GCSE Reforms

GCSEs are now graded on a new ‘reformed’ scale of 9 to 1, with 9 the highest grade (rather than A* to G for the legacy ‘unreformed’ GCSEs), to distinguish clearly between the reformed and unreformed qualifications.

The government and Department for Education (DfE) specified that the new GCSE syllabuses will include more challenging and knowledge-based content, with exams only at the end of the course. All GCSE subjects now follow the numbered grading system.