Specification at a glance
This qualification is linear. Linear means that students will sit all their exams at the end of the course.
Subject content
- Section A
- Section B
- Section C
- Section D
- Section E
Assessments
GCSE Statistics has a Foundation tier (grades 1 – 5) and a Higher tier (grades 4 – 9). Students must take two question papers at the same tier. All question papers must be taken in the same series.
A student taking Foundation tier assessments will be awarded a grade within the range of 1 to 5. Students who fail to reach the minimum standard for grade 1 will be recorded as U (unclassified) and will not receive a qualification certificate.
A student taking Higher tier assessments will be awarded a grade within the range of 4 to 9. A student sitting the Higher tier who just fails to achieve grade 4 will be awarded an allowed grade 3. Students who fail to reach the minimum standard for the allowed grade 3 will be recorded as U (unclassified) and will not receive a qualification certificate.
The information in the table below is the same for both Foundation and Higher tiers.
The Subject content section shows the content that is assessed in each tier.
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