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GCSE (9-1) Drama results day!

It’s here, the first results day for the new reformed GCSE (9-1) Drama qualifications! I have watched social media on results day over the past few years and a number of questions reappear every year, so I wanted to put them together in one place to make it a little bit easier.

 

Are you happy with the results?

If the answer here is no, then you need to speak to your exams officer and SLT about post-result services. There are common guidelines written by JCQ that all the main exam boards must follow. This can be found here: https://www.jcq.org.uk/exams-office/post-results-services/post-results-services-june-2018-and-november-2018

 

What are the grade boundaries?

I have collated the overall grade boundaries for each exam board. Each component also has a notional grade boundary, but these do not work in the same way as the old specifications.

 

9

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

Total mark

AQA

173

160

148

131

114

98

73

48

24

200

Eduqas

269

255

242

222

202

182

138

94

51

300

OCR

171

161

152

137

122

107

81

55

29

200

Pearson

191

178

166

149

132

116

86

57

28

240

As a percentage this works out as follows:

 

9

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

Total mark

AQA

87%

80%

74%

66%

57%

49%

37%

24%

12%

200

Eduqas

90%

85%

81%

74%

67%

61%

46%

31%

17%

300

OCR

86%

81%

76%

69%

61%

54%

41%

28%

15%

200

Pearson

80%

74%

69%

62%

55%

48%

36%

24%

12%

240

 

Notional Raw Mark Grade Boundaries for each specification.

 AQA

9

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

Total mark

Devising

72

68

64

57

51

45

33

21

10

80

Text

37

35

34

30

27

24

18

12

6

40

Exam

64

57

50

43

36

29

22

15

8

80

 

 Eduqas

9

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

Total mark

Devising

55

52

48

44

40

36

27

18

10

60

Text

53

51

50

46

42

38

30

22

11

60

Exam

53

50

48

44

40

36

27

18

10

60

 

 OCR

9

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

Total mark

Devising

52

49

46

41

36

32

25

18

11

60

Text

52

49

47

43

39

35

27

19

11

60

Exam

67

63

59

53

47

40

29

18

7

80

 

 Pearson

9

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

Total mark

Devising

53

49

46

41

37

33

25

17

9

60

Text

40

37

35

31

28

25

18

12

6

48

Exam

41

38

36

32

28

24

17

11

5

60

 

The notional grade boundaries for each exam board can be found here:

AQA -  https://filestore.aqa.org.uk/over/stat_pdf/AQA-GCSE-RF-GDE-BDY-JUN-2018.PDF

Eduqas -  http://www.wjec.co.uk/Eduqas%20GCSE%20Grade%20Boundaries%20June%202018.pdf?language_id=1

OCR -  https://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/500699-new-gcse-9-1-grade-boundaries-june-2018.pdf

Pearson -  https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/Support/Grade-boundaries/GCSE/1806-GCSE-9-1-Notional-Component-Grade-Boundaries.pdf

Scaled marks for Eduqas and Pearson.

Both Eduqas and Pearson have scaled marks in their specification. 

Eduqas - both the devising and exam components are double weighted. Multiply the raw marks for these components by 2 before adding up all the raw marks to look at the total. 

Pearson - both the devising and exam components are weighted. Multiply the raw marks for these components by 1.6 before adding up all the raw marks to look at the total. 

How many students were entered for each exam board?

We knew that a lot of teachers had ‘shopped around’ at GCSE and there was likely to be a lot of movement at GCSE and this is the first set of data which will show what that looks like.

The total number of GCSE entries for England in 2018, according to the JCQ data was: 57,987

The exam board data is taken from the results statistics documents on each website. This may vary slightly from the total number above due to the way the data is used by each organisation.

Exam board

Number of Entries

Percentage of entries

AQA

23,302

40.2%

Eduqas

10,495

18.1%

OCR

9,727

16.8%

Pearson

15,015

25.9%

 

How many students got each grade?

The document containing this information is known as results statistics and is available for each qualification for each exam board. I have collated the data for comparison by board using the percentages.

JCQ collate the statistics and produce a number of data tables for comparison. I have included the England only statistics for comparison.

All percentages are cumulative.

 

9

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

National (JCQ)

5.1

13.2

23.5

41.8

59.6

74.0

90.2

97.3

99.5

AQA

5.7

14.4

25.2

43.8

61.5

75.6

90.1

97.3

99.5

Eduqas

5.9

15.1

26.3

44.7

62.0

74.8

91.7

97.9

99.6

OCR

3.8

11.0

20.3

38.5

56.8

72.2

89.8

97.1

99.4

Pearson

4.8

11.9

21.6

39.5

57.5

72.6

89.9

97.1

99.3

 

The results statistics for each exam board can be found here:

AQA -  https://filestore.aqa.org.uk/over/stat_pdf/AQA-GCSE-RF-STATS-JUN-2018.PDF

Eduqas -  http://www.eduqas.co.uk/teachers/assessing-and-awarding/GCSE%20Eduqas%20Provisional%20Results%20June%202018.pdf

OCR -  https://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/500698-gcse-cambridge-nationals-and-other-level-2-provisional-exam-statistics-june-2018.pdf

Pearson -  https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/Support/Grade-statistics/GCSE/grade-statistics-june-2018-provisional-gcse-9-1-specifications.pdf

 

The JCQ document can be found here:  https://www.jcq.org.uk/examination-results/gcses/2018/main-results-tables

 

Examiner reports

The last key piece of information you need to read is the examiner’s report. This is the report that is about the course as a whole and not individual centres. This can be found on the subject pages for each board. As this blog is posted, only Eduqas have their report publicly available. AQA, OCR and Edexcel, according to social media, have put their A Level Examiner Reports on the secure part of the website.

I will update this as they become available publicly.

AQA -

Eduqas - http://www.eduqas.co.uk/examiners-reports/2018/gcse/eduqas-gcse-drama-report-summer-2018-e.pdf?language_id=1 

OCR -

Pearson -

 

Your centre may also receive reports from the moderator and the visiting examiner. This varies depending on board. Your exams officer will be able to tell you where these are available on the secure area of the website.

 

Next steps…

I've created a new survey to capture teachers’ thoughts about delivering the GCSE (9-1) Drama qualifications and the results received on 23/08/18.

It takes about 10 minutes to complete and the results will be published on my blog. I will keep the survey open until 10th September.

https://goo.gl/forms/R34oo2jviW1iO8jp2

I’ve written a blog about teachers’ reactions to the exams which can be found here: https://goo.gl/uYKPWc  

I’m more than happy if you want to use any of the data from the blog in your exam analysis and discussions with SLT about results.

 

The A Level Key Information can be foud here: https://goo.gl/mWuUdD

The blog on teachers reactions to the A Level exams can be found here: https://goo.gl/Qzh4ex 

The A Level results day survey can be found here: https://goo.gl/forms/yk2BF7DBVuty4fB33 

 

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