I'm sure there are those who will give chapter and verse but: When I took GCEs in 1962 I got percentages A year or so later grades were introduced and there were six grades A-F When the GCE and CSE merged some years later, GCE A-F became GCSE A-C, with CSE grades other than 1/A becoming the lower GCSE grades On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 16:50:05 +0100 "Lewis,Aran M" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > There were pass grades of A, B, and C, and I think, but I'm not sure, D and > below were fails (I'm too vain to remember!) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David Crozier [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > > Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 4:27 PM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Marking of GCE "O" Levels > > > Does anyone know what the marking scheme was for the old "O" level exams > > (I'm too young to remember!) - was it A, B, C etc. & thus similar to > > GCSEs? Michael Heaney Head of Service Assessment and Planning University Library Services University of Oxford [log in to unmask]