when teacher assessments determined grades but that, says the government, was the plan. what we are seeing these results today is, yes, the return to examinations, albeit with a number of adaptations reflecting the disruption young people have faced over the past couple of years so results are higher than they were when we last had exams in 2019, but lower than under teacher assessed grades in 2021. while some may look enviously at those receiving higher teacher assessed grades in 2020 and 2021, additional help was given this year as well. grade boundaries were set more generously than in 2019 and advanced exam content information sheets were available for some subjects to compensate for disruption. here is what this year s gcse figures look like. 73.2% of gcses were marked at grade four or above in england, the broad equivalent of c or above. in wales and northern ireland, this is down from 77.1% last year but much higher than 2019
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in the last two years, and to move straight back to 2019 boundaries would have been harsh on them, particularly with the amount of variability we ve seen in their attendance and staff attendance and with what people have been able to follow in the specifications they ve been following. in wales and scotland exam content has been reduced, and in northern ireland, pupils can drop an entire exam unit if they wish. with just 15 weeks to go, it is time for pupils to get their heads down for serious revision. but with schools experiencing different levels of disruption there are questions over how fair exams this year will be. elaine dunkley, bbc news in sheffield. i m joined now by yasmine kabbara dolby, who will be sitting her gcses this summer. welcome, thank you forjoining us. how many have you got to take? i got nine gcses.
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