Practical advice on grade estimation and tiering for June 26 GCSE FGS

Many thanks to Catherine Ames,  convener of ALL's Subject Leader Group, for initiating a meeting where we could consider ''Practical advice on grade estimation and tiering for June 26 GCSE FGS + Exam Board FAQs'.  There was  a great deal of interest in the webinar, and a good crowd turned out on a Monday night to find out more.

Here are other links we promised during the session:

• Recording, presentation, session information, links to exam support resources (from boards and Helen) and chat 

• Register for our January event

• Join ALL (we offer these links freely, but hope you will feel it is “the right thing to do” to support this volunteer organisation)

• Register for Language World 2026

• List of past webinars (with links to recordings and resources)

• ALL London Events page

In addition, here are links to downloads prepared by David and by me:

• Excel spreadsheet with grids comparing performance in Fr, Gn, Sp versus  Ma, En Jun25 grids (Thanks to David's friends at  SMID)

• GCSE 9-1 French AQA Foundation Formative Assessment Grids

• GCSE 9-1 French AQA Higher Formative Assessment Grids

• GCSE 9-1 French AQA Full-mark answer samples analysed by Helen, 'Criteria Unpacked!' and ridiculously long mnemonic for remembering structures

• GCSE 9-1 2024 French Edexcel Foundation Formative Assessment Grids - updated July 2025

• GCSE 9-1 2024 French Edexcel Higher Formative Assessment Grids - updated July 2025