TIE HoyPearson International GCSE grades: what do 9–1 scores mean?
Identify the board, subject and series; separate grades, raw marks and document types.
Does grade 9 mean 90 marks or 90%?
9 is the highest grade on this scale, not a percentage.
Grades run from 1 to 9; U means ungraded. Read raw marks separately.
Use Pearson’s 9–1 diagram with the subject code and exam series.
How do I identify the result I am reading?
Check the board, qualification and subject before the grade.
Separate the overall subject award from unit results. “Provisional Results” identifies a provisional statement.
Use separate evidence for an English subject grade, language certificate level and tutoring performance.
What to do
Read your own results document field by field.
Bring
- Qualification and board
- Subject name/code
- Exam series
- Document title
Steps
- Find Pearson Edexcel International GCSE and the 9–1 scale.
- Record the full subject name, code and exam series; distinguish ESL from other English subjects.
- Put raw marks, subject grades and unit results in separate columns.
- Ask the school to explain any provisional or unit label and confirm the final document.
Basis
Pearson distinguishes grades from marks and explains key boundaries of the former scale. The school explains the individual document; language certificates and tutoring use separate evidence.
More questions
Can every number be converted to one letter grade?
Pearson aligns the lower boundaries of 1,4 and 7 with the old scale. That is not a one-to-one conversion for every grade.