Why is the Foundation Diploma listed as equivalent to five GCSEs at grades A*-G in terms of the Achievement and Attainment Tables? Shouldn’t it be listed as equivalent to 5 GCSEs at grades D-G?
Students who take GCSEs can achieve either at Level 1 or at Level 2. Students achieve Level 1 by not achieving Level 2 – 5 GCSE grades A*-C. It is therefore possible for a student to achieve up to four GCSEs at grades A*-C and one or more GCSEs at grades D-G and be counted as having achieved Level 1. This is why the column for Level 1 learners in the Achievement and Attainment Tables is labelled as 5 GCSEs A*-G. And it is the Level 1 column that the Foundation Diploma will count against. Hence the original announcement said the Foundation Diploma is equivalent to 5 GCSEs A*-G. However students taking the Foundation Diploma will only be able to achieve the equivalent of grades D-G for their principal learning and project, which will determine the overall Diploma grade. They will, though, be able to achieve Level 2 in their functional skills and also in their additional and specialist learning because they could take a GCSE as part of their ASL and again could achieve GCSE grades A*-G fo
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