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  • initialism General Certificate of Secondary Education; a set of British qualifications taken by secondary school students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
  • noun A pass in the above exam.

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  • Music: - GCSE is short for General Certificate of Secondary Education and it's an academic qualification awarded in a specified subject, "generally taken in a number of subjects by students aged 14-16 in secondary education in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland," says the

    p2pnet news 2008

  • "I've been to countless schools over the last three years where headteachers have taken me to see a lesson in GCSE dance and said to me: 'Look at that class, it's not just that we have a great dance teacher in this school but the boost to aspiration and the belief and motivation of the students in this studio from this course will translate directly into their GCSE maths and English results as well."

    Ed Balls to accuse Michael Gove of abandoning 'very worst' schools Jeevan Vasagar 2010

  • Apparently you get a B grade in GCSE Maths by getting 17% of the questions right.

    You Couldn't Make it Up 2005

  • Apparently you get a B grade in GCSE Maths by getting 17% of the questions right.

    Archive 2005-01-01 2005

  • France - again French GCSE has dropped off the top ten most popular subjects for the

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

  • A young teacher hanged herself days after being suspended amid claims she helped pupils cheat in French GCSE exams, an inquest heard.

    Home | Mail Online 2009

  • Our girls consistently do better in English GCSE; in maths and science there are no gender differences; results in other subjects are more volatile, so it's hard to draw any strong conclusions either way.

    The Guardian World News 2009

  • Of corse you need a basic level of maths, and English, that’s why you have to get at least a C in GCSE in those subjects to get into university.

    Polytechnics challenge out of touch Tory educational polices… « My Liberal Democrat Political Ramblings… 2009

  • Hi, i got pulled out of school at the start of my GCSE years because of an illness, school would only allow to do my 3 main GCSE’s i got

    Will they let me do A levels please help? « Adult Literacy-2 « Literacy Help « Literacy News 2010

  • Like Stephen, I couldn’t quite believe it when I read that children nowreceive marks in English GCSE for writing ‘F*** off’.

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2008

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