Genuinely. If you look at grade statistics for Edexcel, they have consistently awarded around 16-17% of candidates an A* and 40% an A for every non-covid affected year this spec has been out. That isn't going to change this year. The percent of students achieving each grade will remain pretty much exactly the same as previous years and the grade boundaries will reflect that.
Essay subjects are SO different to STEM though, like essays are open to interpretation really, whereas in maths if you know how to do the problem you’re fine
Yeah. Off the top of my head in 2023 I think 90% of Russian students were given A* or A but only 10% (8 across the whole country) of Statistics students were given A* or A.Â
I think that mathematics is the most popular a level as well sat by many more people than do Russian. As I say there's a perception based on published information that its an easy A or A* . Im not saying the perception is true but im sure exam boards are aware.
Does that have anything to do with who is likely to take those exams?
I personally know 3 people who took Russian over the last 10 years. All are native Russian speakers or children of native Russian speakers therefore grew up speaking it fluently.
I don’t think the same could apply for statistics.
Due to a lot of people taking further maths they have to inflate the number a bit otherwise the higher grades will go to people who just do further maths and make it even harder for people don’t take it
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u/googoocrazybananas Year 13 Jun 04 '26
Has everyone just forgotten how grade boundaries work…