Traditional GCSE grades are to be scrapped and replaced with a numbered scale under the biggest reforms of the exams for decades. The move will also see one more grade added into the system as part of a bid to distinguish between the brightest students. England's exams regulator Ofqual said that under the changes , pupils will be graded from one to nine - with nine the highest mark available. There are currently eight grades – A*-G Currently, in some subjects such as maths and science, high numbers of pupils achieve A* and A grades which makes it difficult to pick out the top students, it was suggested.
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