O levels and CSE's?

[lacuna bless]

Can anyone remember if a Grade 3 CSE is equal to a pass at O level?

[condor66]

think a grade 1 is needed to pas at o level1

[kempie]

Passing grades prior to 1988 were:

GCE 'O' level - A, B and C
CSE - Grade 1

[marvinparvin]

Forgive me for correcting you, but in the days of O-levels there were 6 pass grades at O-level which were labelled A to F by some boards and 1-6 by others. Only CSE Grade 1 was equivalent to an O-level pass.

[kempie]

Actually, before 1975 different examination boards had their own grading systems for 'O' Level which could be in the range A-H or even 1-9.

After standardisation in 1975 the pass grades were set at A, B and C (classed as "performance better than or equivalent to the previous pass level" i.e. pre-1975)

with other grades being

D - "a lower level of attainment"
E - "lowest level of attainment judged to be of sufficient standard to be recorded"
F - "fail"
U - "unclassified"

(Grades D and E covered approximately the same range of performance as the pre-1951 School Certificate pass grade)

CSE Grade 1 was equivalent to 'O' Level Grades A, B or C and therefore a pass.

[a.holian]

i was under the impression from my own cse,s that if you got grade 1 then it would be classed as an o level grade c, but then again i took mine in the 70,s so my memory could be wrong, hope you find out right answer.

[lacuna bless]

Thank you for your answers. My friend had to pay �32 for her CSE results and they were all grade 3 to 5 which has proved worthless as not equivalent to a pass at O level.