Almost 40% of GCSE entries awarded A or A* in Northern Ireland | Clacton and Frinton Gazette
The proportion being awarded the top grades has increased by 3.6 percentage points on last year.
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The proportion being awarded the top grades has increased by 3.6 percentage points on last year.
Thousands of students across Northern Ireland received teacher-assessed grades following the cancellation of exams due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Employers will be suspicious of 'pandemic pupils' with no formal exams Experts fear GCSE and A-level shake-up will leave a negative mark on children and their future job prospects 5 July 2021 • 6:00am Ofqual, the exam watchdog, has announced exams will go ahead in 2022, but with some changes Credit: Frederick Florin/AFP via Getty Images Pupils leaving school without doing any proper exams will be looked down on by employers, experts have warned as they say pupils will have an “asterisk” against their name. Children who finish school in 2022 will not have sat any GCSE exams due to the pa...