Here is our school's new GCSE grading in MFL:
Year 7 Grade 1-3
Year 8 Grade 1-5
Year 9 Grade 1-6 (I use old NC for year 9, e.g. 6b, 6a, but other European languages have changed to use Grade 1-6. I transfer NC to the new grade 1-9 on their report but I has informed school the current year 9 will stay on old MFL GCSE if they carry on Chinese in KS4).
The current year 9 will stay on the old GCSE (grade A-G). They are the last year group to do old Chinese GCSE. The new Chinese GCSE starts in September 2017. It means the current year 8 will be the first year group to do new Chinese GCSE.
Hope this is useful.
Thanks
Fang
Teacher of Mandarin
The Castle School, Taunton