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about Edexcel Edexcel is a Pearson company and at Pearson we take learning personally. We believe education is for everyone, and we provide the tools for people to learn: whatever their age, wherever they are, in whatever fashion they choose.
Edexcel at a glance (www.edexcel.com)l Edexcel is the UK’s main government regulated examination awarding body.
l Awarding over 375,000 school leavers with GCE A Levels.
l AlevelsandBTECLevel3qualificationswhichenablestudentstogainentryintoUKUniversities.
l Educating over 1.7 million learners across 80 countries.
l Qualificationsofferedby5,400schools,collegesandemployers.
l Processing over 8 million exam scripts each year.
l Part of Pearson since 2005, strengthening its position in the global educational market.
Pearson at a glance (www.pearson.com)l One of the world’s largest providers of educational publishing and learning solutions.
l Teaches around 100 million people to speak and read English.
Edexcel’s international gCsE at a glanceWearealwaysstrivingtoprovidestudentsandteacherswithmodernandrelevantqualifications.Edexcel’sInternationalGeneralCertificatesof SecondaryEducation(InternationalGCSE’s)arelevel1andlevel2internationalqualificationsthatpreparestudentsforacademicandvocationalstudyatlevel3,includingprogressiontoGCEASorAlevels,BTECs,theEdexcelInternationalDiplomaoremployment.
Edexcel’sInternationalGCSEqualificationsare:
l Relevant and academically thorough
l Currentlyavailablein40subjects
l Recognisedasequivalent,gradeforgrade,withUnitedKingdomGCSEs,withthesamestatusintermsof university entry requirements
l Recognised around the world by employers and educators.
ManyInternationalGCSEshavespecificinternationalelements.Ourspecialistshavedevelopedsubjectcontenttomakethespecificationsrelevanttostudentsworldwide.
Theinternationalisationof ourcurriculumispresentinmanysubjects.Forexample,ourInternationalGCSEin English Literature encourages the reading and studying of literature from around the world. Teachers canselectfromawiderangeof internationalprose,dramaandpoetry.OurInternationalGCSEinHistoryprovides teachers with the opportunity to select the areas of study that suit their needs and resources with no compulsory content.
Therearecurrentlymorethan100,000studententriesandregistrationsinEdexcelInternationalGCSEqualificationsincountriesthroughoutAsia,Africa,Europe,theMiddle-EastandLatinAmerica.
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about the international gCsE OurInternationalGCSEscontinuetogofromstrengthtostrengthdirectingstudentstowardsa better future.
Edexcel’sInternationalGCSEqualificationsarecurrentlyavailablein40subjectstoprovidemorechoicetostudentswishingtostudyavarietyof subjects.
Category Subjectsart ArtandDesign
Business/finance AccountingBusinessStudiesCommerceEconomics
English English (as a 2nd language)English Language AEnglish Language BEnglish Literature
languages Arabic (as a 1st language)BengaliChineseClassical Arabic FrenchGermanGuajaratiHindiModern GreekSinhalaSpanishSwahiliTamilTurkishUrdu
humanities BangladeshStudiesGeographyGlobal CitizenshipHistoryIslamiyatPakistanStudiesReligiousStudies
Mathematics Maths–FurtherPureMathematics AMathematics B
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Category Subjectsscience Biology
ChemistryHumanBiologyPhysicsScience(DoubleAward)
Technology ICT
ExaminationsInternationalGCSEsarelinearqualifications,meaning that students take all of the exams at the end of the course. International examinations are normally held in the May/June examination serieswithsomesubjectavailabilityintheJanuaryexamination series.
Course StructureAllEdexcelInternationalGCSEsaresingletier(one level for all candidates) with the exception of MathsAwhichhasaFoundationTierandaHigherTier.
MostEdexcelInternationalGCSEshavetwoor more exam papers. These are: Accounting, Arabic1stLanguage,ArtandDesign,BangladeshStudies,Bengali,Biology,Chemistry,Physics,Chinese, English Language A, English 2nd Language,EnglishLiterature,French,German,ICT,MathsA,MathsB,FurtherPureMaths,PakistanStudies,Spanish,Science(DoubleAward),Physics.Theremainingsubjectshaveoneexam paper only.
Grade % of UMS marksa* 90
a 80
B 70
C 60
d 50
E 40
F 30
g 20
GradesStudentsareawardedrawmarksforeachexampaper and for any coursework that they have completed. These marks are added together to give an overall mark.
Duringtheawardingprocess,Edexceldecideswhere the grade boundaries lie and students are awarded a grade based on where their mark lies within these boundaries.
Students’overallrawmarksareconvertedintotheUniformMarkScale(UMS)markstotakeaccountof variationsindifficultybetweenpapers.
