Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Ironic, I suppose, that the development of GCSE Natural History continues at a glacial pace 100
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Why say “the exam boards” when in this case it’s almost certainly “the AQA exam board” which is meant. Teachers are always looking for a way to discriminate between exam boards - maybe marking accuracy would be a good metric 110
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Tony Hatch bought my grandparents’ house when they died in 1973 or so 110
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Happy centenary of the Underground connecting South West London to civilisation! 010
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 31/08/2026In summer 2026, between 37% and 46% failed to answer these one mark questions. In particular, learn your definitions and get them all right in November 1100
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 30/08/202611 hours a week should give enough time to cover core maths topics like personal finance and taxes 150
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026GCSE Mathematics: There’s quite the gap between the percentage of marks needed for a grade with AQA/Pearson and OCR/Eduqas, particularly at Foundation tier - they’re about one grade adrift. For example, 44% on F will get you a grade 4 with OCR - but that would score a Grade 2 with AQA or Edexcel 1/4 232
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Where to resit to get that Grade 4 in GCSE Mathematics? Results for 17-19 year olds by local authority (source: Ofqual Analytics) 331
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 22/08/2026People of the A303 and beyond! Here are the entries and grade distributions for 16 year olds sitting GCSE Mathematics in the South West in 2026 by county or unitary authority Source: Ofqual Analytics 011
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Assuming there are 40,000 IGCSE Maths students aged 16, they do affect the distribution at the top end for GCSE Maths in England; they get missed in discussions about national figures 020
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I can see how those selective schools are driving up the averages! 000
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Londoners! Here are the entries and grade distributions for 16 year olds sitting GCSE Mathematics by borough in 2026 Source: Ofqual Analytics 241
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Grade distributions and entry numbers by subject and exam board for all GCSE qualifications awarded by English awarding bodies in Summer 2026 (Pearson IGCSE also included for comparison, though without entry numbers) 340
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 21/08/2026A level Maths is taken by students who also take Further Maths (and pretty well always achieve A* or A in maths). Strip them out and there are proportionally fewer A*/A grades awarded for Maths than for Art & Design subjects 000
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Pearson/Edexcel GCSE Mathematics Summer 2026 by centre type, age and sex from mathsemporium.com/1ma1-grade-b... 052
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Grade 9 in GCSE Mathematics gets less likely the further you are from London and the South East 3113
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026GCSE Statistics 2026 by centre type (England) - % of students achieving Grade 7+ and Grade 4+ Source: Ofqual Analytics 000
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026GCSE Mathematics 2026 by centre type (England) - % of students achieving Grade 7+ and Grade 4+ Source: Ofqual Analytics 120
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026GCSE Mathematics 2026 grade distributions by age and sex (England) Source: JCQ 142
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026One for the nostalgists: GCSE Mathematics 2026 graded A*-G (This exercise fails somewhat around Higher tier grades D and E which shows, if any further evidence was needed, that Grade 4 boundaries were set way too low in 2017 and have been ever since) 021
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026There’s been another surge of entries for GCSE Statistics this year too, mostly made with Pearson/Edexcel - perhaps a set of statistics AQA would rather not see, ho ho 110
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Where have the bulk of GCSE Maths entries been made this summer? Not surprisingly, with Pearson/Edexcel who now have 2/3 of the entry in England. As with A level, AQA’s entries have remained flat though OCR’s very low Foundation tier grade boundaries have helped them pick up a few extra this year 130
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026IGCSE Mathematics grade distributions 2017-2026 Pearson and CIE are both very coy about how many entries there are for UK students. For CIE it’s a few hundred but for Pearson, it’s about 40,000 - and this summer nearly a quarter of them were awarded Grade 9. I don’t use emojis often, but 🤔 220
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026GCSE Statistics grade distributions 2017-2026 (England) 010
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026GCSE Mathematics grade distributions 2017-2026 (England) 050
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026IGCSE Mathematics grade boundaries 2018-2026 (England) 031
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026GCSE Statistics grade boundaries 2019-2026 (England) 031
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026GCSE Mathematics grade boundaries 2017-2026 (England) 2166
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026It’s a small percentage of students who resit more than twice (and should we admire them for their resilience?) - so most of them aren’t on an “endless cycle” 042
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Which centres are fuelling the growth in A level Maths & Further Maths entries in England? Academies mostly, by the looks of things (source: Ofqual Analytics) 220
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Thursday will be the tenth summer results day where 9-1 grades will be used. Can anyone really be still wondering how they compare to the old A*-G system? 680
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Will AS exam soon be a a thing of the past in England? With three exam boards fighting over fewer than 50,000 entries in total (down by another 15% this year), they seem hardly worth keeping And yet - against the trend, AS Further Maths entries are up 11.3% this year and I’d be sad to see it go 4120
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 17/08/2026A level Mathematics and Further Mathematics entry numbers and grade distributions by centre type for England, 2026 (source: Ofqual Analytics) 060
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 16/08/2026After a bit of a dip recently, A level Psychology has recorded record numbers as the top choice for girls in 2026 020
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Entries for A level Maths and Further Maths are up to record numbers again in 2026, but a lot more boys than girls having been choosing it in recent years; there’s not much in it, but the gender gap is larger than ever before. Does this matter and, if so, how is the gap narrowed again? 110
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Using Ofqual Analytics the distributions can be found at national level, but the data isn’t available to do that by exam board 120
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Further Maths is a more popular choice in London and the South East, where the London and Oxford exam boards have traditionally had more entries (not sure if that’s still the case). Also AQA’s Further Maths has fewer options than the others 010
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 15/08/2026A table of all 2026 GCE A level subjects with entries and grade distributions for exam boards offering subjects in England (three images) 391
Graham Cumming @mathsnot.bsky.social · 13/08/2026What does the legend on the graph mean “% of A level exams receiving A-A-A* grades”? Those three grades in particular or should it say A/A* grades? @danieljdunford.bsky.social 100
