1. Further Maths. Further Maths is the hardest GCSE Subject. This is because GCSE Further Maths has an extensive syllabus, complex and tough concepts that are difficult to grasp, challenging questions in the exams, harsh marking, and requires a great deal of independent study.

How To Prepare for Your Foreign Language Oral Exam

1. Prepare answers to questions that are likely to come up.
2. Find out how to pronounce the words.
3. Memorise your answers.
4. Understand and learn the questions.
5. Know your weaknesses.
6. Know what the examiner is looking for.
7. Learn a few idioms and phrases.
8. Make a vocab list.

Examples of individuals trying to cheat an oral fluid drug test include excessively rinsing with antiseptic mouthwash, chewing ice, eating Altoids® mints, drinking excessive amounts of water, using products that claim to clean or “neutralize saliva,” and aggressively brushing their teeth, tongue, and cheeks.

How to revise for language exams

1. Don’t leave your exam practice until the last minute! Your brain needs time to create the neural pathways to store the new information.
2. Practise exam style questions.
3. Use a model answer.
4. Extend your vocabulary.
5. Use internet resources.
6. Use all the clues.
7. Use music when studying vocabulary.
8. Revise in the same place.

Try to read and translate as much of the language as you can before your exam. You should also try to do past papers. These can help you practise your timings in the exam. They will also give you a good idea of the types of reading you will get and should be practising as a part of your revision.

Ofqual’s report said French and German “consistently appear to be among the five hardest subjects at GCSE”. Statistical measures of subject difficulty shows French and German GCSEs “are more severely graded than the majority of other GCSEs at most grades.

GCSE Geography takes the number 7 spot on this list. I’m sure you don’t need me to tell you this (it’s quite well known) but GCSE Geography is a fairly easy subject to take. GCSE Geography has a pass rate of 64.7%, as of 2018. This is fairly good, or at least better than the previous easy GCSE.

The Top 10 Easiest GCSEs

• Physics – 41.8% of students achieving As or above.
• Biology – 41.4% of students achieving As or above.
• Further additional science – 35.3% of students achieving As or above.
• Music – 30.8% of students achieving As or above.
• Religious studies – 29.5% of students achieving As or above.

The Easiest GCSE Subjects to Pass

1. Modern foreign languages. With a pass rate of almost 90%, it’s clear that these are amongst the easiest to pass!
2. Sciences.
3. English literature.
4. Music.
5. Religious studies.

• Geography is the easiest GCSE subject.
• GCSE geography has 3 papers according to the AQA Specification.
• Film Studies is one of the easiest GCSE subjects.
• Religious Studies is amongst the Easiest GCSE subjects.
• Media Studies is also amongst the easiest GCSE subjects.

Of this group, 16 students achieve straight 9s across their GCSE subjects, with 11 of these securing 11 GCSEs at grade 9.

The GCSEs are moderately hard exams as they only require students to memorize the subject content and have a basic understanding of the concepts. The GCSEs do not have tough questions or difficult topics. Instead, the GCSE subjects are relatively easy to pass.

SOME GCSEs are easier than others, despite official claims that each subject is equally difficult, a study has concluded. Drama was the easiest GCSE to do well in, followed by PE/sport, media studies, English, sociology, English literature, business studies and religious studies. …

Students can opt to take GCSE PE as one of their option subjects. This is a full GCSE qualification and we follow the EDEXCEL specification. In addition to 2 core PE lessons a week, GCSE PE students have a further 3 lessons of PE.

Difficulty. Physical Education A-Level certainly stands out as a particularly challenging course, with some saying that it’s more difficult than some of the sciences. Being a well-rounded student is strongly recommended for this course.

You can still enrol to retake your GCSEs at a local school or college. This means you’ll have a timetable and attend classes with other GCSE students. For Maths and English, resitting is compulsory if you haven’t achieved a pass (grade 4).

The Department for Education recognises grade 4 and above as a ‘standard pass’ in all subjects. A grade 4 or above marks a similar achievement to the old grade C or above. Employers, universities and colleges will continue to set the GCSE grades they require for entry to employment or further study.

Grades A* to C are a standard pass according to the Department for Education. However, grades D and E are still technically passes but are worth less than the higher boundaries. The F letter is the ‘fail’ grade, so anything below that – meaning the G and U grades – are outright fails.

GCSE grades 9 to 4 (A* to C) – Certificate and qualification awarded. At GCSE, considered a ‘good pass’, and awards a qualification at Level 2 of the RQF. GCSE grades 3 to 1 (D to G) – Certificate and qualification awarded.

A 3 is equivalent to a D/E grade while grade 4 is seen as a low pass and a grade 5 as a strong pass.

The DfE have confirmed that a grade 4 is a standard pass and grade 5 is a strong pass. Remember that for Progress 8 measures, the two grades attained by a student in Combined Science are averaged, so a grade 4-3 would be averaged to a 3-5 and count towards two slots in the accountability measures.

Grade 6 is the equivalent of just above a grade B. Grade 5 is the equivalent of in between grades B and C. Grade 4 is the equivalent of a grade C. Grade 3 is the equivalent of in between grades D and E.

Grade 6 indicates a good level of achievement and will help support progression into higher education and future employment.

GCSEs are graded 9 to 1, rather than A* to G. Grade 9 is the highest grade, set above the current A*. The grades were given for the first time in 2017 results for specifications that first started teaching in 2015.

Yes, your grades will need to really dazzle. GCSEs are seen as evidence of work ethic – and you need a really strong one of those to cope with studying at Oxford or Cambridge. Our ‘guesstimate’ is that the average successful applicant has around eight A* GCSEs – or 8/9 grades under the new system – under their belt.

Yes! Just about all of my friends got Bs and Cs in their GCSEs and got in with equivalents of A*s at A level. However, only one of us got all A* grades; the rest got the odd A/B at A level but got in anyway through having sat the Oxbridge exam pre-A level.

A few of the departments of the University of Oxford require you to get a minimum GPA of 3.5 on a scale of 4.0. It also means the University of Oxford is extremely selective in admitting people into it on the basis of GPA alone as well.

Higher grades at GCSE can help to make your application more competitive, and successful applicants typically have a high proportion of 7,8 and 9 grades. However, we do look at GCSE grades in context.