G.C.S.E.

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General Certificate of Secondary Education – public examinations usually taken across a spread of subjects at age 16 in England.

Admission to study at A levels (G.C.E. Advanced Levels), the most common qualification for University admissions, is usually dependent on G.C.S.E. grades.

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  • G.C.S.E.
    G.C.S.E. stands for General Certificate of Secondary Education - and is the normal examination taken by c.16 year old students at the end of compulsory secondary school in England. Students normally take GCSE examinations In English, Mathematics and Science/sciences as well as several other subjects.

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Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.