four (259%) This is higher than it was in earlier years;When the gcse grading system had an overhaul in 17, it changed grades from letters to numbers Gcses (general certificate of secondary education) are the main academic qualification taken in several subjects by the vast majority of pupils
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