Year 10
Year 10 Parents Information
Year 10 is a critical year and it is important that students make the best start to their GCSE courses that they can.
There are a few key things to remember:
1) When the government moved the exams from grades A*-E to 9-1, the government deliberately set out to make the exams harder. The content is more difficult, and often includes things that were not taught until A level previously. There is also more content than previously.
2) 9-1 grades have 9 at the top, highest grade. 4s are known as a “pass” and 5s a “good pass” by the Department for Education. There is less coursework than in the past as exams have become “linear” – most subject now have only exam at the end of Y11.
Parents can support their children by coaching them – there is some guidance here: How to Maximise Your Progress - Top Tips
3) The content covered in Y10 is not repeated. Other than a very quick revision session at the end of Y11, the things that students study in Y10 will not be revisited. So they need to get it right first time.