GCSE Grade Boundaries: the GCSE numbers explained and can I appeal my grade?

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Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!GCSE results are released today after months of disruption, extended stints of remote learning and cancelled exams.

It felt unfair to ask students to take exams when their school learning had been so chaotic, instead, students were marked on their general performance in school.Students were graded by their teachers - looking at their overall performance in class, mock exams predicted grades and essays over the past two years.Because of the strange set of circumstances and lack of tests, exam boards could not create new grade boundaries for 2021.

Instead - teachers had to rely on the grade boundaries from 2019 when allocating a grade. A grade boundary is the minimum number of marks needed.