GCSE HouseReforms Life AND MAGAZINES •NEWSPAPERS All GCSE subjects are now graded and assessed using the new 9-1 structure;
• 9 is the highest grade, awarded to the very best candidates in the subject. The official definition of a grade-9 Newspapers and magazines are delivered regularly—they are for everyone to enjoy. Please do not candidate is that they will be ‘in the top 20% of those achieving grades 7-9 in the subject’;
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• In every subject, the content is more demanding and the assessment more rigorous than previously;
• The assessment will be mainly by exam. In some subjects such as Drama and Art, other types of assessment will ‘PHONES be used only where they are needed to test essential skills. For further information about assessment, please speak to the relevant Head of Department.
Mobiles
Tiering of exams You are generally allowed to have your mobile phone with you in school, (3rd Form only after the
Autumn half term), must be on ’silent’ theifschool day. If it does ring, mobile will be The new GCSEs are onlybut splititinto foundation tier andduring higher tier one single exam paper does notyour give all students confiscated for a period of time. Sometimes you will be allowed to use your phone to record prep or use the opportunity to show their knowledge and abilities. Consequently, exams are tiered in Biology, Chemistry, French, during lessons, but only if the teacher says you can. German, Maths, Physics and Spanish.
Phones can be kept on a student’s person during the day but should be invisible unless in the boarding houses or the Sixth Form Centre where they can be used; this also includes not listening to music New Current grading anywhere other than those locations. Thisstructure would apply grading for thestructure duration of each week Monday to Friday, regardless of the time of day. 9 is awarded to those pupils achievingwould what be exempt from 9 this; students could use phones in all areas of the campus at any The weekends A* wouldalthough currently phones be time, must not be used at a meal table. Phones can be accessed during offsite trips 8 a topon A*:aperhaps at (e.g. bus during an away sports fixture during the week). A around 96%+ Students can still use phones in a lesson when researching something that the teacher hasupdated asked them 7 Under the to. structure, the ‘good 6 GOOD PASS (DfE) B pass’ for Maths and 5 and above = top of C and above Should a student wish to contact their they can 5 parents using their own phone during the school Englishday is a 5, which is do Schools are no longerreception (with permission from this at main school the receptionist), their boarding house or the Sixth AWARDING on the border between C 4 and above = bottom of C and above 4 assessed on A*-C Form Centre. a C and a B under the statistics, but on ‘9-4’ D old system. 3 statistics. that connect to the internet can be worn but notifications must be turned off unless in the Watches E 2 boarding house or Sixth Form Centre. F 1 G not allowed ‘mobiles in school, but Mobiles should not be used after ‘lights out’. 3rd Formers are initially thereafter they have to hand their mobile phones and other devices U U to the staff member on duty before lights out. 4th and 5th Form girls should hand their mobiles in to Matrons’ room before prep and before bed time. 03 19