Gradesmayvaryslightlyindifficultyfromyeartoyear.Forexample,amarkof 53inonepaperin a January exam session might represent the samelevelof achievementasamarkof 49inadifferentversionof thesamepaperinthefollowingsummerexamsession.TheUMSensures that these two marks have the same valuewhencontributingtothefinalgrade.
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Student benefitsOurnewInternationalGCSEsarethemostrelevantandup-to-dateinternationalqualificationsavailablefromtheUK.
Question papers are clearer and more accessible to help students demonstrate their ability.
InternationalGCSEsarerecognisedasequivalent,gradeforgrade,toUKGCSEs,andhave the same status in terms of university entry requirements.
A choice of pathways Onsuccessfulcompletionof thesequalifications,students can choose to further their studies bytakingGCEASandAlevelsorotherqualificationssuchasEdexcel’sBTECNationalsor the International Baccalaureate.
Online supportTo provide the very best service to our students we have dedicated students and learner pages on our website. These contain useful information such as detailed explanations for each of our qualifications,tipsonhowtoanswercertainexam questions, access to past papers and competitions, results pages and more.
In addition, students can access online support content with us on social media sites such as FacebookorTwitterandcanaddtheirstories.We also have many competitions where students can win prizes.
And we have given our students the opportunity to thank their teachers with links to e-Thank-youcards!
To link to our student pages please visit: www.edexcel.com/i-am-a/student/
Benefits to schools and teachersOur dedicated teacher resources on our website bring together key information and resources for teachers in schools, colleges and other institutionsthatofferEdexcelqualifications.These include key date information, examination timetables, links to our teacher training programmes,qualificationupdates,notices,access to question papers and mark schemes, plus links to our extensive range of resources.
Please visit: www.edexcel/international
Teacher TrainingThe Training from Edexcel team provides focused,high-qualitytrainingtoallourcustomers.Ourtrainingisdesignedtofityou,withanoptionof face-to-face,onlineorcustomised training so you can choose where, when and how you are trained, making our training relevant and rewarding.
Please visit: www.edexcel.com/resources/training/Pages/default.aspx
Subject Support ServicesOurSubjectAdvisorservice,coveringninesubjectareas,offersimmediate,reliablesupportforteachersdeliveringourqualifications.Whetheritbeaspecificationquery,aquestionabout assessment, lesson planning or guidance on which books and resources to use – our SubjectAdvisorsarehappytohelp.
Please visit: www.edexcel.com/international/oursupport/Pages/Subject-Advisors.aspx
Analytical and diagnostic toolsEdexcel’s ePen and ResultsPlus systems provide instant access to information beyond the exam paper grade through providing the scores gained by students for each question, in order to allow a deeper understanding of where they need to improve.
ResultsPlusprovidesSkillsMaps.Thesecontaindetailed analysis of students’ responses to exam papersthatlinkperformancebacktospecifictopicsandskillsinspecifications/curriculum.Theinsight this information provides helps teachers to customise their plans and personalise teaching to address areas of weakness.
ResultsPlus helps put students’ grades into context by showing comparisons of scores and grades against other classes and against national averages.
In addition, our new Mocks Analysis service gives you the same detailed level of analysis for past papers that are used for revision as is provided for the live exam papers. This helps you gain a deep understanding of students’ strengths and weaknesses before they take their exams.
Please visit www.edexcel.com/resultsplus
Access to online communitiesOursubjectforumsareagreattoolforteachersto communicate with other teachers delivering thesamequalifications,toshareideas,raisequestions,anddiscussqualifications.
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Edexcel: a partner that you can rely on
Long-term partnershipsAt Edexcel, we pride ourselves in providing unique integrated solutions through our personalised approach. Weunderstandthatimplementingnewqualificationstakestimeandcarefulplanning;that’swhyweprovidearobustsuiteof academicandvocationalqualificationsthataresupportedwithworld-classcustomer
service, saving you time and cost and making administration easier for you.
Quality AssuranceWeareanapprovedorganisationregisteredwiththeUKOfficeof QualificationsandExaminationsRegulation(Ofqual),andourqualificationsarelistedontheUKregisterof regulatedqualifications,meaningweofferthehighestqualityandstandardacrosstheworld.WealsoworkwiththeUKJointCouncilforQualifications( JCQ)toensureexaminationsareof aconsistentstandard,soyoucanbeconfidentthatyouareofferingtheverybest.
Customer ExcellenceWeareawarethateachandeveryoneof ourpartnershavespecificanduniquerequirements.Weleadthewayinourconsultativeapproachtoidentifyyourneeds,addingvaluetoyourservices,yourstaffandstudents, and increasing your business. Our team of dedicated regional consultants will work with you everystepof thewaytoensurethatyourjourneywithusisassmoothandsuccessfulaspossible.
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