Girls are expected to outperform boys in their GCSEs because they were less likely to neglect their studies during the lockdown in favour of PlayStation games, an education expert has said.
Professor Alan Smithers, director of education at Buckingham University, said that the pandemic had done little to close the gender gap. A record drop in GCSE grades is expected this week after the exams were sat for the first time since 2019.
Pupils receive results on Thursday. GCSEs are graded from 9 to 1 in England, with a 7 pegged to a low A and a 4 to a low C. Wales and Northern Ireland retain letter grades and Scottish pupils do not take GCSEs.
Smithers estimates that about a quarter of a million
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