At the end of year 6 pupils are expected to be at at least 4C on the National curriculum, which means if they sat the GCSE at the end of year 6 they should get a Grade 1. The most able pupils will achieve a 6C or 6B which would be a  Grade 3 at GCSE.  As they progress through Years 7 & 8 they will cover the Key Stage 3 National Curriculum, which is equivalent to the Common Entrance Curriculum. The pupils sit the exam in either the second or third term of year 8. This is 5 terms after  the end of year 6 so they should be 5 grades higher on the National Curriculum. Depending on when they have been chosen to sit the exam and whether the pupil is going for the Core/Advanded/CASE level at CE, they should be aiming for GCSE level 3 or 4 (5). We recommend that you use the BOFA adaptive GCSE syllabus and select the current level as 1 or 2, and then target level 3 or 4 (5).

Old NC Level	Old GCSE Grade	New GCSE Grade
4C	G	1
4B	G	1
4A	F	1
5C	E	2
5B	E	2
5A	E	2
6C	D	3
6B	D	3
6A	D	3
7C	C	4
7B	C	4
7A	C	5
8C	B	5
8B	B	6
8A	B	6
	A	7
	A	8
	A*	8
	A*	9