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100 per cent success at Hulme
Date published: 19 August 2010
HULME Grammar School is celebrating a 100 per cent pass rate with 14 pupils achieving the new A* grade.
Four students — Dean Brierley, Nathan Edge, Amy Bell and Latifa Chowdhury — scored two A*s each.
Six students have successfully gained their first choice place to study medicine and Cassie Brooks will move to Paris to read architecture.
Nathan Edge is looking forward to starting his mechanical engineering degree at Edinburgh University after scoring two A*s and two As.
Amy Bell got two A*s and two Bs and will now study psychology and physics at St Andrew’s University.
Ashleigh Durr and Sibgha Saleem will move to Leeds to read medicine after getting an A* and three As.
Robyn Stevenson scooped an A* and three As and will study English and history at Exeter University while Alex Robinson, who got an A* and three As, will read engineering at Durham University.
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Comments
I agree. Often wondered why they (Exam Boards)don't just give the actual mark achieved by a candidate because that way anyone who just wants to base success on an actual mark can do so. After all an A Grade can be anything from (for example) 70% to 100%.
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The introduction of A* (as was done with GCSE) only serves to dumb down the value of other grades - which have been with us since examinations began (in terms of O Level, GCSE, AS and A Level). It was a way of saying 'Hey, too many getting A grades, we'll have to raise the boundaries'. So, for example any student getting over, say, 70% or more would get an A - but now it may be, depending on subjects, still an A but an A* would be anything over 80%. It would be easier to show the actual mark.
By Deanmo @ 20/08/2010 06:52:29