GCSE English Language Specification Specification (version 1.4)

GCSE English Language for teaching from September 2010 onwards (version 1.4)5gAwarding grades and reporting resultsThe GCSE qualification will be graded on an eightgradescale: A*, A, B, C, D, E, F and G. Candidateswho fail to reach the minimum standard for grade Gwill be recorded as ‘U’ (unclassified) and will notreceive a qualification certificate.We will publish the minimum raw mark for eachgrade, for each unit, when we issue candidates’results. We will report a candidate’s unit results tocentres in terms of uniform marks and qualificationresults in terms of uniform marks and grades.For each unit the uniform mark corresponds to agrade as follows.Unit 1 (maximum uniform mark = 120)GradeUniform Mark RangeA* 108–120A 96–107B 84–95C 72–83D 60–71E 48–59F 36–47G 24–35U 0–23Unit 2 (maximum uniform mark = 60)GradeUniform Mark RangeA* 54–60A 48–53B 42–47C 36–41D 30–35E 24–29F 18–23G 12–17U 0–11Unit 3 (maximum uniform mark = 120)GradeUniform Mark RangeA* 108–120A 96–107B 84–95C 72–83D 60–71E 48–59F 36–47G 24–35U 0–23We calculate a candidate’s total uniform mark byadding together the uniform marks for the units. Weconvert this total uniform mark to a grade as follows.GCSE English Language(maximum uniform mark = 300)GradeUniform Mark RangeA* 270–300A 240–269B 210–239C 180–209D 150–179E 120–149F 90–119G 60–89U 0–59523