GCSE

abbreviation for

1. General Certificate of Secondary Education: a public examination in specified subjects for 16-year-old schoolchildren. It replaced the GCE O-level and CSE

Example Sentences

Figures released on Thursday by exams regulator Ofqual reveal 625,000 adjustments were made to GCSE, AS and A-level exams in England in the past year.

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Instead of the GCSE, Qualifications Wales said BSL units would be available in the new Skills for Life qualification - part of a revamped range of qualifications for 14 to 16-year-olds to align with the new Curriculum for Wales.

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Qualifications Wales said the new GCSE, which was due to be introduced in 2027, raised "many practical challenges for the education sector".

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Liz took up photography in Year 6 after saving up to by her first camera and got the highest grade possible in the subject at GCSE, before starting an A-level in it at Harrogate Grammar School.

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After previously passing his maths GCSE, he took on English this year at Suffolk New College, and he said it was a challenge.

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