GCSEs - 2018 Examination Series

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Dear Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation,

The 9-1 GCSE grading system is numerical. This allows students to use the sum of their grades as a useful comparative metric.

I would like to request data from the June 2018 GCSE examination season (under the Freedom of information Act 2000):

1. How many students achieved EXACTLY eight 9s in the June 2018 examination season, with the sum of ALL their numerical GCSE grades simultaneously amounting to more than 88?

2. If it is not possible to extract this data or you don't understand my question, I instead request the full GCSE grade profile of each student who attained EXACTLY eight 9s in the June 2018 GCSE examination series. This particular data should be sent within the format of a spreadsheet.

N.B. Please do not release data in the form defined by the Data Protection Act 2018 and, instead, ensure that data may be categorised as statistical information and that the original individuals associated with the data may not be identified.

Yours faithfully,

Matt Pipkin

Ofqual FOI, Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation

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Ofqual FOI, Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation

Dear Mr Matt Pipkin

Thank you for your email dated 14 August 2021.

Before we process your request, we need to confirm some information with you.

In 2018, not all GCSEs were graded 9 to 1 – the following link provides more information on when subjects moved into the numerical grade: https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio.... It is only since 2020 that all GCSE qualifications have been graded 9 to 1.

Please can you confirm if your request is relating to just reformed GCSEs (9 - 1)? If so, this means that any information provided under this request would not include any ‘legacy’ qualifications (grades A*-G).

Kind regards

FOI Team, Ofqual

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Dear Ofqual FOI,

My request is relating to just the reformed GCSEs (9 - 1).

Yours sincerely,
Matt Pipkin

Ofqual FOI, Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation

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Dear Mr Matt Pipkin

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request.

Please find attached our response in relation to your request FOI2122081.

Kind regards

FOI Team, Ofqual

• Office: 0300 303 3344
• Earlsdon Park, 53-55 Butts Road, Coventry, CV1 3BH

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Dear Ofqual FOI,

Thank you very much for your response. I have 1 follow-up FOI question, consisting of change in the original question from EXACTLY to AT LEAST:

QUESTION) How many students achieved AT LEAST eight 9s in the June 2018 examination
season, with the sum of ALL their numerical GCSE grades simultaneously
amounting to more than 88?

Yours sincerely,

Matt Pipkin

Ofqual FOI, Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation

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Dear Mr Matt Pipkin

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request.

Please find attached our response in relation to your request FOI2122093.

Kind regards

FOI Team, Ofqual

• Office: 0300 303 3344
• Earlsdon Park, 53-55 Butts Road, Coventry, CV1 3BH

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