How do they compare?
| New Grades | Old Grades |
| 9 | A* |
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| 8 | |
| 8 | A |
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| 6 | B |
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| 5 | C |
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| 3 | D |
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GCSE Higher Tier Grade Boundaries
Higher Tier Grade Boundaries (out of 240 possible marks):
| Sitting | Grade 9 | Grade 8 | Grade 7 | Grade 6 | Grade 5 | Grade 4 | Grade 3 |
| Jun 2017 | 190 | 157 | 124 | 96 | 68 | 41 | 27 |
| Nov 2017 | 189 | 150 | 112 | 85 | 58 | 32 | 19 |
| Jun 2018 | 202 | 170 | 139 | 109 | 79 | 50 | 35 |
| Nov 2018 | 194 | 159 | 125 | 95 | 66 | 37 | 22 |
| Jun 2019 | 198 | 167 | 137 | 108 | 80 | 52 | 38 |
| Nov 2019 | 197 | 165 | 133 | 103 | 73 | 43 | 28 |
| Nov 2020 | 189 | 157 | 126 | 96 | 66 | 37 | 22 |
| Average % | 81% | 67% | 53% | 41% | 29% | 17% | 11% |
These are the higher tier grade boundaries for all past sittings of the new Edexcel GCSE Maths. The first two sets of exams were not at all popular with students but the June 2018 exams were viewed as more reasonable. The grade boundaries were higher but students felt they had more opportunity to demonstrate their skills and knowledge. Grade boundaries for November exams are not as reliable as boundaries for June exams because there are far fewer students taking what essentially are re-sit exams.
All except the November 2020 exams were taken before the pandemic but give an indication of what you can expect both when completing past papers and when sitting your actual GCSE exams in May/June 2022.
Week 29 Nov - 05 Dec
Monday Lesson:
Sine and Cosine Rules 2
Tuesday Lesson:
Sine and Cosine Rules 3
Wednesday Lesson:
Area of a Triangle by Trigonometry
Friday Lesson:
Intro to Vectors
Week 22 - 28 November
Monday Lesson:
Quadratic Formula
Video Lesson (16 min)
Friday Lesson:
Intro to Sine & Cosine Rules
Week 15 - 21 November
Monday Lesson:
Box Whisker Exam Question Examples
Review of Surds
Tuesday Lesson:
Cancelled - Science Mock
Wednesday Lesson:
Cancelled - Various Mocks
Friday Lesson:
Intro to Circle Theorems
Use the online software to deduce the properties of a circle and the circle theorems.
Record your findings on your student conjecture sheet.
Compare your findings with the Circle Theorems Summary.
Week 08 - 14 November
Monday Lesson:
Histograms
Recurring Decimals to Fractions
Tuesday Lesson:
Iteration
Approximate Solutions to Equations
Wednesday Lesson:
Iteration to Solve Equations
Lesson Notes
Frequency Polygons
Estimating the Mean
Video Lesson (16 min)
Friday Lesson:
Cumulative Frequency Graphs
Probability Trees
Video Lesson (24 min)
Week 01 - 07 November
Monday Lesson:
Trapezium Rule
For finding area under curve.
Note that the area under a velocity time graph represents the distance travelled.
Tuesday Lesson:
Gradient At A Point On A Curve
Note that the gradient of a distance - time graph represents velocity.
Note that the gradient of a velocity - time graph represents acceleration.
Two-Way Tables Revision
Wednesday Lesson:
Straight Lines
Finding Equations of Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
Exercise to Identify Equations of Straight Lines
Friday Lesson:
Composite Functions
Week 18 - 24 October
Monday Lesson:
Indices Exercises
Tuesday Lesson:
Standard Form
Wednesday Lesson:
Pinpoint Data Entry in Room G24
Week 11 - 17 October
Monday Lesson:
Direct and Inverse Proportion
Tuesday Lesson:
Inverse Proportion
Wednesday Lesson:
Rules of Indices
Video Lesson (25 Mins)
Video Lesson Exercise and Solutions
Friday Lesson:
Higher Tier June 2018 Paper 2
Week 04 - 10 October
Monday Lesson:
Plotting Graphs
Tuesday Lesson:
Plotting Graphs Exam Questions
Wednesday Lesson:
Direct Proportion
Exam Question Video Lesson (2 Min)
Two exam questions with solutions
Friday Lesson:
May 2018 Higher Tier Paper 1
Week 27 Sep - 03 Oct
Monday Lesson:
Graphical Inequalities
Tuesday Lesson:
Sequences
Linear and Quadratic
Wednesday Lesson:
Sequences 2
Quadratic, Fibonacci and Geometric
Friday Lesson:
May 2017 Foundation Tier Paper 3
Grade 5 - 53/80. Grade 4 - 41/80. Grade 3 - 30/80.
Week 20 - 26 September
Monday Lesson:
Linear Equations
Tuesday Lesson:
Linear Equations Word Problems
Wednesday Lesson:
Inequalities
Week 13 - 19 September
Monday Lesson:
Trig Finding Angles & Difference of Two Squares
Homework for Wednesday 15 September.
Complete and self mark from the solutions provided:
Trigonometry Exercise and Solutions
Tuesday Lesson:
Simultaneous Linear Equations 1
Homework for Monday 20 September.
Print off your notes Graphical Solution to Simultaneous Equations
Use the online software to solve the 5 questions on fact sheet.
Wednesday Lesson:
Simultaneous Equations 2
IT failure so no lesson notes. However, video lesson and notes available:
Video (18 mins)
Simultaneous Equations Lesson Notes Transcript
Friday Lesson:
May 2017 Foundation Tier Paper 1
Grade 5 - 53/80. Grade 4 - 41/80. Grade 3 - 30/80.
Week 06 - 12 September
Monday Lesson:
Factorising Quadratic Expressions
IT failure so no lesson notes for this lesson
Tuesday Lesson:
Solving Quadratic Equations by Factorising
IT failure so no lesson notes for this lesson
Substitute lesson notes same as above
Wednesday Lesson:
Solving Quadratics With Multiple X2 Term
Friday Lesson:
Basic Trigonometry
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