What are GCSE's in the UK? Key Stage 4 Explained
KEY STAGE 4 & GCSE's Explained The secondary education system in England, Wales, the British Territory of Gibraltar and Northern Ireland was split between Key stage 3 and Key stage 4 (KS4) to set the educational knowledge of students of various ages, mainly to align with the two-year examination courses at the GCSE level. General Certificate of Secondary Education GCSE stands for General Certificate of Secondary Education. GCSEs are exams which the pupils attend at the end of compulsory school education. However, appearing for GCSEs are not compulsory and the decision is up to schools whether to make pupils attend GCSE examinations. GCSE represents KS4 of the national curriculum and represents two levels of the National Qualifications Framework that are been addressed as level 1 and level 2. Level 2 comprises of grades A to C while level 2 comprises of grades D to G. New GCSE’s in England starting from 2017 with English and maths are being graded fro 1 to...