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PPE 2 RESULTS DAY

TUESDAY 27TH MARCH 2017

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GRADES - NUMBERS OR LETTERS

• THE MAJORITY OF YOUR SON’S SUBJECTS ARE NOW GRADED USING

NUMBERS RATHER THAN LETTERS.

• ENGLISH AND MATHS MADE THESE CHANGES LAST YEAR. SOME

SUBJECTS WILL NOT MAKE THIS CHANGE UNTIL NEXT YEAR.

• THE GRID BELOW SHOWS THE COMPARISON BETWEEN NUMBERS AND

LETTERS.

• A*, A AND B LINE UP NEATLY WITH 8, 7 AND 6.
• GRADE 9 WILL ONLY BE AWARDED TO THE TOP 2 OR 3% NATIONALLY.
• GRADE C COVERS BOTH 4 AND 5 - STRONG PASS AND STANDARD PASS.

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YOUR SON’S RESULTS

• THESE GRADES ARE EXAM RESULTS, NOT PREDICTIONS.
• WHILST

STAFF MAKE PREDICTIONS FOR INTERNAL MONITORING PURPOSES, WE DO NOT TEND TO MAKE THESE PUBLIC BECAUSE:

– GRADE BOUNDARIES MOVE EVERY YEAR. WHAT WAS AN A* LAST YEAR

MAY NOT BE AN A* THIS YEAR.

– IT CAN AFFECT MOTIVATION IF STUDENTS PERCEIVE THEIR PREDICTION

TO BE TOO LOW OR TOO HIGH.

• FOR THE SAME REASONS WE DO NOT GIVE BOYS AN INDICATION OF HOW

WELL THEY HAVE DONE IN ANY COURSEWORK/NON-EXAMINED COMPONENT.

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ACCURACY OF YOUR SON’S RESULT

• ONLY YOUR SON WILL REALLY KNOW HOW MUCH TIME AND EFFORT HE

PUT IN TO REVISING FOR THE PPES.

Grade Effort HIGH EFFORT, HIGH GRADE A REPEAT OF THIS WORK ETHIC SHOULD

PAY OFF. YOUR SON IS LIKELY REVISING IN THE RIGHT WAY.

HIGH EFFORT, LOW GRADE A REPEAT OF THIS WORK ETHIC SHOULD

PAY OFF. YOUR SON LIKELY NEEDS TO CHANGE THE WAY THAT HE REVISES.

LOW EFFORT, LOW GRADE A REPEAT OF THIS WORK ETHIC WILL

AGAIN LEAD TO POOR RESULTS. YOUR SON NEEDS TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME CATCHING UP WITH THE REVISION HE SHOULD HAVE ALREADY DONE.

LOW EFFORT, HIGH GRADE THIS YEAR, MORE THAN ANY OTHER,

THIS AREA IS OF THE BIGGEST CONCERN.

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CHANGING GRADE BOUNDARIES

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CHANGING GRADE BOUNDARIES

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