GCSE
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- noun
- /ˌdʒiːsiːˈɛɪtʃ/
- UK
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GCSE
- I took my GCSE exams in mathematics and history last month.
You're going to get your GCSE all right?
- You're going to get your GCSE all right?
- I learned French at school, got C in my GCSE French.
- It was only really once I got to my GCSE's and then my A levels and now.
- Yo, I had to do science in GCSE's.
- The kids get a whole higher average grade for GCSE.
- I actually found my GCSE's OK because I just didn't stress about them at all.
- I think I've got like one sort of GCSE pass, like the old O level, you know, perhaps.
- I went through school loving school but only really for the sport and they didn't do GCSE or a level P in those days so I missed that ball.
- Yeah, he was murdered by my side in conflict, got stabbed in the heart like a couple of days before our GCSE exams.
- I think when it's GCSE's as well, it's before you've really been able to find what you really love.
- I remember literally sitting in a GCSE exam filling in this multiple choice ABCD I'm crossing BC thinking blood.
- Got to Boxing Day and I think I was in the middle of GCSEs, which I did quite well in actually, despite all of this shit going on.
Examples
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This question actually comes from the OCR Physics GCSE that was sat last year.
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I pointed out there was a 28 percent gap between African-Caribbean pupils getting five good GCSEs—grades A* to C—compared to White pupils.
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I learned French at school, got C in my GCSE French.
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Here is a really cute one from our GCSE results day.
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We have been clear that pupils should take the GCSEs that are right for them.
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Of the sample, 94% were educated to GCSE level or higher.
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Now my sisters are doing GCSE, so they're studying for their exams.
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Statistics show wide variations in GCSE achievement by ethnicity.
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Johnson is described as "going off the rails" after a privileged upbringing, which saw her achieve nine GCSEs.
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Essa Academy in Bolton nearly doubled its pass rate at GCSE within just two years and has grabbed global headlines for its innovative use of technology around the school.
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Synonyms
An official exam taken by students in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland at about 16
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Surface Forms
Morphology
GCSE = General Certificate of Secondary Education (opaque) = G + C + S + E
GCSE is an initialism and the individual letters do not convey meaning to learners without knowing the expanded phrase.
Etymology
GCSE stands for General Certificate of Secondary Education. So a GCSE is a 'certificate' you earn after important exams at the end of 'secondary' school, usually at age 15–16 in the UK.