Talk:English Baccalaureate

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Criticism[edit]

The article might benefit from a criticism section. Vernon White ^{. . . Talk} 17:35, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

5+ A*-C?[edit]

I have no idea what the text in bold means or how to read it aloud: The UK Government introduced a new performance indicator called the English Baccalaureate, which measures the percentage of students in a school who achieve 5+ A*-C grades (now five Grades 5 to 9 since the GCSE Reforms) in ...

Is that "five plus A star minus C" grades? Does it mean over five A asterisk to C grades? And what's an A asterisk? I request that someone clarify the text for people not familiar with the topic. DBlomgren (talk) 14:28, 19 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Try 5 or more A*-C grades.ClemRutter (talk) 14:49, 19 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]