In 2017 (the first year of awarding the new grades for English and Maths) the number of students gaining a 4 will be the same as the number of those who gained a grade C in 2016. The same will apply to the number of grade 7s awarded.

What is the difference between the old and new GCSE exams in English and Maths?

The new GCSEs in English language and mathematics aim to provide greater assurance of literacy and numeracy. Those who achieve them will be able to apply the knowledge and skills they acquire in their everyday lives, including the workplace.

What is the difference between the old and new GCSE exams in English and Maths?

The mathematics GCSE will include more problem solving and everyday examples.

The new English language GCSE places greater weight on accurate spelling, punctuation and grammar.

What is the difference between the old and new GCSE exams in English and Maths?

They will also be more challenging at the level commonly considered a pass. In Maths, some of the content has filtered down from AS level, into Higher and then from Higher to Foundation. This is in response to international evidence that shows English and Maths students have fallen well behind the performance of their key competitors.

What is the difference between the old and new GCSE exams in English and Maths?

• English language GCSEs will not be tiered so all students will sit the same exam papers.

• Mathematics GCSEs will continue to be tiered, with a higher and foundation tier available, overlapping at the mid-point of the grading scale.

Each and every individual is uniquely complex and

wonderfully made.

The human body itself is made up of 100 million, million (that’s 100 trillion) cells.

So there are, give-or-take, as many cells in your body as there are stars in the biggest galaxy in

the entire universe.

So remember that next time someone tells you how insignificant you are: it

takes 100,000,000,000,000 cells to make something as

insignificant as us.

And then, there is the power of your mind....

A computer comparable to the human brain would need to be able to perform more than 38 000 trillion

operations per second and hold about 3,584 terabytes of memory.

Even IBM’s BlueGene supercomputer, one of the

world’s most powerful, only has a computational capability of 92

trillion operations per second and a mere 8 terabytes of memory.

Even if we could bring that much raw processing power together in one computer

it still wouldn’t be able to achieve all that each one of us can achieve, because we

have not yet fully characterized the nature of memory, let alone consciousness.

“Our lives are a sum total of the choices we make.”

Wayne Dyer – American author and motivational speaker

“It is our choices that show what we truly are,

far more than our abilities.”

J. K. Rowling - British novelist and author of the Harry Potter fantasy series which have won multiple awards and sold more

than 400 million copies worldwide

“Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of

performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.”

Ralph Marston – Motivational Coach

Jessica Ennis - 2012

“Whether you think you can or you can’t, you are right.”

Henry Ford - American industrialist and founder of the Ford Motor Company

“Create your own destiny. If you don’t,

someone else will.”

“Fall down seven times, get up eight times.”

Japanese proverb

Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours,

weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it.

T. Armstrong - ex President of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship

character.

Sebastian Vettel

“The only time success occurs

before work is in the dictionary.”

GB Super-Heavyweight Champion - Anthony Joshua

“Some people dream of great accomplishments, while others

stay awake and do them.”

With two years of GCSE studies ahead of you….

…….dream the dreams, make the right choices, work hard, and maximise

your true potential…..

…be a true champion…

…and let’s celebrate together in August 2017

Good luck - we’ll be with

you every step of the way.

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BASE CAMP

SUMMIT

Key Stage 2 = Primary (Years 3-6)

Test column

Shows scores in end of KS2 national testing (SATS). As per our levels at CCS, 4c is a low level 4 and 4a would be a high level 4.

TA column

Teacher assessment (not broken down to sub levels)

Orange shaded area

This is the grade that most pupils who gained the same KS2 levels as you went on to get when studying this subject at GCSE.

Green shaded area

‘Gold target’. The most likely grade to get for pupils who make better than expected progress. Expected progress = 3 levels over KS3 and 4.L4s > grade CL5s > grade B/A and above

Grades column

GM and GA replicate the shaded areas on previous slide.GM = likely grade achieved when expected progress is madeGA = likely grade achieved when better than expected progress is made (‘S’ stands for star as in A*)

DfE ProgressThese estimates are based upon the assertion that all pupils will make 3 levels of progress, as a minimum, over KS2-4, and does not take into account pupils’ starting points.

The average ATL of students who achieved 5A*-C including English and Maths

The average ATL of students who did not achieve 5A*-C including English and Maths

Thank you for coming tonight!

Before leaving the hall, we would be grateful if you would leave us with…

•the duplicate copy of your son/daughter’s target grades

•Your letter to your son/daughter