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this is the first year since 2019, before the pandemic, that traditional exams have taken place. fewer have achieved top marks compared with the previous two years 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 equiva
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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