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All rights reserved.\n1\nAutumn October 2023\nMathsConf 33\nWelcome\n2\n3\nEntries, boundaries and outcomes\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\n4\n2023 entries: AQA GCSE Maths\n193900 results awarded for AQA GCSE Maths (+10638 on June ‘22)\n58% Foundation (57% in 2022)\n42% Higher (43% in 2022)\nAge 16:  143900 (143900 in 2022): 74.2%\n46% Foundation\n54% Higher\nAge 17+: 49200 (38400 in 2022): 25.4%\n93% Foundation\n7% Higher\nResults day blog\nTweets by Graham Cumming ( @MathsNot  )\nExplaining why high boundaries are a good thing\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\n5\nGrade boundaries\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\n6\nBoundaries : Foundation tier\nGrade\n5\n4\n3\n2\n1\nBoundary\n2023\n189\n158\n117\n76\n39\nBoundary\n2022\n172\n135\n101\n67\n33\nBoundary\n2019\n157\n122\n88\n57\n25\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\n7\nBoundaries : Higher tier\nGrade\n9\n8\n7\n6\n5\n4\n3 (allowed)\nBoundary\n2023\n214\n186\n158\n125\n92\n59\n42\nBoundary\n2022\n214\n185\n156\n121\n86\n51\n33\nBoundary\n2019\n206\n171\n136\n105\n74\n43\n27\nGrade\n9\n8\n7\n6\n5\n4\n3\n2\n1\nAQA F\n78.8\n65.8\n48.8\n31.7\n16.3\nPearson F\n75.8\n61.3\n45.4\n29.6\n13.8\nAQA H\n89.2\n77.5\n65.8\n52.1\n38.3\n24.6\n17.5\nPearson H\n84.6\n72.5\n60.4\n46.7\n32.9\n19.6\n12.9\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\n8\nBoundaries comparison: 2023 boundaries as percentages\nYear\n7+\n4+\n1+\n2023\n21.0\n72.0\n98.2\n2019\n20.9\n71.9\n98.1\n2022\n24.0\n75.1\n98.4\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\n9\nOutcomes comparison: Year on year for 16YO\nAQA\nAll boards JCQ\nYear\n7+\n4+\n1+\n2023\n21.1\n71.7\n98.0\n2019\n20.2\n70.8\n98.0\n2022\n23.9\n74.6\n98.2\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\n10\nComparison by tier 2023 (16YO)\nGrade\n9\n8\n7\n6\n5\n4\n3\nU\nAQA H\n7.2\n22.6\n39.2\n62.1\n85.9\n98.0\n99.5\n100\nPearson H\n7.5\n21.3\n38.7\n61.9\n86.2\n98.7\n99.8\n100\nGrade\n5\n4\n3\n2\n1\nU\nAQA F\n14.6\n42.1\n68.6\n85.9\n96.7\n100\nPearson F\n11.6\n40.6\n65.9\n84.3\n96.2\n100\n11\nQuestion paper performance\nCopyright © 2023 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\nPerformance across question papers\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\n12\nMean 2023\nMean 2022\n1F\n44.5\n55.6%\n39.2\n48.9%\n2F\n43.9\n54.9%\n41.3\n51.6%\n3F\n40.9\n51.1%\n37.3\n46.7%\nF overall\n129.5\n54.0%\n117.7\n49.0%\nFoundation tier\nPerformance across question papers\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\n13\nMean 2023\nMean 2022\n1H\n45.0\n56.3%\n46.5\n58.1%\n2H\n47.4\n59.3%\n51.1\n63.9%\n3H\n50.4\n63.0%\n48.6\n60.7%\nH overall\n143.1\n59.6%\n146.2\n60.9%\nHigher tier\nImprovements for 2023 and beyond\n14\nMore positive exam experience for all students.\nEvery question, in every paper, to be clear and appropriate.\nDevelop a way of working that maximises forensic use of data and allows teachers to play a key role.\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\n15\nRationale for improvement\nImprovements\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\n16\nMCQs\nStart of the papers\nContext and wording\nProblem solving\nWorking lines\nMark schemes\nRamping of questions\nFrom Summer 23\nWe’ll start papers with questions expected to have a high facility:\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\n17\nStart of the papers\nquestions will be largely context free and straightforward\nno multiple choice at start of papers.\nStart of papers\n18\nAn 80% facility for the first 10-15 marks on each Foundation paper.\nA 65% facility for the first 10 marks of each Higher paper.\nFacility is simply the average score for a question or group of questions expressed as a percentage.\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\n19\nOur promise\nPaper\nFirst 10 marks\nFirst 15 marks\n1F\n72.0%\n70.2%\n2F\n81.5%\n80.0%\n3F\n81.5%\n69.8%\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\n20\nHow did we do?\nPaper\nFirst 10 marks\n1H\n77.1%\n2H\n77.2%\n3H\n78.6%\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. 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