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  [Deleted User] Posts: 714

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  14/03/12 - 00:18 #2

  Has he been given a separate mark for biology? I don't think B stands for double award as different specs of the same subject are sometimes referred to as A and B. I'd check what it says on the AQA website for you but I can't open pdfs on my computer.

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  14/03/12 - 01:00 #3

  The B means specification B, so it's the just the type of exam - I think there's usually a specification A and a specification B.
  
  Is he taking GCSE Science B? It might just be that that is the chemistry unit for science B, but I'm not sure.

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  14/03/12 - 10:18 #4

  Both of those results are unit results which will be used to go towards a full GCSE result.
  
  I'm not sure why but when AQA send the entry files to schools they assign them a type and for some reason they seem to assign some to full course and some not so it prints out like this on the results sheets, causing some confusion!
  
  I would assume he's doing additional science with those units and the overall grade will be given in the summer under the code: 4463.

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  14/03/12 - 12:03 #5

  Thanks everyone. I was excited he had already got one exam he needs for his college placement in September.
  
  I wondered if they had sent the results as he had his English exam early as well, and the result for that was on there. They need to send parents on a course to learn what all this means.
  
  He still has the biology exam to sit later in the year. As he has no idea what the results meant, I thought I would ask the good people on here.

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