Will GCSE Grade Shake-Up Leave Kids Worse Off?

As this year's GCSE pupils prepare to receive their results in the morning, next year's are worried that a change to the grading system will leave them at a disadvantage. After three decades, the A* to G grading system will be ditched in 2017 to begin a numerical one, with grades from 9 down to 1. Ofqual's executive director Julie Swan said: "the problem we've got is that most students are getting higher grades.