GCSE French and German grading adjustment for 2022

Published: Tuesday 5 Jul 2022

Ofqual has published the 2022 series grading adjustment for GCSE French and German to align the standards with GCSE Spanish for summer 2022.

For each of GCSE French and GCSE German, awarding organisations must adjust their prediction as follows:

  • +2% at grades 9 and 7
  • +1% at grade 4.

The adjustment is based on Ofqual’s research in 2019 on grading standards in GCSE. Ofqual published their decisions instructing exam boards to make adjustments in GCSE French and German, to align standards with GCSE Spanish from the 2020 exam series.

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