Tell us what you think

As a student, what do you think of the current GCSE qualification? Tell us and you'll be entered into a draw to WIN an ipad!

You learn in order to attain GCSEs but the results themselves can have many purposes:

  • * Universities and colleges can use them as entry criteria to courses
  • * Your teachers can use GCSE results to help advice you on where to 'specialise’ at the next level
  • * Businesses can regard good results as a sign of a bright person worth employing
  • * The Government can use them to help measure school effectiveness
  • * Schools can use them to help measure the effectiveness of the teaching.

We want you to think about whether GCSEs give young people exactly what they need to progress.

The short survey will take about 5 minutes to complete.

We'll share what we find here with the powers that be (and you). Who knows, what you share here could make a difference to the future of secondary school education :)

Thank you!

Closing date - September 7 2012, no cash alternative is available for the prizes. The winner will be drawn at random and will be notified before Mon 10 Sept by PM or email. The winner will be announced on the staffblog.

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* 1. What is your Student Room username or your email address (so we can enter you in the prize draw)

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* 2. What is your gender?

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* 3. What is your age?

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* 4. Where is home?

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* 5. What is your current level of education?

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* 6. How many GCSE subjects have you taken/are you taking?

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* 7. How many exams in total did you take/are you taking for your GCSEs?

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* 8. Do you feel your exams were...

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* 9. How well prepared were you for your GCSE exams?

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* 10. What are your plans or what did you do after you finish(ed) your GCSEs?

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* 11. How well did/will taking GCSEs prepare you for your next step?

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* 12. How difficult do you think the GCSE qualification is, compared with equivalent exams around the world?

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* 13. Do you think that GCSEs still have a role to play in today’s education system?

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* 14. If you were the education minister Michael Gove, would you change the current GCSE qualification? If so, how?

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* 15. Do you feel the current secondary school system offers equal opportunity to everyone?

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* 16. In your opinion, should the brightest students should sit a different qualification to everyone else?

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* 17. Final question (and this won't be for everyone) BUT if you're starting college or sixth form this year would you be up for keeping a video diary charting your journey to be publish on The Student Room?
We'd give you something to say thanks of course! If you're up for this we'll drop you an email or PM to give you more details

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